manual/s_phys_pkgs/rw.tex

\section{Basic binary I/O utilities}
\label{sec:pkg:rw}
The {\tt rw/} package provides a very rudimentary binary I/O capability
for quickly writing {\bf single record} direct-access Fortran binary files. 
It is primarily used for writing diagnostic output.
\subsection{Introduction}
Package {\tt rw/} is an interface to the more general {\tt mdsio/} package.
It can be used to write or read direct-access Fortran binary files for 
two-dimensional XY and three-dimensional XYZ arrays. Each call to an {\tt rw/}
read or write routine will read (or write) to the first record of a file.
To write files with multiple records use the package {\tt mdsio/} or the
package {\tt mnc/ \ref{sec:pkg:mnc}} which produces netCDF \cite{rew:97} 
based output.

\subsection{Key subroutines, parameters and files}
\label{sec:pkg:rw:implementation_synopsis}
\subsection{Package Reference}
1	\section{Basic binary I/O utilities}
2	\label{sec:pkg:rw}
3	The {\tt rw/} package provides a very rudimentary binary I/O capability
4	for quickly writing {\bf single record} direct-access Fortran binary files.
5	It is primarily used for writing diagnostic output.
6	\subsection{Introduction}
7	Package {\tt rw/} is an interface to the more general {\tt mdsio/} package.
8	It can be used to write or read direct-access Fortran binary files for
9	two-dimensional XY and three-dimensional XYZ arrays. Each call to an {\tt rw/}
10	read or write routine will read (or write) to the first record of a file.
11	To write files with multiple records use the package {\tt mdsio/} or the
12	package {\tt mnc/ \ref{sec:pkg:mnc}} which produces netCDF \cite{rew:97}
13	based output.
14
15	\subsection{Key subroutines, parameters and files}
16	\label{sec:pkg:rw:implementation_synopsis}
17	\subsection{Package Reference}