EOS_SW_OPEN

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This function creates a new file or opens an existing file.

Syntax

Result = EOS_SW_OPEN( filename [, /CREATE] [, /RDWR | , /READ] )

Return Value

Returns the swath file id handle (fid) if successful and FAIL (–1) otherwise.

Arguments

filename

Complete path and filename for the file to be opened (string).

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, error. This is the default.

Examples

In this example, we create a new swath file named, SwathFile.hdf. It returns the file handle, fid:

fid = EOS_SW_OPEN("SwathFile.hdf", /CREATE) 

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