John,
Thanks for the info.
James
On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 12:18, John Caron wrote:
> James Gallagher wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 17:30, Tennessee James Leeuwenburg wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I am able to server local netCDF files from the current version of the
> >>Thredds server. I have been struggling to get remote files working, so
> >>my understanding may be flawed, but as far as I can tell, this is how
> >>things work.
> >>
> >>Thredds uses a "service" to work out how to fetch your data. Each data
> >>set has a "service" which you specify by "name" which says how the data
> >>should be fetched. You can have a "NetCDF" serviceType for NetCDF data,
> >>or "DODS" for data fetched from a DODS server. The "base" for local
> >>netCDF files should point to a directory on your filesystem, including
> >>any trailing "/".
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Thanks for the info. I've set up several Aggregation Servers, but always
> >using OPeNDAP servers, never using local netCDF files. One question: the
> >"base"; that pathname is usually relative in the examples I've seen.
> >Relative to what?
> >
> >James
> >
> >
> reletive to the catalog URL.
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