vssetexternalfile(3hdf)

vssetexternalfile3hdf

int32 VSsetexternalfile(int 32 id, char *filename, int32 offset)

id
IN: vdata ID

filename
IN: name of external file

offset
IN: offset in external file

Purpose

store Vdata info in a separate file

Return value

Return SUCCEED if no error, else FAIL.

Description

Specify that the actual data for this Vdata be stored in a separate file (an "external file" in HDF terms).

Only the data (as in VSwrite()) will be stored externally. Attributes and such will still be in the main file.

IMPORTANT: It is the user's responsibility to see that the separate files are transported with the main file.

FORTRAN

integer function vsfsextf(id, filename, offset)
integer*4 id, offset
character*(*) filename

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 1.3 (Bo).

  1. 1.3–2.0

From libhdf4g-dev 4.0.2-6 in Debian 2.0 (Hamm). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.