From f48d47a3649aa1219a26a7bb6071b06910e90c9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Barth <barth.alexander@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 13:54:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] set product_id

(only for future products)
---
 julia/merge_products.jl | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/julia/merge_products.jl b/julia/merge_products.jl
index 7acf8a7..60080fb 100644
--- a/julia/merge_products.jl
+++ b/julia/merge_products.jl
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ using NCDatasets
 using Dates
 using Glob
 using DIVAnd
+using UUIDs
+
 include("MergingClim.jl")
 
 plotcheck = false
@@ -40,8 +42,8 @@ units = "mg/m^3"
 #var_stdname = "mass_concentration_of_inorganic_nitrogen_in_sea_water"
 #units = "umol/l"
 
-
-product_id = ""
+# Every merged NetCDF file should have a unique identifier
+product_id = string(uuid1())
 
 hostname = gethostname()
 if hostname == "ogs01"