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DFSDstartslice/dssslc
intn DFSDstartslice(char *
filename
)
filename
IN:
Name of the HDF file
Purpose
Prepares the interface to write a data slice to the specified file.
Return value
Returns SUCCEED (or 0) if successful and FAIL (or -1) otherwise.
Description
Before calling
DFSDstartslice
,
DFSDsetdims
must be called to specify the dimensions of the dataset to be written to the file.
DFSDstartslice
always appends a new dataset to an existing file.
Also,
DFSDstartslice
must be called before
DFSDputslice
or
DFSDendslice
.
DFSDstartslice
is obsolete in favor of
DFSDstartslab
.
DFSDstartslab
is the recommended function call to use when beginning hyperslab operations. HDF will continue to support
DFSDstartslice
only to maintain backward compatibility earlier versions of the library.
FORTRAN
integer function dssslc(filename)
character* (*) filename
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HDF User's Reference Manual, Draft 06/09/97, NCSA HDF Development Group.