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

[Jonathan HARLAP]

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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