Re: Compressed netCDF library available

• To: noon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: Re: Compressed netCDF library available
• From: Arlindo da Silva <dasilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 11:53:09 -0400 (EDT)

Hi Bill,

> 
> It would be nice to access these compressed files directly.
> 
> I have written a set of modifications to the netCDF library source that 
> allow exactly that.
>

If I am not mistaken, this is precisely what MFHDF (NCSA's NetCDF API
for HDF) does thru an interface to zlib. Have you compared your
approach with theirs? I makes me a little worried to have yet another
*DF format around.

  Cheers!

        Arlindo.

-- 
Arlindo da Silva
dasilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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  • Compressed netCDF library available
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