 
	Metadata routines
| assignFillValue | Transfers the _FillValue attribute from one variable to another. | 
| copy_VarAtts | Copies all of a variable's attributes from one variable to another. | 
| copy_VarCoords | Copies all named dimensions and coordinate variables from one variable to another. | 
| copy_VarCoords_1 | Copies all named dimensions and coordinate variables from one variable to another except for the rightmost dimension. | 
| copy_VarCoords_2 | Copies all named dimensions and coordinate variables from one variable to another except for the rightmost two dimensions. | 
| copy_VarMeta | Copies all attributes, named dimensions and coordinate variables from one variable to another. | 
| copyatt | Copies all attributes, named dimensions and coordinate variables from one variable to another (deprecated version). | 
| default_fillvalue | Returns the default missing value for the given variable type. | 
| delete_VarAtts | Deletes one or more attributes associated with a variable. | 
| extract_globalatts_hdf5 | Extract value from 'KEYWORD,VALUE' pair returned by getfilevaratts_hdf5. | 
| 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. | 
| getfilevaratts | Returns all attribute names associated with a variable on the given file. | 
| 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. | 
| getfilevarnames | Returns an array of file variable names on the given file. | 
| getFillValue | Retrieves the _FillValue of a variable, if present, for use in a new statement. | 
| getvaratts | Returns a list of attribute names for the given variable or file pointer. | 
| getvardimnames | Returns a list of dimension names for the given variable. | 
| getvardims | Returns a list of dimension names for the given variable. | 
| getvardimsizes | Returns the dimension sizes of the input variable. | 
| getVarFillValue | Retrieves the missing value of a variable, otherwise, it returns the default _FillValue. | 
| isatt | Returns logical values indicating whether the given attributes are attached to the given variable. | 
| iscoord | Returns True for every input string that is a coordinate variable of the given variable. | 
| isdim | Returns True if variable dimensions are defined in the given variable. | 
| isdimnamed | Returns True if variable dimensions have names in given variable. | 
| ismissing | Returns True for every element of the input that contains a missing value (_FillValue). | 
| isunlimited | Returns True if the given dimension name is defined as unlimited on the given file. | 
| nameDim | Assigns given named dimensions, long_name, and units to the input variable. | 
| parse_globalatts_hdf5 | Parse a HDF5 global attribute into an array containing KEYWORDs and associated VALUEs. | 
| set_default_fillvalue | Sets the default missing value for the given variable type. |