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matlab.io.hdfeos.sw.open

Namespace: matlab.io.hdfeos.sw

Open swath file

Syntax

swfID = open(filename)
swfID = open(filename,access)

Description

swfID = open(filename) opens an HDF-EOS swath file for read-only access.

swfID = open(filename,access) opens or creates an HDF-EOS swath file identified by filename and returns a file ID. access can be one of the following values.

'read' (default)Read-only
'rdwr'Read-write
'create'Creates a file, deleting it if it already exists

This routine corresponds to the SWopen function in the HDF-EOS library C API.

Examples

import matlab.io.hdfeos.*
swfid = sw.open('swath.hdf');
sw.close(swfid);

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