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diff --git a/libraries/netcdf/README b/libraries/netcdf/README index 53376f2d41..6f3710b87b 100644 --- a/libraries/netcdf/README +++ b/libraries/netcdf/README @@ -5,22 +5,11 @@ netCDF libraries support a machine-independent format for representing scientific data. Together, the interfaces, libraries, and format support the creation, access, and sharing of scientific data. -NetCDF data is: +Optional HDF4 support +--------------------- - * Self-Describing. A netCDF file includes information about the - data it contains. - * Portable. A netCDF file can be accessed by computers with different - ways of storing integers, characters, and floating- point numbers. - * Scalable. A small subset of a large dataset may be accessed - efficiently. - * Appendable. Data may be appended to a properly structured netCDF - file without copying the dataset or redefining its structure. - * Sharable. One writer and multiple readers may simultaneously access - the same netCDF file. - * Archivable. Access to all earlier forms of netCDF data will be - supported by current and future versions of the software. +If you need support for reading HDF4 files, please build and install the 'hdf' +package from SlackBuilds.org, and then pass the option 'HDF4=yes' to the netcdf +SlackBuild, for example -The netCDF software was developed by Glenn Davis, Russ Rew, Ed Hartnett, -John Caron, Steve Emmerson, and Harvey Davies at the Unidata Program -Center in Boulder, Colorado, with contributions from many other netCDF -users. + HDF4=yes ./netcdf.SlackBuild |