Hi Ingo, Thanks very much for the bug report, and sorry it's taken so long to respond. An answer to your question and a fix for the bug will have to wait another week or so, until Ed Hartnett returns. Anyway, thanks for the test that demonstrates the problem! --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: XVY-916374 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed