Hi Steve, You need to switch to the next HDF5 version: ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/hdf5/hdf5-1.8.0-pre/hdf5-1.8.0-rc2.tar The error you're seeing is due to the final change in the HDF5 API before the release of HDF5 1.8.0 ... --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZAF-660869 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed