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cdflib.setFormat - Specify format of Common Data Format (CDF) file

Syntax

cdflib.setFormat(cdfId,format)

Description

cdflib.setFormat(cdfId,format) specifies the format of a Common Data Format (CDF) file.

Input Arguments

cdfId

Identifier of a CDF file, returned by a call to cdflib.create or cdflib.open.

format

Either of the following text strings, or its numeric equivalent.

'SINGLE_FILE'The CDF consists of only one file. This is the default file format
'MULTI_FILE'The CDF consists of one header file for control and attribute data and one additional file for each variable in the CDF.

To get the numeric equivalent of these values, use cdflib.getConstantValue.

Examples

Create a CDF file and specify its format. To run this example, you must have write permission in your current folder.

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

% Specify multifile format.
cdflib.setFormat(cdfId, 'MULTI_FILE');

% Check format.
 format = cdflib.getFormat(cdfId)

format =

MULTI_FILE

% Clean up
cdflib.delete(cdfId)
clear cdfId

References

This function corresponds to the CDF library C API routine CDFsetFormat. To use this function, 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.getConstantValue | cdflib.getFormat

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