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Worked Example

Download an example here.
This tarball contains a BUFR file which uses local descriptors as well as the definition files needed to decode the tables.

1. Try decoding the BUFR file "ikco_217.local.bufr" using bufr_dump. This file uses a local table version (localTablesVersionNumber=66)
   This should fail
2. Run codes_info to find the location of the default definitions
3. Now set ECCODES_DEFINITION_PATH to include the provided "mydefs" directory.
   E.g.
   export ECCODES_DEFINITION_PATH=`pwd`/mydefs:`codes_info -d`
4. Now see if ecCodes can decode the BUFR file
5. Search the output of bufr_dump for the overridden unit "MyOwnUnits".
   This was added as an example of a centre defining its own parameter attributes

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