Size of the buffer allocated to hold the description
isfirst
IN:
Determines the description to be retrieved
Purpose
Reads the next file description.
Return value
Returns the length of the file description if successful and FAIL (or -1) otherwise.
Description
If isfirst is 0, DFANgetfds gets the next file description from an HDF file. For example, if there are three file descriptions in a file, three successive calls to DFANgetfds will get all three descriptions. If isfirst is 1, DFANgetfds gets the first file description.
Valid values for isfirst are: 1 to read the first description and 0 to read the next description.