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Hi Danny, The errors I see in the output you sent from "make check" are almost all "Permission denied" errors or result from previous errors of that sort: > *** testing nf_put_att_double ... > nf_create: Permission denied > > ### 2 FAILURES TESTING nf_put_att_double! ### > *** testing nf_copy_att ... ... > Switching to 64-bit offset format. > *** Testing nc_strerror ... ok > *** Testing nc_open ... > FAILURE at line 126 of test_read.c: nc_create: Permission denied > FAILURE at line 131 of test_read.c: nc_open: Permission denied > FAILURE at line 136 of test_read.c: remove of scratch.nc failed > ### 3 FAILURES TESTING nc_open! ### > *** Testing nc_close ... > FAILURE at line 182 of test_read.c: nc_create: Permission denied > FAILURE at line 185 of test_read.c: nc_close in define mode: NetCDF: Not a valid ID > FAILURE at line 188 of test_read.c: remove of scratch.nc failed > ### 3 FAILURES TESTING nc_close! ### > *** Testing nc_inq ... > FAILURE at line 258 of test_read.c: nc_create: Permission denied > ### 1 FAILURES TESTING nc_inq! ### > *** Testing nc_inq_dimid ... ok ... > *** Testing nc_rename_var ... 1386 good comparisons. ok > *** Testing nc_put_att_text ... > FAILURE at line 6862 of test_put.c: nc_create: Permission denied > ### 1 FAILURES TESTING nc_put_att_text! ### > *** Testing nc_put_att_uchar ... 5 good comparisons. ok ... > PASS: tst_big_var.exe > /bin/sh: line 4: 2508 Segmentation fault (core dumped) ${dir}$tst > FAIL: tst_large.exe > > *** Testing large files, slowly. > *** Creating large file ./large_files.nc...ok > *** Reading large file ./large_files.nc...ok > *** Tests successful! > PASS: large_files.exe > ========================================= > 2 of 9 tests failed > Please report to address@hidden > ========================================= It's possible someone else ran the test before you did and created the test files successfully, but then when you run you don't have permission to overwrite their test files. --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: VWX-699877 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed