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HDFclose/hdfclose
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intn HDFclose(int32 <span style="color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">file_id</span>)
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<span style="color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">file_id</span>
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File identifier returned by <b class="cFunctionName">Hopen</b>
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Purpose
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Closes the access path to the file.
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Returns <code style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 8pt" class="cDefName">SUCCEED</code> (or <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">0</span>) if successful and <code style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 8pt" class="cDefName">FAIL</code> (or <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">-1</span>) otherwise.
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The file identifier <span style="color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">file_id</span> is validated before the file is closed. If the identifier is valid, the function closes the access path to the file.
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If there are still access identifiers attached to the file, the error code <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">DFE_OPENAID</span> is returned and the file is not closed. This is a common occurrence when developing new interfaces. See <b class="cFunctionName">Hendaccess</b> for further discussion of this problem.
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integer function hdfclose(file_id)
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int32 HDFopen(char *<span style="color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">filename</span>, intn <span style="color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">access</span>, int16 <span style="color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">n_dds</span>)
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filename
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Complete path and filename for the file to be opened
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access
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File access code
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Number of data descriptors in a block if a new file is to be created
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Provides an access path to an HDF file by reading all the data descriptor blocks into memory.
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Returns the file identifier if successful and <code style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 8pt" class="cDefName">FAIL</code> (or <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">-1</span>) otherwise.
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If given a new file name, <b class="cFunctionName">HDFopen</b> will create a new file using the specified access type and number of data descriptors. If given an existing file name, <b class="cFunctionName">HDFopen</b> will open the file using the specified access type and ignore the <span style="color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">n_dds</span> argument.
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HDF provides several file access code definitions:
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DFACC_READ - Open for read only. If file does not exist, an error condition results.
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DFACC_CREATE - If file exists, delete it, then open a new file for read/write.
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DFACC_WRITE - Open for read/write. If file does not exist, create it.
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If a file is opened and an attempt is made to reopen the file using <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">DFACC_CREATE</span>, HDF will issue the error <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">DFE_ALROPEN</span>. If the file is opened with read only access and an attempt is made to reopen the file for write access using <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">DFACC_RDWR</span>, <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">DFACC_WRITE</span>, or <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">DFACC_ALL</span>, HDF will attempt to reopen the file with read and write permissions.
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Upon successful exit, the named file is opened with the relevant permissions, the data descriptors are set up in memory, and the associated <span style="color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline" class="cDefault">file_id</span> is returned. For new files, the appropriate file headers are also set up.
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