gsdFind
Find GSD item by name
Description:
This routine looks up the GSD item
specified by its name and returns the number of the item. This routine also returns the
unit string, the type specification and the array flag.
Invocation
int gsdFind( void
∗file_dsc, void
∗item_dsc, char
∗name, int
∗itemno, char
∗unit, char
∗type, char
∗array );
Arguments
void ∗file_dsc
(Given)
The GSD file descriptor related to the file opened on fptr.
void
∗item_dsc
(Given)
The array of GSD item descriptors related to the file opened on fptr.
char
∗data_ptr
(Given)
The buffer with all the data from the GSD file opened on fptr.
char
∗name (Given)
The name of the item. This should be an array of 16 characters (char name[16]) and a null-terminated string.
int ∗itemno
(Returned)
The number of the item in the GSD file.
char
∗unit (Returned)
The unit of the item. This should be an array of 11 characters (char name[11]) and will be a null-terminated
string.
char ∗type
(Returned)
The data type of the item. This is a single character and one of B, L, W, I, R, D, C.
char
∗array
(Returned)
The array flag. This is a single character and true (false) if the item is (is not) and array.
Returned Value
Prototype
available via #include "gsd.h"
Copyright
Copyright
(C) 1986-1999 Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. All Rights Reserved.