Re: change global attribute in nc file

fl01=addfile("egts_l.nctox.nc","w")
fl01_at_SDATE = 2007179

should also work.

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 >  "I am about to change a time in the global attribute"
maybe should be
I am about to change a file attribute.
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I would say your script has an error   :-(
h3dang_at_sciborg.uwaterloo.ca wrote:
> Greeting dear all!
>
> I am about to change a time in the global attribute in nc file, 
> following is my code:
> -------------------------------------
> begin
> fl01=addfile("egts_l.nctox.nc","w")
> fileAtt = True
> fileAtt_at_SDATE = 2007179
>
> fileattdef(fl01,fileAtt)
> end
> --------------------------------------
> It did change after executing the ncl file, but when I apply the file 
> I met some errors telling "Time step not available" in this file. this 
> is a huge file and it looks the headers are fine when checking with 
> "ncdump -h ...".
>
> I was wondering if my code is right or not, if it could cause some 
> potential problems in the data.
>
> Thanks a lot for your help,
>
> Hongyan
>
>
>
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