From 4ad0b538037a23751238812f2536da7e0f5f6429 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Hoese <david.hoese@ssec.wisc.edu>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 09:11:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Try compiling C example for netcdf

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml               | 11 +++++++++++
 continuous_integration/environment.yaml |  2 ++
 test_write_netcdf.c                     | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 test_write_netcdf.c

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 39bc4a161b..5dc925f6d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --no-deps -e .
 
+#      - name: Run test_write_netcdf
+#        shell: cmd
+#        run: |
+#          cl test_write_netcdf.c /out:test_write_netcdf.exe
+#          test_write_netcdf.exe
+      - name: Run test_write_netcdf
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: |
+          gcc -o test_write_netcdf -L "${CONDA_PREFIX}/lib" -I "${CONDA_PREFIX}/include" -lnetcdf test_write_netcdf.c
+          ./test_write_netcdf
+
       - name: Run test_netcdf manually - netcdf4 python close
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
diff --git a/continuous_integration/environment.yaml b/continuous_integration/environment.yaml
index 96d7efa7ef..2e6f9c2091 100644
--- a/continuous_integration/environment.yaml
+++ b/continuous_integration/environment.yaml
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ dependencies:
   # PNetCDF (build 109)
 #  - libnetcdf
   - netcdf4
+#  - vc  # [win]
+  - gcc
diff --git a/test_write_netcdf.c b/test_write_netcdf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b85ff3e3fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_write_netcdf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include <netcdf.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+/* This macro handles errors by outputting a message to stdout and
+   then exiting. */
+#define NC_EXAMPLE_ERROR 2 /* This is the exit code for failure. */
+#define BAIL(e) do {                                            \
+        printf("Bailing out in file %s, line %d, error:%s.\n",  \
+               __FILE__, __LINE__, nc_strerror(e));             \
+        return NC_EXAMPLE_ERROR;                                \
+    } while (0)
+
+int main() {
+    int res, ncid;
+    res = nc_create("test_netcdf_c.nc", NC_CLOBBER, &ncid);
+    if (res) {
+        BAIL(res);
+    }
+    printf("SUCCESS!\n");
+    return 0;
+}