FUNCTION NCDF_ATTDIR, CDFID, VARNAME ;- Check arguments if (n_params() ne 2) then $ message, 'Usage: RESULT = NCDF_ATTDIR(CDFID, VARNAME)' if (n_elements(cdfid) eq 0) then $ message, 'Argument CDFID is undefined' if (n_elements(varname) eq 0) then $ message, 'Argument VARNAME is undefined' ;- Set default return value attnames = '' ;- Get attribute information if (varname eq '') then begin fileinfo = ncdf_inquire(cdfid) natts = fileinfo.ngatts endif else begin varid = ncdf_varid(cdfid, varname) varinfo = ncdf_varinq(cdfid, varid) natts = varinfo.natts endelse ;- If attributes were found, get attribute names if (natts gt 0) then begin attnames = strarr(natts) for index = 0L, natts - 1L do begin if (varname eq '') then begin name = ncdf_attname(cdfid, index, /global) endif else begin name = ncdf_attname(cdfid, varid, index) endelse attnames[index] = name endfor endif ;- Return the result return, attnames END