BIN_TAG function cddx_in(alias, value, title);
After opening a file for input the input buffer Dictionary will be left open for scanning (with the cdds_scan routines). The open process will look for "alias" for the dictionary (or usp, segy or su binary on input), "alias_data" for overriding the binary, and "alias_format" for overriding the format. The input parameter, "value", is the default value (eg. "stdin:") used for a fallback in cases where "alias" is not specified by the user. The input parameter, "title", should be a brief one line description of the application program. Each of these open routines will return a binary tag associated with the internal binary upon successful opening, a value of -2 if the dataset is not specified and no default value is given, otherwise a value of -1 to signify an open failure.
The opening of output files with "cddx_out" or "cddx_outhdr" actually internally delays the finally creation until the "bin_tag" is used to write or seek. This allows the developer to make any modifications to the dictionary prior to using it. It is reccommended that a call like "cdds_lseek(bin_tag, 0, 0, SEEK_SET)" be used to finish the opening process instead of waiting until an actual seek or write needs to be performed. Afterward, (if old_tag >= 0) headers (not "Samples") from the old_tag to the output bin_tag buffer.
The specified "sprime" and "hprime" types can be any prime type defined for "cdds_index".
int n1, ier;
BIN_TAG in_bin = cddx_in2("in", "stdin:", title);
ier = cdds_scanf("size.axis(1)", "%d", &n1);
float *trace = new float[n1];
ier = cddx_read(in_bin, trace, 1);