> Russ,
> Thanks for the recommendation. Have you run into any cases where
> users have gotten a '.nc' file, but complained because a netCDF-3
> tool they are using cannot open the netCDF-4 file?
I'm sure we've gotten a few questions and complaints, but tools in the
current release handle both netCDF-3 and netCDF-4 files, and we would
recommend recompiling/relinking the tool with the current version of the
library. If the netCDF-4 file uses the classic data model, that fixes
the problem. If the netCDF-4 file uses new features of the enhanced
data model, modifications to software linked to an older netCDF-3
library will be required.
We've publicly committed to maintaining API and format compatibility
going forward:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/workshops/2010/netcdf4/Compatibility.html
--Russ
