one way to make existing "time" dimension to be "unlimited":
cdo seltimestep,1/12 ifile ofile
where 1/12 is the first and last indices of your time record.
Ref: https://code.zmaw.de/boards/1/topics/798
1057 cdo seltimestep,1/1 sic_G10010_SIBT1850_v1.1-naa_icecon.nc4 sic.nc
1058 cdo seltimestep,1/1 sit_G10010_SIBT1850_v1.1-naa_icecon.nc4 sic.nc
1059 cdo seltimestep,1/1 sit_PIOMAS_1979_2013-naa_arlan.nc4 sit.nc
Add all variables in sic.nc to sit.nc
1062 ncks -h -A sic.nc sit.nc
Remove time_counter dimension from the lists of dimensions and variables.
1065 ncwa -a time_counter sit.nc sit2.nc
Same names (labels) but different IDs for nodes in PyGraphviz:
add_node(1,label=A)
add_node(2,label=B)
add_node(3,label=A)
will create three nodes consisting of two As and one B.
Ref: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15711909/how-to-create-duplicate-nodes-in-pygraphviz