Re: [netcdfgroup] The netCDF format flavor generated by ncgen

Hi Gabriel,

> I have installed netCDF-4.0.1 and I generated
> a .nc file using ncgen.
> 
> I would like to ask what is the flavor of the
> format generated by ncgen: is it the so-called
> netcdf4-classic or the new new hdf5-based
> format?
> 
> How can I check the which flavor is generated
> by ncgen?

You can use the "-k" option of ncdump to determine what kind of netCDF
file you have.  For example:

      $ ncdump -k foo.nc
      classic

Similarly, you can use the "-k" option of ncgen to specify which kind of
netCDF file to generate (or to generate code for).

--Russ



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