Details
Improvement
Open
Minor
Description
The NetCDF Java library creates temporary *.nc files when it is asked to open zipped/packed NetCDF files (*.tar.gz, *.zip, *.gz2, ...), see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/v4.0/javadoc/ucar/nc2/NetcdfFile.html#open%28java.lang.String,%20int,%20ucar.nc2.util.CancelTask,%20java.lang.Object%29
Thus, the System property 'ucar.nc2.util.DiskCache' can be used to specify the folder for unpacking the packed NetCDF files.
It shall be in the responsibility of BEAM to manage these temporary files. Although it is a performance advantage to keep the unpacked *.nc files, users might want to get rid of them, e.g. after closing a VISAT session.
It should be controllled by two BEAM configuration properties, (1) where and (2) whether unpacked NetCDF files should be kept.
Thus, the System property 'ucar.nc2.util.DiskCache' can be used to specify the folder for unpacking the packed NetCDF files.
It shall be in the responsibility of BEAM to manage these temporary files. Although it is a performance advantage to keep the unpacked *.nc files, users might want to get rid of them, e.g. after closing a VISAT session.
It should be controllled by two BEAM configuration properties, (1) where and (2) whether unpacked NetCDF files should be kept.