That file does not use the "bigfile" flag, but it is probably a netcdf-4 file (with hdf5 storage).
Regardless, "bigfiles" are supported since gdal-1.9.0 on 32-bit platforms. I would guess your netcdf and gdal installation do not have netcdf-4 support. And probably a 'gdalinfo <file>' shows the hdf5 driver picks it up, right? You can check your netcdf-4 suppport with 1) $nc-config --all (check for nc-4) --has-nc4 -> yes --has-hdf5 -> yes 2) $ ncdump -k <file> netCDF-4 $ ncdump <file> ... 3) gdalinfo --format netcdf you should see: <CreationOptionList> <Option name="FORMAT" type="string-select" default="NC"> <Value>NC</Value> <Value>NC2</Value> <Value>NC4</Value> <Value>NC4C</Value> </Option> If it is supported, could you share an example file? Etienne On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Free <yjaco...@free.fr> wrote: > Paolo, > > I had a similar issue with 32b system with some NetCDF files with "bigfile" > flag. > We should use (if I remember correctly) 64b system. > > Regards, > > Y. > Le vendredi 15 juin 2012 12:10:57 Paolo Corti a écrit : >> Hi all >> >> While I can succesfully read NetCDF in Mint 12 (my development >> environment), I cannot manage to read the subdatasets in REL5 (the >> production server). >> >> In REL5 I can succesfully read the NetCDF dataset with gdalinfo: >> >> gdalinfo /my/full/path/mydataset.nc4 >> >> But if I try reading a subdataset, I get the following error (CPL_DEBUG is >> ON): >> >> $ gdalinfo NETCDF:"/my/full/path/mydataset.nc4":MY_VAR >> GDAL_netCDF: >> ===== >> calling nc_open(/my/full/path/mydataset.nc4 ) >> >> GDAL: GDALClose(NETCDF:/my/full/path/mydataset.nc4:MY_VAR, this=0x85177f8) >> ERROR 4: `NETCDF:/my/full/path/mydataset.nc4:MY_VAR' does not exist in >> the file system, >> and is not recognised as a supported dataset name. >> >> gdalinfo failed - unable to open >> 'NETCDF:/my/full/path/mydataset.nc4:MY_VAR'. GDAL: In GDALDestroy - >> unloading GDAL shared library. >> >> Some more information on my system configuration: >> >> $ rpm -qa hdf5* >> hdf5-1.8.7-1.el5.rf >> hdf5-devel-1.8.7-1.el5.rf >> >> $ gdalinfo --version >> GDAL 1.9.0, released 2011/12/29 >> >> $ gdalinfo --formats | grep -i cdf >> GMT (rw): GMT NetCDF Grid Format >> netCDF (rw+): Network Common Data Format >> >> $ gdalinfo --formats | grep -i hdf >> HDF4 (ro): Hierarchical Data Format Release 4 >> HDF4Image (rw+): HDF4 Dataset >> HDF5 (ro): Hierarchical Data Format Release 5 >> HDF5Image (ro): HDF5 Dataset >> >> any ideas? Is it possible that I am missing any dependency? >> thanks so much >> >> p > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev