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The GEOS-5 software uses [http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/sib/decoders/BUFRLIB/ NCEP's bufrlib] software. Since the BUFR library software handles 'endian' conversion internally, it needs to read the BUFR files in native mode (without endian conversion). Versions of the BUFR library prior to 10.2.0 use Fortran routines to carry out I/O and so the BUFR require Fortran file markers in native format. The most recent versions of the BUFR library (not yet implemented in GEOS-5) use C routines for I/O and ignore any file markers if present. | |||
== Determining file marker type == | == Determining file marker type == | ||
You can tell what kind of file markers are being used in a BUFR file by using the Unix command 'od -c', and looking at the first line of output. | You can tell what kind of file markers are being used in a BUFR file by using the Unix command 'od -c', and looking at the first line of output. | ||