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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">You need to find the file number of the netcdf file you have open then issue the close statement
on that number:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">‘sdfopen x.nc’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">GrADS will return:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">SDF file x.nc is open as file X ----- where X is the next number in sequnce of the files you have
open<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">So immediately after opening the file in your script you need to grab the file number with:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">‘line=sublin(result, 2)’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">’fileno = subwrd(line, 8)’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Issue all the other commands in your script then close with:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">‘close ‘fileno<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org [mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>???<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 03 June 2015 16:07<br>
<b>To:</b> GrADS Users Forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [gradsusr] Dear all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gulim",sans-serif">I want to close netcdf file which is opened by 'sdfopen' statement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gulim",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gulim",sans-serif">I know close(filename) statement, but this command is only valid for binary files.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gulim",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gulim",sans-serif">How can I close netcdf file in grads?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gulim",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gulim",sans-serif">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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