INDF = INTEGER (Given)

APPN = CHARACTER $\ast$ ( $\ast$ ) (Given)

STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)

• The values stored in the history component for any program parameters that have not yet been accessed by the program at the time this routine is called may not be correct. The value left by the previous invocation of the program will be used, if it is stored in the program’s parameter file. If there is no value for the parameter in the parameter file, a value of "<not yet accessed>" will be stored for the parameter in the history component. For this reason, this routine should usually be called once all program parameters have been accessed.

• Default history information will normally be provided automatically by the NDF_ system when an NDF is released, so a call to this routine is not usually required. It is provided so that premature writing of default history information can be forced in cases where additional text will then be appended to it (using NDF_HPUT).

• It is expected that the APPN argument will usually be left blank. A non-blank value should normally only be given if a more complete identification of the current application can be given than is supplied by default.

• This routine will return without action if (a) there is no history component present in the NDF, (b) the NDF’s history update mode is currently ’DISABLED’, (c) default history information has already been written to the NDF, or (d) a previous call has been made to NDF_HPUT specifying that default history information is to be replaced.