HDF-EOS Programming Model

Writing

open file

create object

define structure

detach object

attach object

write data

detach object

close file

Reading

open file

attach object

inquire object

read data

detach object

close file

Note
When writing an HDF-EOS object, be sure to detach the object before attaching it for the first time. This will initialize the library for the new object. The object will not be written correctly if the above model is not followed.