In [1]: import pysatCDF                                                                                                    

In [2]: working = pysatCDF.CDF('./omni_hro_5min_20120101_v01.cdf')                                                         

In [3]: not_working = pysatCDF.CDF('./thd_l2_gmom_20120115_v01.cdf')                                                       
 Error (halting)...
 BAD_REC_COUNT: Illegal record count specified.                                                                          
 Error (halting)...
 BAD_REC_COUNT: Illegal record count specified.                                                                          
 Error (halting)...
 BAD_REC_COUNT: Illegal record count specified.                                                                          
 Error (halting)...
 BAD_REC_COUNT: Illegal record count specified.                                                                          
 Error (halting)...
 BAD_REC_COUNT: Illegal record count specified.                                                                          
 Error (halting)...
 BAD_REC_COUNT: Illegal record count specified.                                                                          
 Error (halting)...
 BAD_REC_COUNT: Illegal record count specified.                                                                          
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OSError                                   Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-3-63d7c37c154b> in <module>
----> 1 not_working = pysatCDF.CDF('./thd_l2_gmom_20120115_v01.cdf')

~/anaconda3/envs/spacejunk/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pysatCDF/_cdf.py in __init__(self, fname)
     75             self._read_all_z_variable_info()
     76             # load variables
---> 77             self.load_all_variables()
     78             # load all variable attribute data (zVariables)
     79             self._read_all_z_attribute_data()

~/anaconda3/envs/spacejunk/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pysatCDF/_cdf.py in load_all_variables(self)
    215         self._call_multi_fortran_z(names, data_types, rec_nums, dim_sizes,
    216                                    self.cdf_data_types['float'],
--> 217                                    fortran_cdf.get_multi_z_real4)
    218         self._call_multi_fortran_z(names, data_types, rec_nums, dim_sizes,
    219                                    self.cdf_data_types['real8'],

~/anaconda3/envs/spacejunk/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pysatCDF/_cdf.py in _call_multi_fortran_z(self, names, data_types, rec_nums, dim_sizes, input_type_code, func, epoch, data_offset, epoch16)
    323                 self._process_return_multi_z(data, sub_names, sub_sizes)
    324             else:
--> 325                 raise IOError(fortran_cdf.statusreporter(status))
    326 
    327     def _process_return_multi_z(self, data, names, dim_sizes):

OSError: b'BAD_REC_COUNT: Illegal record count specified.                                                                          '

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