Howdy Brian! Sorry, I don't know how to deal with your rpath problems, except that you can pass flags to the netCDF build by setting environment variables. So you if can figure out the arguments you need in LDFLAGS, you should be able to get what you want. You might try the latest beta release: ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf-4.1.2-beta1.tar.gz I have put your suggested changes in test_write.F into my branch of the netCDF codebase. It will make its way into the main trunk, and the daily snapshot, but not until I get back from vacation next month. Thanks, Ed Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: HYK-373191 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Critical Status: Closed