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+# Define the development environment for NCAR project machine seneca
+# Based on settings in /usr/local/src/met/README.snat
+
+# Top-level MET project directory
+MET_PROJ_DIR=/d1/projects/MET
+
+# Variables required to build MET
+export MET_DEVELOPMENT=true
+export MET_DST=/usr/local
+export MET_NETCDF=${MET_DST}/netcdf-4.7.0/gcc-8.3.0
+export MET_HDF5=${MET_DST}/hdf5-1.8.21
+export MET_HDFINC=${MET_DST}/hdf4-4.2.15/include/hdf
+export MET_HDFLIB=${MET_DST}/hdf4-4.2.15/lib
+export MET_HDFEOS=${MET_DST}/hdf-eos2-20v1
+export MET_BUFR=${MET_DST}
+export MET_GRIB2C=${MET_DST}
+export MET_GSL=${MET_PROJ_DIR}/MET_releases/external_libs/gnu_8.3.0
+export MET_CAIROINC=/usr/include/cairo
+export MET_CAIROLIB=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
+export MET_FREETYPEINC=/usr/include/freetype2
+export MET_FREETYPELIB=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
+export MET_JASPER=${MET_DST}/jasper-1.900.1
+
+# For Python 3 in met-9.0
+export MET_PYTHON=/usr/local/met-python3
+export MET_PYTHON_CC="-I${MET_PYTHON}/include/python3.8"
+export MET_PYTHON_LD="-L${MET_PYTHON}/lib -lpython3.8 -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm"
+
+# -D__64BIT__ is required because we've compiled libgrib2c.a with that flag
+export CFLAGS="-DUNDERSCORE -fPIC -D__64BIT__"
+export CXXFLAGS=${CFLAGS}
+
+# Set LDFLAGS to include -rpath settings when compiling MET
+export LDFLAGS="-Wl,--disable-new-dtags"
+export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-rpath,${MET_DST}/lib:${MET_HDFEOS}/lib:${MET_NETCDF}/lib:${MET_DST}/zlib-1.2.11/lib:${MET_DST}/szip-2.1.1/lib"
+export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-rpath,${MET_HDFLIB}:${MET_HDF5}/lib:${MET_GSL}/lib:${MET_PYTHON}/lib:${MET_JASPER}/lib"
+export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L${MET_JASPER}/lib"
+
+# Variables required to run MET
+export MET_TEST_INPUT=${MET_PROJ_DIR}/MET_test_data/unit_test
+export MET_FONT_DIR=${MET_TEST_INPUT}/fonts
+
+# This is a cron script -- create the shell environment for this job
+export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:\
+             /usr/bin/X11:/opt/bin:${MET_NETCDF}/bin"
+