Re: memory question

You should be able to:

   f = addfile(....)
   t = f->T

NCL does not read in the entire contents of the files.

On 01/11/2010 10:27 AM, Po-Lun Ma wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> This may sound a stupid question.
>
> I have 4GB RAM in my desktop running Linux. Can I read in a .nc file
> that is 6GB? In other words, I have a netcdf data file that is 6GB,
> but I only need one variable in that file. I am wondering when I do:
>
> f=addfile(....)
>
> Does it read in the entire dataset and requires 6GB RAM?
>
> Or, when I do
>
> t=f->T
>
> and t is a very small data array of, say, (100,100), then my 4GB RAM
> is large enough?
>
> Please advise. Thanks.
>
> Po-Lun
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