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info = cdfinfo(filename)
info = cdfinfo(filename) returns information about the Common Data Format (CDF) file specified in the string filename.
The following table lists the fields returned in the structure, info. The table lists the fields in the order that they appear in the structure.
Field | Description | |
|---|---|---|
Text string specifying the name of the file | ||
Text string indicating the date the file was last modified | ||
Double scalar specifying the size of the file, in bytes | ||
Text string specifying the file format | ||
Text string specifying the version of the CDF library used to create the file | ||
Structure array containing library settings used to create the file | ||
Filenames containing the CDF file's data, if it is a multi-file format CDF | ||
N-by-6 cell array, where N is the number of variables, containing information about the variables in the file. The columns present the following information: | ||
Column 1 | Text string specifying name of variable | |
Column 2 | Double array specifying the dimensions of the variable, as returned by the size function | |
Column 3 | Double scalar specifying the number of records assigned for the variable | |
Column 4 | Text string specifying the data type of the variable, as stored in the CDF file | |
Column 5 | Text string specifying the record and dimension variance settings for the variable. The single T or F to the left of the slash designates whether values vary by record. The zero or more T or F letters to the right of the slash designate whether values vary at each dimension. Here are some examples. T/ (scalar variable F/T (one-dimensional variable) T/TFF (three-dimensional variable) | |
Structure array that contains one field for each global attribute. The name of each field corresponds to the name of an attribute. The data in each field, contained in a cell array, represents the entry values for that attribute. | ||
Structure array that contains one field for each variable attribute. The name of each field corresponds to the name of an attribute. The data in each field is contained in a n-by-2 cell array, where n is the number of variables. The first column of this cell array contains the variable names associated with the entries. The second column contains the entry values. | ||
Note Attribute names returned by cdfinfo might not match the names of the attributes in the CDF file exactly. Attribute names can contain characters that are illegal in MATLAB field names. cdfinfo removes illegal characters that appear at the beginning of attributes and replaces other illegal characters with underscores ('_'). When cdfinfo modifies an attribute name, it appends the attribute's internal number to the end of the field name. For example, the attribute name Variable%Attribute becomes Variable_Attribute_013. |
Note To improve performance, turn off the file validation which the CDF library does by default when opening files. For more information, see cdflib.setValidate. |
info = cdfinfo('example.cdf')
info =
Filename: 'example.cdf'
FileModDate: '09-Mar-2001 15:45:22'
FileSize: 1240
Format: 'CDF'
FormatVersion: '2.7.0'
FileSettings: [1x1 struct]
Subfiles: {}
Variables: {5x6 cell}
GlobalAttributes: [1x1 struct]
VariableAttributes: [1x1 struct]
info.Variables
ans =
'Time' [1x2 double] [24] 'epoch' 'T/' 'Full'
'Longitude' [1x2 double] [ 1] 'int8' 'F/FT' 'Full'
'Latitude' [1x2 double] [ 1] 'int8' 'F/TF' 'Full'
'Data' [1x3 double] [ 1] 'double' 'T/TTT' 'Full'
'multidim' [1x4 double] [ 1] 'uint8' 'T/TTTT' 'Full'
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