[netcdfgroup] NetCDF-3 file format changes

[John Caron]

Joe Sirott wrote:
> Hi Roy,
> 
> There's still a limit on variable sizes with netcdf 3.6 of 4 GB (though
> not 2GB as I mentioned):
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/faq-lfs.html#Large%20File%20Support10
> 
> And I'm also guessing (John C: feel free to correct me) that it's 2GB in
> Java due to the lack of unsigned integers.

Hi Joe:

thats a good question. we do support Large Files, and should not be artificially limited to 2 Gb.
However, I dont think Ive actually tested writing these. If you want to test and theres a problem, I
will fix.

> 
> Cheers, Joe
>