IDS_GET_SERIES_HEADERS(3)

NAME

     ids_get_series_headers   -    reads in  a  series  of  image
     headers

SYNOPSIS

          int ids_get_series_headers(IDS *ids,  FILE  *fp[],  int
     numFiles);

DESCRIPTION

     This function takes in an ids that has been previously  ini-
     tialized  by  ids_init  and  an  array of file pointers.  It
     reads ONLY the headers and stores them as  a  list  of  SDSs
     (without  the  data)  in  the ids.  If the ids already has a
     list of SDSs, it will append the new list to the end of  the
     existing list.

KEYWORDS

RETURN VALUES

     Returns -1 on error, zero otherwise.

EXAMPLES

          IDS *myids;
          FILE *fp[100];      .       .       .
          myids = ids_init();
          ids_get_series_headers(myids, fp, 100);  /* for a  hun-
     dred files */

SEE ALSO

     ids_get_series, ids_slice_series_file

WARNINGS

     It can be very slow reading huge chunks of data.

FILES

BUGS

     None

RESTRICTIONS

     None

PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS

     None

REFERENCES

     None

VERSION

     1994-02-24     Lup Ng    SOI Version 0.8