Hi Charlie, I've fixed the ncdump bug Dennis discovered from your support question, so it should be in the next working snapshot. Thanks for making us aware of the char/string compatibility issues. --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: KOM-880811 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed