pnf_test.F

[Reiner Vogelsang]

Hi Rob,
I heard that the serial NetCDF has a feature which is called 'large file
support' in order to overcome
that restriction (?). Maybe, I misinterpreted a certain information.
There was something mentioned on the NETCDF home page.

Best regards
    Reiner


Robert Latham wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 03:42:53PM +0200, Reiner Vogelsang wrote:
> > Last but not least, are there any known restrictions to prevent me from
> > running the code
> > with 1024x1024x1024?
>
> The serial netcdf file format does not allow for files larger than
> 2GB, but 1024^3 is within that restriction.
>
> We don't like the 2GB restriction, and we're thinking about ways to
> work around it.   We might create an "i don't care about
> compatibility" mode that allows 64 bit file offsets, or maybe the
> serial netcdf folks will define a 64 bit file mode.
>
> ==rob
>
> --
> Rob Latham
> Mathematics and Computer Science Division    A215 0178 EA2D B059 8CDF
> Argonne National Labs, IL USA                B29D F333 664A 4280 315B

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