Re: Lage file support for fbindirread

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Dave Allured wrote:

> Hello NCL team.
>
> I need to read a 4.6 Gb direct access Fortran binary file in NCL. The web
> page for fbindirread indicates that this will be possible only in the next
> NCL release.
>
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/fbindirread.shtml
>
> Would it be easy to provide me with a pre release version of 4.2.0.a035 with
> fbindirread working correctly for large files?
>
> I note the caution about variables larger than 2 Gb. That will not be a
> problem, as my file is broken into time steps.
>
> I need a version for Mac OS:
>
> mac56:~ 31> uname -a
> Darwin mac56.cdc.noaa.gov 8.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.0: Fri Sep 8
> 17:18:57 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.12.6.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh
> powerpc
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --Dave A.

Hi Dave and others,

Yes, I can provide pre-release binaries for anybody who's interested
in testing these binary functions.

Dave, I will contact you personally in a little bit with more
information.

--Mary

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