eccodes/examples/C/grib_multi_write.c

/*
 * (C) Copyright 2005- ECMWF.
 *
 * This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
 * which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
 *
 * In applying this licence, ECMWF does not waive the privileges and immunities granted to it by
 * virtue of its status as an intergovernmental organisation nor does it submit to any jurisdiction.
 */

/*
 * C Implementation: grib_multi_write
 *
 * Description: How to encode GRIB2 messages containing multiple fields
 *
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "eccodes.h"

static void usage(const char* prog)
{
    printf("usage: %s in.grib out.grib\n", prog);
    exit(1);
}

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    int err  = 0;
    FILE* in = NULL;
    FILE* of = NULL;
    long edition, step;
    char* filename          = NULL;
    char* ofilename         = NULL;
    codes_handle* h         = NULL;
    codes_multi_handle* mh  = NULL;
    const int start_section = 4; /* Grib2 Product Definition Section */

    if (argc < 3) usage(argv[0]);
    filename  = argv[1];
    ofilename = argv[2];

    /* open input file */
    in = fopen(filename, "rb");
    if (!in) {
        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: unable to open input file %s\n", filename);
        return 1;
    }

    /* new grib handle from input file */
    h = codes_handle_new_from_file(0, in, PRODUCT_GRIB, &err);
    CODES_CHECK(err, 0);
    CODES_CHECK(codes_get_long(h, "edition", &edition), 0);
    if (edition != 2) {
        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Input grib must be edition 2 for multi-fields\n");
        exit(1);
    }

    /* create a new empty multi-field handle */
    mh = codes_grib_multi_handle_new(NULL);
    if (!mh) {
        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Unable to create multi-field handle\n");
        exit(1);
    }

    for (step = 12; step <= 120; step += 12) {
        /* set step */
        codes_set_long(h, "step", step);
        /* append h to mh repeating from section 4 */
        /* i.e. starting from section 4 all the sections to the end of the message will be copied */
        codes_grib_multi_handle_append(h, start_section, mh);
    }

    /* open output file */
    of = fopen(ofilename, "wb");
    if (!of) {
        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: unable to open output file %s\n", ofilename);
        exit(1);
    }

    /* write multi-field handle to output file */
    err = codes_grib_multi_handle_write(mh, of);
    if (err) return 1;
    fclose(of);

    /* release memory */
    codes_handle_delete(h);
    codes_grib_multi_handle_delete(mh);

    fclose(in);
    return 0;
}