Cfitsio Toolkit - matlab.io.fits.openFile

: file = openFile(filename)

: file = openFile(filename, mode)

Attempt to open a file of the given input name.

This is the equivalent of the cfitsio fits_open_file function.

Inputs

filename - filename to open.

mode - If the option mode string ’READONLY’ (default) or ’READWRITE’ is provided, open the file using that mode.

Outputs

file - opened file identifier.

Examples

 import_fits;
 filename = file_in_loadpath("demos/tst0012.fits")

 fd = fits.openFile(filename, 'READONLY');
 fits.closeFile(fd);