20030926: NetCDF Perl usage [NetCDF::open]

[Steve Emmerson <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary,

> To: support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: "Gary Hodges" <Gary.Hodges@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: NetCDF Perl usage [NetCDF::open]
> Organization: UCAR/Unidata
> Keywords: 200309241705.h8OH5fk1020626

The above message contained the following:

> I recently upgraded (clean install) from Red Hat 7.2 to KRUD 9.0.  I 
> installed netcdf-3.5.0 and then the Perl module PDL::NetCDF.

What's "PDL::NetCDF"?

> When I try 
> to run my old Perl programs I get the following error:
> 
> Reading 
> /data1/ARM/TWP/1999/C1_Manus/SKYRAD60/twpskyrad60sC1.a1.19990101.000059.cdf
> Undefined subroutine &NetCDF::open called at 
> /home/hodges/Research/BSRN_Format/ARM/TWP/data.pl line 766.
> 
> The line of code (line 766) is:
> my $ncid=NetCDF::open("$file",NOWRITE);
> 
> I have [use PDL::NetCDF;] at the beginning of the subroutine where the 
> above code comes from.

Look at the file "perl/test.pl" in the netcdf-perl source directory.
You'll see that it has the line "use NetCDF;" at the top.

> I hope the support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx address is 
> where I should direct this question.  The description of 
> netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx seems to indicate so.

support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is the correct address.

> Thanks,
> Gary

Regards,
Steve Emmerson