Index: netcdf-4.1.1/libsrc4/nc4file.c
===================================================================
--- netcdf-4.1.1.orig/libsrc4/nc4file.c	2010-04-07 16:28:56.000000000 +0200
+++ netcdf-4.1.1/libsrc4/nc4file.c	2011-10-25 12:42:09.000000000 +0200
@@ -2767,11 +2767,12 @@
 
    if (!numfiles)
    {      
+#if 0
       /* If all files have been closed, close he HDF5 library. This will
        * clean up some stuff that HDF5 is leaving open. */
       if ((retval = H5close()) < 0)
 	 return NC_EHDFERR;
-
+#endif
       /* Reset the ncid numbers. */
       last_file_id = 0;
    }
