ncgen -lc is incorrectly handling _Format

nc_test4/Makefile.am

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/lib_flags.am
 
 # Un comment to use a more verbose test driver
 #SH_LOG_DRIVER = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/test-driver-verbose
+#sh_LOG_DRIVER = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/test-driver-verbose
 #LOG_DRIVER = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/test-driver-verbose
+#TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = export SETX=1;
 
 TEST_EXTENSIONS = .sh
 

nc_test4/ref_bzip2.c

@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ main() {/* create bzip2.nc */
     /* enter define mode */
     stat = nc_create("bzip2.nc", NC_CLOBBER|NC_NETCDF4, &ncid);
     check_err(stat,__LINE__,__FILE__);
-    stat = nc_put_att_text(ncid, NC_GLOBAL, "_Format", 1, "netCDF-4");
-    check_err(stat,__LINE__,__FILE__);
     bzip2_grp = ncid;
 
     /* define dimensions */

ncdump/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ ENDIF(MSVC)
   ENDIF(USE_NETCDF4)
 
   add_sh_test(ncdump test_radix)
+
+  add_sh_test(ncdump tst_ctests)
+
 ENDIF()
 
 ENDIF()
@@ -296,7 +299,7 @@ SET(MAN_FILES nccopy.1 ncdump.1)
 # Note, the L512.bin file is file containing exactly 512 bytes each of value 0.
 # It is used for creating hdf5 files with varying offsets for testing.
 
-FILE(GLOB COPY_FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/ncgen/*.nc ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/nc_test4/*.nc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.ncml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.nc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.cdl ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.sh ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.1 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/L512.bin)
+FILE(GLOB COPY_FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/ncgen/*.nc ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/nc_test4/*.nc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.ncml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.nc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.cdl ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.sh ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.1 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/L512.bin ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ref_ctest*.c)
 FILE(COPY ${COPY_FILES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ FILE_PERMISSIONS OWNER_WRITE OWNER_READ OWNER_EXECUTE)
 
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(cdl)

ncdump/Makefile.am

@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ if USE_HDF5
 TESTS += tst_inmemory_nc4.sh tst_nccopy_w4.sh
 endif
 
+if USE_HDF5
+# Re-activate the ncgen -lc tests
+TESTS += tst_ctests.sh
+endif
+
 endif BUILD_TESTSETS
 
 # These files all have to be included with the distribution.
@@ -150,6 +155,9 @@ ref_nccopy_w.cdl tst_nccopy_w3.sh tst_nccopy_w4.sh ref_no_ncproperty.nc
 # It is used for creating hdf5 files with varying offsets for testing.
 EXTRA_DIST += L512.bin
 
+EXTRA_DIST += tst_ctests.sh ref_ctest_small_3.c ref_ctest_small_4.c \
+	ref_ctest_special_atts_4.c
+
 # CDL files and Expected results
 SUBDIRS = cdl expected
 
@@ -175,4 +183,5 @@ tst_c0.cdl tst_c0_4.cdl tst_c0_4c.cdl tst_c0_64.cdl			\
 tst_compound_datasize_test.cdl tst_compound_datasize_test2.cdl		\
 tst_ncf199.cdl tst_tst_gattenum.cdl tst_tst_usuffix.cdl ctest.c		\
 ctest64.c nccopy3_subset_out.nc camrun.c tst_ncf213.cdl tst_ncf213.nc   \
-tst_radix.nc tmp_radix.cdl
+tst_radix.nc tmp_radix.cdl ctest_small_3.c ctest_small_4.c              \
+ctest_special_atts_4.c

ncdump/ref_ctest_small_3.c

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <netcdf.h>
+
+
+void
+check_err(const int stat, const int line, const char *file) {
+    if (stat != NC_NOERR) {
+        (void)fprintf(stderr,"line %d of %s: %s\n", line, file, nc_strerror(stat));
+        fflush(stderr);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+}
+
+int
+main() {/* create ref_tst_small.nc */
+
+    int  stat;  /* return status */
+    int  ncid;  /* netCDF id */
+
+    /* dimension ids */
+    int Time_dim;
+    int DateStrLen_dim;
+
+    /* dimension lengths */
+    size_t Time_len = NC_UNLIMITED;
+    size_t DateStrLen_len = 19;
+
+    /* variable ids */
+    int Times_id;
+
+    /* rank (number of dimensions) for each variable */
+#   define RANK_Times 2
+
+    /* variable shapes */
+    int Times_dims[RANK_Times];
+
+    /* enter define mode */
+    stat = nc_create("ref_tst_small.nc", NC_CLOBBER, &ncid);
+    check_err(stat,__LINE__,__FILE__);
+
+    /* define dimensions */
+    stat = nc_def_dim(ncid, "Time", Time_len, &Time_dim);
+    check_err(stat,__LINE__,__FILE__);
+    stat = nc_def_dim(ncid, "DateStrLen", DateStrLen_len, &DateStrLen_dim);
+    check_err(stat,__LINE__,__FILE__);
+
+    /* define variables */
+
+    Times_dims[0] = Time_dim;
+    Times_dims[1] = DateStrLen_dim;
+    stat = nc_def_var(ncid, "Times", NC_CHAR, RANK_Times, Times_dims, &Times_id);
+    check_err(stat,__LINE__,__FILE__);
+
+    /* assign global attributes */
+
+    {
+    stat = nc_put_att_text(ncid, NC_GLOBAL, "TITLE", 31, " OUTPUT FROM WRF V2.0.3.1 MODEL");
+    check_err(stat,__LINE__,__FILE__);
+    }
+
+
+    /* leave define mode */
+    stat = nc_enddef (ncid);
+    check_err(stat,__LINE__,__FILE__);
+
+    /* assign variable data */
+
+    {
+    char* Times_data = "2005-04-11_12:00:002005-04-11_13:00:00" ;
+    size_t Times_startset[2] = {0, 0} ;
+    size_t Times_countset[2] = {2, 19};
+    stat = nc_put_vara(ncid, Times_id, Times_startset, Times_countset, Times_data);
+    check_err(stat,__LINE__,__FILE__);
+    }
+
+
+    stat = nc_close(ncid);
+    check_err(stat,__LINE__,__FILE__);
+    return 0;
+}