The NCDF_ATTDEL procedure deletes an attribute from a NetCDF file.

Examples


; Open file test.nc for writing:
id = NCDF_OPEN('test.nc', /WRITE)
; Delete global attribute TITLE from the file:
NCDF_ATTDEL, id, 'TITLE', /GLOBAL
NCDF_CLOSE, id ; Close the file.

Syntax


NCDF_ATTDEL, Cdfid [, Varid] , Name [,  /GLOBAL]

Arguments


Cdfid

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

Varid

The NetCDF variable ID, returned from a previous call to NCDF_VARDEF or NCDF_VARID, or the name of the variable. If the GLOBAL keyword is used, this argument must be omitted.

Name

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

Keywords


GLOBAL

Set this keyword to delete a global variable.

Version History


Pre 4.0

Introduced

See Also


NCDF_ATTNAME, NCDF_ATTPUT