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EOS_PT_OPEN

This function creates a new file or opens an existing one.

Syntax

Result = EOS_PT_OPEN( fieldname [, /CREATE] [, /RDWR | , /READ] )

Return Value

Returns the point file id handle (fid) if successful and FAIL (–1) otherwise.

Arguments

fieldname

Complete path and filename (string) for the file to be opened.

Keywords

CREATE

If file exists, delete it, then open a new file for read/write.

RDWR

Open for read/write. If file does not exist, create it.

READ

Open for read only. If file does not exist then error.

Examples

In this example, we create a new point file named, PointFile.hdf. It returns the file handle, fid.

fid = EOS_PT_OPEN("PointFile.hdf", /CREATE)

Version History

 

5.2

Introduced

See Also

EOS_PT_CLOSE