NCDF_ATTDEL

The NCDF_ATTDEL procedure deletes an attribute from a netCDF file.

Calling Sequence

NCDF_ATTDEL, Cdfid, [Varid,] Name

Arguments

Cdfid

The netCDF ID, returned from a previous call to NCDF_OPEN or NCDF_CREATE.

Varid

The netCDF variable ID, returned from a previous call to NCDF_VARDEF or NCDF_VARID, or the name of the variable.

Name

A scalar string containing the name of the attribute to be deleted.

Keywords

GLOBAL

Set this keyword to delete a global variable.

Example

id = NCDF_OPEN('test.nc', /WRITE) ; Open file test.nc for writing.

NCDF_ATTDEL, id, 'TITLE', /GLOBAL ; Delete global attribute TITLE from the file.

NCDF_CLOSE, id ; Close the file.

See Also

NCDF_ATTNAME , NCDF_ATTPUT