# ACCESS-CM2: changes in access-cm2-drivers from fcm\_make\_drivers

**URL:** <https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/access-cm2-changes-in-access-cm2-drivers-from-fcm-make-drivers/1858>\
**Category:** Earth System\
**Tags:** access-cm2\
**Created:** [23 February 2024 09:13 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/access-cm2-changes-in-access-cm2-drivers-from-fcm-make-drivers/1858 "2024-02-23T09:13:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aidan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/aidan/32/42_2.png) [@Aidan](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/Aidan)\
**Post date:** [4 March 2024 01:31 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/access-cm2-changes-in-access-cm2-drivers-from-fcm-make-drivers/1858/6 "2024-03-04T01:31:18Z")

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> [@griff](#):
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> My experience is that `um2netcdf.py` is a varied beast and there are somewhere up to 20 versions floating around. The bottom line though is that these variations are mostly cosmetic or suite specific, so as long as you can find the data you want, you should be OK.

FYI @atteggiani is working on an updated um conversion tool, `um2nc`

> [@Um2netcdf4 not working after maintenance (change to /g/data3 alias)](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/um2netcdf4-not-working-after-maintenance-change-to-g-data3-alias/1060/3):
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> Hi Arnold, the um2necdf script will be available in the future within other set of tools to manipulate ACCESS ancillary files. For now, since it’s still in a pre-release form, you can do the following: Load the conda/analysis3-unstable module: module unload conda module load conda/analysis3-unstable clone [this](https://github.com/ACCESS-NRI/amami) repo: git clone https://github.com/ACCESS-NRI/amami.git Use the um2nc.py tool under amami/amami/um2nc.py For complete usage instructions, run um2nc.py -h Note: The tool is stil…

I am sure he would welcome people trying it out and giving feedback.

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