Never mind. Just discovered that "example_nc" is a tar file (a small
detail that could have been made clearer to me). Once I untarred that I
can open the files inside.
So, I was never here, and this never happened..... ;^)
David
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 1:01 PM, David Rush <david.rush@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Can someone send me a small, simple file that I should be able to read
> with this program?
>
> David
>
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 1:01 PM, David Rush <david.rush@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Christian:
>>
>> That's a good question. I'm not able to see what's in it, so can't say
>> if the "higher ups" would approve dissemination, but I will investigate.
>>
>> Logistically it might be tricky simply because it's a large (16 MB) file.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Christian Ward-Garrison <
>> cwardgar@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> It's hard to say. Can you provide us the file?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Christian
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 12:50 PM, David Rush <david.rush@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi. I'm completely new to netcdf and have been given some netcdf data
>>>> to read.
>>>>
>>>> I'm using netcdfAll-4.6.10.jar
>>>>
>>>> I found the example program in the tutorial and have implemented
>>>> something very similar:
>>>>
>>>> import ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile;
>>>>
>>>> public class ReadNetCDF {
>>>>
>>>> public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
>>>> ReadNetCDF x = new ReadNetCDF();
>>>> x.read("netCDF/example_nc");
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> public void read(String fileName) throws Exception {
>>>> NetcdfFile ncFile = null;
>>>> try {
>>>> ncFile = NetcdfFile.open(fileName);
>>>> System.out.println("ncFile = " + ncFile);
>>>> this.read(ncFile);
>>>> } finally {
>>>> if (ncFile != null) {
>>>> ncFile.close();
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> private void read(NetcdfFile nf) throws Exception {
>>>> System.out.println("nf = " + nf);
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> When I run that I get:
>>>>
>>>> Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: java.io.IOException:
>>>> Cant read netCDF/example_nc: not a valid CDM file.
>>>>
>>>> at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:427)
>>>>
>>>> Suggestions? Is the example_nc file I was given likely corrupt?
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
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