Netcdf Toolkit - netcdf.getAtt

data = netcdf.getAtt (ncid,varid,name)

Get the value of a NetCDF attribute.

This function returns the value of the attribute called name of the variable varid in the NetCDF file ncid.

For global attributes varid can be netcdf.getConstant("global").

See also: netcdf.putAtt.