Re: writing large files

NCL will write *files* > 2GB.

However, current versions of NCL only allow *variables*
of 2GB or less due to 32-bit addressing.

NCL version 6.0.0 is targeted to allow 64-bit addressing.
This will allow variables > 2GB.

Punch line: your one variable is > 2GB

D

On 7/6/10 3:35 PM, Gary Bates wrote:
> hi,
>
> I'm running NCL 5.1.1 and would like to write a large file that contains
> 1 variable. Ideally, the dimensions of this variable would be 365 x 231
> x 180 x 360. I figure this would produce a file of about 22GB.
>
> Thus far, I've been unable to write a file larger than 2GB --- same
> result on a Linux machine or a Mac. I've tried:
>
> setfileoption("nc","Format","64BitOffset")
> setfileoption("nc","Format","LargeFile")
> setfileoption("nc","Format","NetCDF4Classic")
>
> All give same result. Is there something else I need to do to write a
> large file?
>
> Thanks,
> Gary Bates
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