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EOS_PT_OPEN


Syntax | Return Value | Arguments | Keywords | Examples | Version History | See Also

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

Introduced: 5.2

See Also

EOS_PT_CLOSE


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