Is there something wrong with my netcdf library?

Author: S. Luyssaert
Last revision: S. Luyssaert (2020/02/28)

Objective

This item should help to: (1) distinguish a real ERROR from a harmless bug in the libIGCM Script file.

Harmless bug in libIGCM Script

After completion, LibIGCM writes a Script to the folder from where you launched the job. In December 2016 several users setting-up a clean installation where surprised to see the following error message:

netcdf/4(10):ERROR:150: Module 'netcdf/4' conflicts with the currently loaded module(s) 'netcdf/4p'
netcdf/4(10):ERROR:102: Tcl command execution failed: conflict netcdf/4p

This error message is a harmless bug and does not make libIGCM crash. If this is the only error-message in the script-file then you are fine.

Real ERROR in libIGCM Script

If the model crashes but no Debug folder was created in the folder from where you launched the simulation, most likely, something went wrong in libIGCM. Open the Script file and search for ERROR. Ignore the first two ERRORs (described above) because those are harmless. The next ERROR is probably the real reason of the crash.