What CDF utility programs are available?
The following utility programs (a.k.a. CDF toolkit) are available in the CDF distribution package for the supported platforms: Program Description ——- ———– CDFcompare This utility is used to display the differences between two CDF files. It has many options that can be specified to select what and how the data entities in CDFs to be compared. CDFconvert This program is used to convert various properties of a CDF. In all cases new CDFs are created (existing CDFs are not modified.) Any combination of the following properties may be changed when converting a CDF. – A CDF created with an earlier release of the CDF library (e.g., CDF V2.5) may be converted to the current library release. – The format of the CDF may be changed. – The data encoding of the CDF may be changed. – The variable majority of the CDF may be changed. CDFdir This utility is used to display a directory listing of a CDF’s files. The .cdf file is displayed first followed by the rVariable files and then the zVar
