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1.4 High-Level HDF APIs

The HDF I/O library consists of C and Fortran-77 routines for accessing objects and associated information. Although there is some overlap among object types, in most cases an API operates on data of only one type. Therefore, you need only familiarize yourself with the APIs specific to your needs in order to access data in an HDF file. The names of the HDF APIs designed to access the seven object types are:

As these interfaces are the tools used to read and write HDF files they are the primary focus of this manual.

1.4.1 User's Guide Code Examples

Copies of the C and Fortran-77 User's Guide examples, in ASCII format, are located on the HDF ftp server at hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu in the "/pub/HDF/examples/Users_Guide" directory.



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HDF User's Guide - 06/04/97, NCSA HDF Development Group.