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add info of NetCDF determines use of PnetCDF underneath
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@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ <h2 id="InteroperabilityofPnetCDFwithnetCDF-4">Interoperability of PnetCDF with
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Check the <a href="http://cucis.ece.northwestern.edu/projects/PnetCDF/#InteroperabilityWithNetCDF4">netCDF-4 example programs</a> in C and Fortran.
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Starting from 4.6.2, NetCDF simply checks the create mode flag, i.e.
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NC_64BIT_OFFSET, NC_64BIT_DATA, or 0, when creating a new file in classic
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formats (CDF-1, 2, or 5) and can automatically dispatch the PnetCDF library to
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perform the parallel I/O. For opening an existing file (a call to nc_open_par),
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NetCDF first checks the file format and if the file is in classic format,
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PnetCDF library is dispatched. Otherwise HDF5 library is used.
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<strong>Note:</strong> Currently, using PnetCDF mode is the only way for a
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netCDF program to perform parallel I/O on files in classic CDF-1, 2, and 5
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formats. </p>

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