File I/O

addfile Opens a data file that is (or is to be) written in a supported file format.
addfiles Creates a reference that spans multiple data files.
addfiles_GetVar Creates a reference that spans multiple data files and returns metadata. (deprecated: see addfiles)
asciiread Reads a file that contains ASCII representations of basic data types.
asciiwrite Creates an ascii text file of numeric or string data type.
cbinread Reads binary files created using the C block I/O function write.
cbinwrite Creates a binary file in raw C block I/O format for a numeric data type.
craybinnumrec Returns the number of unformatted sequential access Fortran records in a Cray COS blocked binary file.
craybinrecread Reads COS blocked unformatted sequential access Fortran binary files.
fbindirread Reads binary records written by a Fortran direct access write or C write.
fbindirSwap Reads byte-reversed data and writes output file that can be read by fbindirread or cbinread (deprecated).
fbindirwrite Writes binary records to a file in manner analogous to fortran's "access=direct".
fbinnumrec Returns the number of unformatted sequential Fortran records in a binary file.
fbinread Reads one binary record that has been written using an UNFORMATTED FORTRAN write.
fbinrecread Reads unformatted sequential access Fortran binary files.
fbinrecwrite Writes a single unformatted sequential access Fortran record to a file.
fbinseqSwap1 Byte swaps Fortran sequential files (deprecated).
fbinseqSwap2 Byte swaps Fortran sequential files (more memory friendly) (deprecated).
fbinwrite Writes a single binary record to a file in manner analogous to Fortran's "form=unformatted, access=sequential".
fileattdef Defines global (file) attributes associated with a supported file.
filechunkdimdef Defines chunking dimension names, dimension sizes, unlimited dimensions on a supported file.
filedimdef Defines dimension names, dimension sizes, unlimited dimensions on a supported file.
fileexists Checks for existence of any UNIX file.
filegrpdef Defines a list of group (names), for a supported file, or group.
filevarattdef Copies attributes from an input variable to one or more variables on a supported file.
filevarchunkdef Defines a list of variable names, variable var_types, and variable dimension names for a supported file.
filevarcompressleveldef Defines a list of variable names, variable var_types, and variable dimension names for a supported file.
filevardef Defines a list of variable names, variable types, and variable dimension names for a supported file.
filevardimsizes Returns the dimension sizes of a variable on the given file (deprecated; use getfilevardimsizes).
getfileatts Returns a list of attribute names on the given file.
getfiledimnames Returns a list of dimension names for the given file.
getfiledims Returns a list of dimension names for the given file.
getfiledimsizes Returns an array of dimension sizes on the given file.
getfilegrpnames Returns an array of file group names on the given file.
getfilepath Returns a string of the opened file's path.
getfilevaratts Returns all attribute names associated with a variable on the given file.
getfilevarchunkdimsizes Returns the chunk dimension sizes of variable on a given file which has chunk dimensions.
getfilevardimnames Returns all dimension names associated with a variable on the given file.
getfilevardims Returns all dimension names associated with a variable on the given file.
getfilevardimsizes Returns the dimension sizes of a variable on a given file.
getfilevarnames Returns an array of file variable names on the given file.
getfilevartypes Returns the types of the named variables stored in the given file.
isfile Returns True if input is of type file.
isfilepresent Checks if a supported file exists.
isfilevar Checks if specified file variables are defined in a file.
isfilevaratt Checks if specified file variable attributes are defined for a file variable.
isfilevarcoord Checks if a coordinate variable is defined in a file.
isfilevardim Checks if file variable dimensions are defined for a file variable.
keyword_values Read a text file that contains keywords and one-or-more values (similar to fortran NAMELIST).
list_files Lists all of the variables that reference files.
list_filevars Lists all of the variables associated with a specific file.
numAsciiCol Returns the number of columns in an ASCII file.
numAsciiRow Returns the number of rows in an ASCII file.
readAsciiHead Reads an ASCII file and returns just the header.
readAsciiTable Reads an ASCII file given the number of lines at the beginning and end of the file to ignore.
setfileoption Sets a number of file-format-specific options.
v5d_close Closes a Vis5D+ format file.
v5d_create Creates a Vis5D+ format file.
v5d_setLowLev Sets the lowest vertical offset, in grid level, for each 3-dimensional gridded variable in a Vis5D+ format file.
v5d_setUnits Sets a name for physical units for a variable in a Vis5D+ format file.
v5d_write Writes compressed data to a Vis5D+ format file.
v5d_write_var Writes a single 3-dimensional gridded variable to a Vis5D+ format file.
wrf_user_getvar Extracts data from ARW WRF model output, and does basic diagnostics calculations.
wrf_user_list_times Extracts the list of available times in the ARW WRF model output.
wrf_wps_close_int Closes a currently open WPS intermediate file.
wrf_wps_open_int Opens a WPS intermediate file and returns a status.
wrf_wps_rddata_int Reads a 2D field from an open WPS intermediate file.
wrf_wps_rdhead_int Reads header information for the current field of an open WPS intermediate file.
wrf_wps_read_int Reads data from a WPS intermediate file.
wrf_wps_write_int Writes data to a WPS intermediate file.
write_matrix Writes nicely-formatted integer, float, or double precision two-dimensional (2D) arrays to standard out or to a file.
write_table Writes formatted elements from a list to an ASCII file.