Hi all, There can be 5000 stepfiles in a descriptor file, so this is a good solution. You should also be able to open a file, append its data to the master file, and then cancel the file before going on to the next, as in this message from Rob Scott last week. http://www.ferret.noaa.gov/Ferret/Mail_Archives/fu_2005/msg00059.html Gustafson, William I wrote: Takaya, Are you opening the files one at a time? Since you are dealing with a time series, you may want to try using a Ferret descriptor file to connect the files together so that Ferret sees them as one data set. The details for descriptor files can be found in the Ferret documentation in Ch. 10 Sec. 4. I currently use a descriptor file connecting 120 files so I know they can get at least that far. -Bill _______________________________________ William I. Gustafson Jr., Ph.D. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory P.O. Box 999, MSIN K9-30 Richland, WA 99352, USA Voice & Msg: (509)372-6110 FAX: (509)372-6168 http://www.pnl.gov/atmos_sciences---------- From: owner-ferret_users@pmel.noaa.gov on behalf of Namba Takaya Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:10 PM To: ferret_users@noaa.gov Subject: Re: appending netcdf.Is there limit in number of files. Dear Sir If there is a limit of number for appending netcdf files, could you tell me how to solve my case? I have 240 monthly data netcdf files of sst from 1985 jan. to 2004 dec. like currently SET data sets: 1> ./sst198501.nc (default) name title I J K L SSTXY SST[G=XYGRID@ASN] 1:684 1:684 ... ... sst198501.nc sst198502.nc sst198503.nc . . . sst200410.nc sst200411.nc sst200412.nc (all together 240 files) I would like to make it one netcdf file with those files above by appending. Best Regards, Takaya Namba --- Namba Takaya <takayanamba7@yahoo.co.jp> ?????? ??:Hi When I append the netcdf file, the error comes as below add_connect: too many connects, cannot add another. After 32 files got appended, this error happened. is there number of limit for appending files? Best Regards, Takaya Namba __________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Upgrade Your Life http://bb.yahoo.co.jp/__________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Upgrade Your Life http://bb.yahoo.co.jp/ |