On 12/13/2011 2:33 AM, Comiskey, Glenn wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone list what file compression methods THREDDS can support when 
accessing data files, i.e. can a data file be stored in a compressed 
format, such as bzip2, and yet THREDDS can still access the file and 
extract data.
Kind regards,
Glenn Comiskey
Data System Administrator
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If the URL ends with a with ".Z", ".zip", ".gzip", ".gz", or ".bz2", the 
file is assumed to be/*compressed*/. The netCDF-Java library will 
uncompress/unzip and write a new file without the suffix, then read from 
the uncompressed file. Generally it prefers to place the uncompressed 
file in the same directory as the original file. If it does not have 
write permission on that directory, it will use thecache directory 
<http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/reference/Caching.html>defined 
by*ucar.nc2.util.DiskCache.
*see 
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/reference/faq.html#Reading