Tag of the data object to be assigned the description
ref
IN:
Reference number the data object to be assigned the description
description
IN:
Sequence of ASCII characters (may include NULL or '\0')
desc_len
IN:
Length of the description
Purpose
Writes a description for the data object with the given tag and reference number.
Return value
Returns SUCCEED (or 0) if successful and FAIL (or -1) otherwise.
Description
The parameter description can contain any sequence of ASCII characters; it does not have to be a string. If DFANputdesc is called more than once for the same tag/reference number pair, only the last description is stored in the file.
FORTRAN
integer function dapdesc(filename, tag, ref, description, desc_len)