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Vfind/vfind

int32 Vfind(int32 file_id, char *vgroup_name)

file_id IN:

File identifier returned by Hopen

vgroup_name IN:

Name of the vgroup

Purpose

Returns the reference number of a vgroup given its name.

Return value

Returns the reference number of the vgroup if successful and 0 otherwise.

Description

Vfind searches the file identified by the parameter file_id for a vgroup with the name specified by the parameter vgroup_name, and returns the corresponding reference number.

If more than one vgroup has the same name, Vfind will return the reference number of the first one.

FORTRAN

integer function vfind(file_id, vgroup_name)

integer file_id

character*(*) vgroup_name



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HDF Reference Manual - 07/29/98, NCSA HDF Development Group.