Re: Ferret hard limits

[Ansley Manke <ansley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rick,
Looking some more, the number of data sets that can be open at once
is indeed limited to 30, but the limit for files in an MC data set is 500.

Ansley

"Richard D. Slater" wrote:

> I've seen references to some of this, but I don't recall seeing any definitive
> write-up about it. I know that ferret has several hard limits coded into it,
> such as 30 open files at one time, a limit on the length of a variable name
> (user defined variable, or even read in from a netCDF file?), limit on the
> length of a command with its arguments, etc. Is there some, one, place where
> these limits are all documented.
>
> I'm familiar with the three that I mentioned above because I keep bumping into
> them (especially the 30 file limit).
>
> Might some of these be relaxed, or made user selectable (if it is a question
> of memory, say)?
>
> Thanks. Ferret is a great program, and I use it often.
>
> Rick Slater

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