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Re: 950831: Multiple netcdf.tar.Z files on IRIX6.0.1

>Keywords: 199509010626.AA23678

Hi Steve,

> I think I want to run netcdf on my SGI Indigo2 w/IRIX6.0.1, based
> on advice from another programmer.  I ftp'd 3 *.tar.Z files over
> but I am not sure which one(s) I should uncompress.  The 3 files are:
> irix64-alpha.tar.Z
> netcdf-232pl4.tar.Z
> netcdf.tar.Z
> 
> Do you have any suggestions? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Currently the only one of these that will work on IRIX6.x is
irix64-alpha.tar.Z.  Some caveats are spelled out in the "Known problems
with the current distribution" link for the netCDF home page at
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/

    IRIX64

    The current release of the netCDF package will not work under IRIX64,
    which is a 64-bit operating system. We have developed a test version of
    the netCDF package that appears to work correctly -- so far. This
    version is not guaranteed to work under any other operating system (and
    might still have problems under IRIX64). If you absolutely must have a
    working netCDF package under IRIX64 and can't wait for the next release
    (which will be version 2.4) then you can try using the IRIX64 test
    version. It's available via the same mechanism as the current netCDF
    distribution -- but its name is irix64-alpha.tar.Z.

    Be advised that we won't support this version under any other operating
    system: if you have a problem with it on a non-IRIX64 platform, we don't
    want to hear about it. We're making this version available solely to
    help those users with an immediate need.

    Notwithstanding the above caveat, we are interested in feedback from
    IRIX64 sites that are attempting to use this test package.

    
Soon we hope to have a beta release of netCDF version 2.4 available that
will replace this alpha release.

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Russ Rew                                           UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                              http://www.unidata.ucar.edu