generating xml file for external DODS dsets

[Cyndy Chandler <cchandler@xxxxxxxx>]

I'd like to generate xml include files for remotely served DODS
datasets.  Various emails and LAS FAQ entries imply this is possible,
but I believe I've still got some error in the syntax:

The data is available at: 
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-nc/oce/JGOFS/cdm_0997-0800.nc.html

I'm using LAS v5.0 and documentation suggests:
Usage: addXml.pl [--name dsetname] [--docurl url] 
                 [--out_inc] [--in_inc] 
                 infile outfile NetCDFfile

further supported by LAS_users activity 26 Oct 2001 where the suggested
syntax was:
../xml/perl/addXml.pl --out_inc ../xml/perl/template.xml
http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-nc/data/ocean_atlas_monthly.nc


So I thought I should be able to generate the xml file thusly:
cd $LAS5_home/lasxml/xml/perl
./addXml.pl --out_inc template.xml cdm_0997-0800.xml
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-nc/oce/JGOFS/cdm_0997-0800.nc
Useless use of scalar variable in void context at LASDB.pm line 21.
**File:
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-nc/oce/JGOFS/cdm_0997-0800.nc
ncopen: filename
"http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-nc/oce/JGOFS/cdm_0997-0800.nc":
No such file or directory

So I tried shuffling the elements around a little:
./addXml.pl --in_inc ./template.xml --out_inc cdm_0997-0800.xml
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-nc/oce/JGOFS/cdm_0997-0800.nc
Useless use of scalar variable in void context at LASDB.pm line 21.

xml processing instruction not at start of external entity at line 46,
column 0, byte 1345:
</operations>

<?xml version="1.0"?>
^

<lasdata>
 at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/IP27-irix/XML/Parser.pm line
185


For grins I tried a different dataset:
./addXml.pl --out_inc template.xml DODStest.xml
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-nc/oce/OCMIP/Abiotic/equil/NCAR_Abiotic_equil.nc
Useless use of scalar variable in void context at LASDB.pm line 21.
**File:
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-nc/oce/OCMIP/Abiotic/equil/NCAR_Abiotic_equil.nc
ncopen: filename
"http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-nc/oce/OCMIP/Abiotic/equil/NCAR_Abiotic_equil.nc":
No such file or directory

What am I missing?

Thanks,
Cyndy Chandler
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