Re: [netcdfgroup] netcdf

Mohamed,
Regarding the error "/usr/include/netcdf.mod is not a valid module information file", this is an important file for the Fortran 90 interface. You need to debug this. Please find the correct location of netcdf.mod on your system, and change the path in the -I command argument to match.
This file might be in the same directory as the library file libnetcdf.a, or a different directory. The standard install location for this file is, I think, in a separate "include" directory. Good luck. 

--Dave

Mohamed Mohamed wrote:
Dave 
Thanks for your help. I made simple Fortran programs and it is going
well.

I made you simple test program but I had this statement
"Fatal Error: netcdftest.f90, line 2: /usr/include/netcdf.mod is not a
valid module information file
detected at NETCDF@<end-of-statement>" Thanks
Mohamed Ali malibec2005@xxxxxxxxx 
Mob 00447912033240

SChEME Department
Faculty of Engineering University of Nottingham Nottingham (NG7 2RD) UK Fax: 0044(0)115 951 4115 

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Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 8:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] netcdf

Mohamed,

The statement "use netcdf" goes into your fortran 90 program below the
program or subroutine or function statement, and above "implicit none".
You should study and understand Fortran 90 modules before working on
this program.

See if you can get this simple test program to compile and run:

program netcdf_version
    use netcdf
    print *, trim(nf90_inq_libvers())
end

The compile command should look something like this:

f90 netcdf_version.f90 -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib64 -lnetcdf

where the include directory contains the file netcdf.mod.

Is there any chance that you have old Fortran 77 code that somehow got
renamed to ".f90" without complete conversion to Fortran 90?

--Dave

Mohamed Mohamed wrote:

Dave,
Thanks, I think it is may be the solution. However I am still a beginner in the Linux. So please could you tell me what to do.
You said " I suspect that you need to add this to the top of each program unit that has Netcdf calls: 

    use netcdf "   My question is how ?

Find below a long part of the error. Please have a look.

f_ts.o vdif_uv.o vertvl_edge.o water_depth.o wreal.o ghostuv.o dens3.o
init_sed.o advave_edge_gcy.o advection_edge_gcy.o adv_uv_edge_gcy.o bcond_gcy.o shape_coef_gcy.o depth_check.o vdif_ts_gom.o adjust_ts.o shutdown_check.o extelpf_edge.o fct_q2.o fct_q2l.o viscofh.o print_vals.o rho_mean.o viz.o -L/usr/lib64 -lnetcdf mod_ncdio.o: In function `__mod_ncdio__handle_ncerr': mod_ncdio.f90:(.text+0x125): undefined reference to `__netcdf__nf90_strerror' 
mod_ncdio.o: In function `__mod_ncdio__putvar':
mod_ncdio.f90:(.text+0x11e4): undefined reference to `__netcdf__nf90_put_var_2d_fourbytereal' 

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Thanks

Mohamed Ali
malibec2005@xxxxxxxxx
Mob 00447912033240

SChEME Department
Faculty of Engineering
University of Nottingham
Nottingham (NG7 2RD) UK
Fax: 0044(0)115 951 4115

-----Original Message-----
From: netcdfgroup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:netcdfgroup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Allured 
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 5:50 PM
To: netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] netcdf

Mohamed,
These are missing library symbol errors. I suspect that you need to add this to the top of each program unit that has Netcdf calls: 

    use netcdf
This is because the Netcdf Fortran 90 interface uses modules. You can't properly link to the Netcdf F90 library without this 
declaration.

For diagnosis, your program is trying to link to this:

    __netcdf__nf90_open

But with a correct "use" statement it should be seeking a symbol named



something like this (the name change may vary by compiler and
platform):

    ___netcdf_MOD_nf90_open
I might be wrong about all of this if you are on a platform or compiler that uses Fortran 90 linking conventions much different than what I am familiar with. If "use" doesn't fix it, then please provide
identification and version info for your platform, compiler, and netcdf version. 

Dave Allured
CU/CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC) http://cires.colorado.edu/science/centers/cdc/ 
NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Climate Analysis Branch (CAB) http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/

Mohamed Mohamed wrote:
I worked with FVCOM software. When I started to get netcdf output type 
I received the following error:
mod_lag.f90:(.text+0x89f6): undefined reference to `__netcdf__nf90_put_att_text' mod_lag.f90:(.text+0x8a1e): undefined reference to `__netcdf__nf90_put_att_text' 

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