Re: Possible 5.0.0 bug: ncclose/Not a valid ID

Rick,

It is good to have confirmation that the bug is understood and
harmless. We will use 5.0 with confidence. Thank you for your
quick reply.

--Dave

Rick Grubin wrote:
> Hi Dave
>
>> After installing NCL 5.0.0 on Mac OS 10.4.11, we are getting an
>> unexpected error upon exit from several scripts. The message is:
>>
>> ncclose: ncid 0: NetCDF: Not a valid ID
>>
>> Is anyone else on Mac or other systems getting this exit message?
>>
>> Please see my script and log below. This is related to addfile or
>> Netcdf. When the addfile statement is commented out, the spurious
>> error goes away.
>>
>> The error occurs when the script exits, not at the time of addfile.
>> The error does not occur with NCL 4.3.0. Another clue is that the
>> error does not occur in a script that accesses binary data rather than
>> Netcdf (fbinrecread vs. addfile).
>
> The NCL team has seen this, and reported it to the OPeNDAP folks -- this
> message is generated by the netCDF implementation that
> resides within the OPeNDAP libraries.
>
> Please rest assured that, after fairly extensive testing, data is read
> correctly. This has been reported to the OPeNDAP folks, who
> acknowledge that it's a bug and it will be fixed in reasonably short order.
>
> In the meantime, please be certain that the message you're seeing is
> disconcerting, but NCL's behavior is not adversely affected.
> Please contact me directly if you have any further questions or
> comments. Thanks!
>
> ----
> Rick Grubin NCAR/TDD/CISL/VETS
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Received on Thu Dec 13 2007 - 15:05:42 MST