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What happens if I create a 64-bit offset format netCDF file and try to open it with an older netCDF application that hasn been upgraded to netCDF 3.6?

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What happens if I create a 64-bit offset format netCDF file and try to open it with an older netCDF application that hasn been upgraded to netCDF 3.6?

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The application will indicate an error trying to open the file and present an error message equivalent to “not a netCDF file”. This is why it’s a good idea not to create 64-bit offset netCDF files until you actually need them.