cdflib.create - Create Common Data Format (CDF) file

Syntax

Description

cdfId = cdflib.create(filename) creates a new CDF file with the name specified by the text string filename. Returns the CDF file identifier cdfId.

Examples

Create a CDF file. To run this example, you must have write permission in your current directory.

cdfId = cdflib.create('myfile.cdf');

% Clean up
cdflib.delete(cdfId);

clear cdfId

References

This function corresponds to the CDF library C API routine CDFcreateCDF. To use these functions, you must be familiar with the CDF C interface. Read the CDF documentation at the CDF Web site. For copyright information, see the cdfcopyright.txt file.

See Also

cdflib.close | cdflib.open

Tutorials

• Importing Common Data File Format (CDF) Files
• Exporting to Common Data File Format (CDF) Files