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Purpose
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Sets the block size used for storing data sets with unlimited dimensions. |
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Return value
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Returns SUCCEED (or 0) if successful and FAIL (or -1) otherwise. |
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Description
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SDsetblocksize sets the block size defined in the parameter block_size for all data sets in the file. SDsetblocksize is used when creating new data sets only; it has no effect on pre-existing data sets. |
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SDsetblocksize must be used after calls to SDcreate or SDselect and before the call to SDwritedata. |
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The block_size parameter should be set to a multiple of the desired buffer size. |