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From: "Steve Loch" <sgl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Attribute modification in Java2.1 NetCDF API
Organization: British Oceanographic Data Centre
Keywords: 200404141623.i3EGNSCT021650 netCDF
Is there any prospect of a later release permitting the update of the
attributes within a NetCDF file without having to regenerate the
complete file?
The APIs I have used to date including Fortran, C and Matlab don't have
this restriction.
Steve Loch
British Oceanographic Dta Centre
we will support attribute modification in the next version of
netcdf-java (2.2), which may be ready by end of year (?)
as to whether that can be done without rewriting the file depends on the
file; we are constrained by the version 1 file format. what would you
need in that regard?
netcdf-4 (on top of HDF5) should be able to modify attributes without
rewriting entire file.
