Andrew, > Russ sorted out this link for me a while back which told me how to fix > up the unlimited dimensions in a netcdf3 file that hadn't been closed > properly. Unfortunately, I've now gone and made a similar mistake with > a netcdf4 file. Is there any way to fix up a netcdf4 file so that I > can access the records = that I know are in there? Sorry, I don't know how to do that, but it may be possible. You might have success asking the HDF5 support staff at http://www.hdfgroup.org/services/support.html If you're desperate, another approach would be to study the details of the HDF5 format at http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/H5.format.html --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BNI-564997 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed