[MINC-development] default file type (HDF5 vs NetCDF)

[Andrew Janke]

In this case I cast my vote in the same box as Jon's.  I have been
using an older version of minc2,0 at home now ever since shifting to
Montreal with no hassles.


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On 5/31/06, Jonathan HARLAP <jharlap at bic.mni.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> I'd say that people who install MINC 2 probably should get MINC 2
> files...  But that's just my naive expectation that when I download,
> compile and install MINC 2 then when I run format conversions and
> processing tools they'd start using the MINC 2 format.
>
> So I'd vote to make the change.  However - if others are opposed, then I
> suggest an alternate change: add a -2 option to dcm2mnc and rawtominc.
>
> J
>
>
> Robert VINCENT wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I had coded it this way specifically to avoid having programs like
> > rawtominc default to MINC 2.0 format. My intent was that a user would have
> > to make the decision to change all of their files to MINC 2.0 format, and
> > then all subsequent tools would automatically honor this decision. But I
> > didn't want a user to get a MINC 2.0 file without knowing they'd asked for
> > it.
> >
> > If the general feeling is that MINC 2.0 is working for people, then I
> > don't object to this change. I just didn't want to force the new format
> > onto the world, especially in environments where MINC 2.0 format support
> > might be incomplete.
> >
> >       -bert
> >
> > If people feel that
> > On Wed, 31 May 2006, Jonathan HARLAP wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Heylas,
> >>
> >>I know I've raised this before, but now that I understand what's going
> >>on a little better I'd like to propose a small change:
> >>
> >>In libsrc/netcdf_convenience.c the function micreatex reads:
> >>
> >>     if ((cmode & MI2_CREATE_V1) != 0) {
> >>         fd = nccreate(path, cmode);
> >>     }
> >>     else if (miget_cfg_bool(MICFG_FORCE_V2) || (cmode & MI2_CREATE_V2)
> >>!= 0) {
> >>      fd = hdf_create(path, cmode, opts_ptr);
> >>     }
> >>     else {
> >>         if (mi_nc_files == 0 && mi_h5_files != 0) {
> >>             /* Create an HDF5 file. */
> >>             fd = hdf_create(path, cmode, opts_ptr);
> >>         }
> >>         else {
> >>             /* Create a NetCDF file. */
> >>             fd = nccreate(path, cmode);
> >>         }
> >>     }
> >>
> >>
> >>I propose changing the line "if (mi_nc_files == 0 && mi_h5_files != 0)"
> >>to read " if (mi_nc_files == 0)"
> >>
> >>The reason is that currently the code will default to creating HDF5
> >>files only if a program has already opened an HDF5 file.  The change
> >>proposed would make it such that the library will only create CDF files
> >>if a program has already opened a CDF file.  This won't influence any of
> >>the minc tools normally used on a day-to-day basis, but will change the
> >>default output of file format converters that don't read any minc files
> >>before creating an output file.
> >>
> >>I didn't put this in CVS yet as I don't know what your process is for
> >>getting this kind of functionality change into the library.
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>J
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