HDIR

Produce a simple summary of an HDS object

Description:

Produces a simple summary of a named HDS data object to a selected output. For a primitive object the name, type and value are given if scalar, or dimensions if non-scalar. For a structure the components are listed.

Usage:

hdir inp [dev]

Parameters:

INP = UNIV (Read)
HDS data object object to be summarized. <GLOBAL.HDSOBJ >
DEV = _CHAR (Read)
Output device (TERMINAL, PRINTER, OLDFILE, NEWFILE etc.). [TERMINAL]

Examples:

% hdir file1
Produces a summary of file1.sdf on the terminal.
% hdir file1 summary.lis
Produces a summary of file1.sdf in text file summary.lis.
% hdir file2 "O=summary.lis"
Appends a summary of file2.sdf to text file summary.lis.
% hdir file1.array O
Appends a summary of component ARRAY of file1.sdf to text file ast_print.lis, assuming environment variable OLDFILE is not set.