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list_files
Lists all of the variables that reference files.
Prototype
procedure list_files ( )
Description
Lists all of the current variables containing references to files. These variables were created by the addfile function. If run at the command line, this procedure invokes a pager for scrolling through the list. The pager is either "more" or whatever the user's PAGER environment variable is set to.
See Also
list_hlus, list_procfuncs, list_vars
Examples
Example 1
f = addfile("hgt.mon.mean.nc","r") g = addfile("slp.mon.mean.nc" ,"r") h = addfile("soi.nc" ,"r") list_files()outputs to standard out:
h READ ONLY soi.nc Dimensions: (0) time 1392 Attributes: title source history Conventions creation_date references g READ ONLY slp.mon.mean.nc Dimensions: (0) lon 144 (1) lat 73 (2) time 683 Attributes: title history description platform Conventions f READ ONLY hgt.mon.mean.nc Dimensions: (0) lon 144 (1) lat 73 (2) level 17 (3) time 674 Attributes: title history description platform Conventions