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Max, Here is a patch for the bug you reported in ncdump/dumplib.c. Thanks for reporting and diagnosing the problem. This patch will have been applied to the next snapshot release we make available, in case you can wait until then. --Russ cvs diff: Diffing . Index: dumplib.c =================================================================== RCS file: /upc/share/CVS/netcdf-3/ncdump/dumplib.c,v retrieving revision 1.59 diff -p -r1.59 dumplib.c *** dumplib.c 10 Jun 2008 20:32:43 -0000 1.59 --- dumplib.c 14 Jun 2008 12:36:22 -0000 *************** init_types(int ncid) { *** 1605,1622 **** int rank; int *sides; int i; NC_CHECK( nc_inq_compound_field(ncid, tinfo->tid, fidx, NULL, &offset, &ftype, &rank, sides) ); tinfo->fids[fidx] = ftype; tinfo->offsets[fidx] = offset; tinfo->ranks[fidx] = rank; ! tinfo->sides[fidx] = (int *) emalloc(rank * sizeof(int)); tinfo->nvals[fidx] = 1; for(i = 0; i < rank; i++) { tinfo->sides[fidx][i] = sides[i]; tinfo->nvals[fidx] *= sides[i]; } } break; case NC_VLEN: --- 1605,1629 ---- int rank; int *sides; int i; + sides = NULL; NC_CHECK( nc_inq_compound_field(ncid, tinfo->tid, fidx, NULL, &offset, &ftype, &rank, sides) ); + sides = (int *) emalloc(rank * sizeof(int)); + NC_CHECK( nc_inq_compound_field(ncid, tinfo->tid, fidx, NULL, + NULL, NULL, NULL, sides) ); tinfo->fids[fidx] = ftype; tinfo->offsets[fidx] = offset; tinfo->ranks[fidx] = rank; ! if (rank > 0) ! tinfo->sides[fidx] = (int *) emalloc(rank * sizeof(int)); tinfo->nvals[fidx] = 1; for(i = 0; i < rank; i++) { tinfo->sides[fidx][i] = sides[i]; tinfo->nvals[fidx] *= sides[i]; } + if (rank > 0) + free(sides); } break; case NC_VLEN: Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ODF-774270 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed