Hi Taylor:
The netcdf library can not open arbitrary HDF files, only ones built with the
netcdf4 library. If this file was not built with the netcdf4 library, then yes
you will get an error.
HTH,
-Roy M.
On Dec 17, 2012, at 8:14 AM, Taylor Binnington <tbinnington@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is my first time using the NetCDF C++ libraries, and I can't seem to get
> started. I would like to open an HDF file from a program using NcFile, using
> the following:
>
> NcFile dataFile("MERRA300.prod.assim.inst3_3d_asm_Cp.20120101.hdf",
> NcFile::ReadOnly);
>
> However, gdb reveals a segfault at this line (yes, the file is stored in the
> same directory as the test script). Interestingly, I also receive the same
> error when I intentionally attempt to open a file that does not exist, which
> I find strange (I would have expected a 'file not found' type of error), and
> it makes me think that I simply can not open an HDF file with these
> libraries. Is this true? How would I proceed? Thank you in advance,
>
> Taylor Binnington
>
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