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list_files
Lists all of the variables that reference files.
Prototype
procedure list_files ( )
Description
Lists all of the current variables containing references to files. These variables were created by the addfile function. If run at the command line, this procedure invokes a pager for scrolling through the list. The pager is either "more" or whatever the user's PAGER environment variable is set to.
See Also
list_hlus, list_procfuncs, list_vars
Examples
Example 1
f = addfile("hgt.mon.mean.nc","r")
g = addfile("slp.mon.mean.nc" ,"r")
h = addfile("soi.nc" ,"r")
list_files()
outputs to standard out:
h READ ONLY
soi.nc
Dimensions:
(0) time 1392
Attributes:
title
source
history
Conventions
creation_date
references
g READ ONLY
slp.mon.mean.nc
Dimensions:
(0) lon 144
(1) lat 73
(2) time 683
Attributes:
title
history
description
platform
Conventions
f READ ONLY
hgt.mon.mean.nc
Dimensions:
(0) lon 144
(1) lat 73
(2) level 17
(3) time 674
Attributes:
title
history
description
platform
Conventions