cdflib.inquire - Basic characteristics of Common Data Format (CDF) file

Syntax

Description

info = cdflib.inquire(cdfId) returns basic information about a Common Data Format (CDF) file.

Input Arguments

Output Arguments

Examples

Open the example CDF file, and then get basic information about the file:

cdfId = cdflib.open('example.cdf');

info = cdflib.inquire(cdfId)

info = 

     encoding: 'IBMPC_ENCODING'
     majority: 'ROW_MAJOR'
       maxRec: 23
      numVars: 5
    numvAttrs: 1
    numgAttrs: 3

References

This function corresponds to the CDF library C API routines CDFinquireCDF and CDFgetNumgAttributes. 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.inquireVar

Tutorials

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