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matlab.io.hdfeos.gd.open

Namespace: matlab.io.hdfeos.gd

Open grid file

Syntax

gfid = open(filename,access)

Description

gfid = open(filename,access) opens or creates an HDF-EOS grid file identified by filename and returns a file ID. access can be one of the following values:

'read'Read-only
'rdwr'Read-write
'create'Creates a file, deleting it if it already exists

If access is not provided, it defaults to 'read'.

This function corresponds to the GDopen function in the HDF-EOS library C API.

Examples

import matlab.io.hdfeos.*
gfid = gd.open('grid.hdf');
gd.close(gfid);