Release Note (October 1997)
NetCDF to HDF converter (Ncdf2HDF.exe) version 1.0 for Windows
Copyright 1997 Fortner Software LLC
All rights reserved.

This NetCDF converter was designed to enable you to convert your NetCDF files 
to HDF format.  All datasets, their dimension scales and any attributes are 
written into a new HDF file. Please read the following usage notes before 
using the converter.

USAGE NOTES

Ncdf2HDF is a DOS based converter utility. Ncdf2HDF was tested with 
Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.1. Ncdf2HDF is not compatible with 
Windows 3.1. There are two ways to launch Ncdf2HDF, either from 
Windows 95 or from a DOS command line. 

If you launch Ncdf2HDF.EXE by double clicking on the file in Windows 95 you 
will be prompted for a filename in a DOS window. Type the file name or the 
full path name of the file you wish to convert.
(i.e. test.nc)

If you choose to type in the Ncdf2HDF command directly from a DOS window you 
can provide multiple files to be converted.
(i.e.  Ncdf2HDF test.nc test1.nc)

Any time a conversion is done a new file will be created with a .hdf suffix. 
For example the command "Ncdf2HDF test.nc" will cause a new file called 
"test.hdf" to be created.

If you receive any type of error during conversion, particularly any out of 
memory errors, the HDF file that is created will be empty and should be 
deleted.  Increase the memory available to the application and rerun the 
application.

USAGE WITH FORTNER SOFTWARE PRODUCTS
If attributes are put into the resultant HDF file, it will not be compatible 
with Fortner Software's T3D(TM), Transform(TM), or Plot(TM) visualization 
applications. Use the Noesys(TM) Fortran 90-like interpreter language to 
write datasets into new files without any attributes.

If you encounter any problems using the converter, please contact our 
Technical Support Department.

CONTACT INFO
Fortner Software LLC
Technical Support Department
100 Carpenter Drive
Suite 203
Sterling, VA 20164
(703) 478-0181
supportVDA@fortner.com
http://www.fortner.com

CREDITS
Portions of this utility were created with the HDF 4.1r1 libraries that 
are developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at 
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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state.

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Fortner Software shall have no liability beyond the obligations set forth 
above, and shall in no event be liable for any additional monetary damages, 
whether incidental, consequential or otherwise, arising out of the use of the 
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exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages,
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