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Chris, > After the 5th iteration I got it right. Is there any way to tell from > existing .h files laying around the system, what version of netcdf they > belong to? No, but you can tell from the src/VERSION file. You might be able to tell from .h files if we ever move netCDF to SourceForge, at which time you could just use CVS to check the versions associated with release tags. Here's what we have for libsrc/netcdf.h Working file: netcdf.h head: 2.75 symbolic names: netcdf_3_5_0: 2.74 netcdf_3_4-beta8: 2.74 netcdf_3_4_NERSC_MP: 2.71 netcdf_3_4: 2.70 netcdf_3_4_atd: 2.70 r_3_3_2_atdb: 2.69 netcdf-3_3_1: 2.69 pre_fortran_cpp_hacks: 2.68 netcdf-3_3: 2.65 ... --Russ