function cdf_var_type,string
stypes = 'CDF_'+strsplit(/extr,'XXX BYTE UINT1 INT1 CHAR UCHAR INT2 UINT2 INT4 UINT4 REAL4 FLOAT DOUBLE REAL8 EPOCH EPOCH16 LONG_EPOCH')
vtypes = [0,1,1,1,1,1,2,12,3,13,4,4,5,5,5,9,9]
type = array_union(string,stypes)
return,(vtypes[type])[0]
end

;+
;NAME:  cdf_info
;FUNCTION:   cdf_info(id)
;PURPOSE:
;  Returns a structure with useful information about a CDF file.
;  In particular the number of file records is returned in this structure.
;INPUT:
;   id:   CDF file ID.
;CREATED BY:    Davin Larson
; LAST MODIFIED: @(#)cdf_info.pro    1.9 02/11/01
; $LastChangedBy: davin-win $
; $LastChangedDate: 2011-02-11 15:55:04 -0800 (Fri, 11 Feb 2011) $
; $LastChangedRevision: 8197 $
; $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/ssl_general/tags/tdas_8_00/CDF/cdf_info.pro $
;-

function cdf_info,id0,data=ret_data,attributesf=ret_attr,verbose=verbose,convert_int1_to_int2=convert_int1_to_int2
tstart = systime(1)
if n_elements(id0) eq 0 then id0 = dialog_pickfile(/multi)
vb = keyword_set(verbose) ? verbose : 0

;for i=0,n_elements(id0)-1 do begin

if size(/type,id0) eq 7 then begin
   if file_test(id0) then  id=cdf_open(id0)  $
   else begin
      if vb ge 1 then dprint,verbose=verbose,'File not found: "'+id0+'"'
      return,0
   endelse
endif  else id=id0

inq = cdf_inquire(id)
q = !quiet
cdf_control,id,get_filename=fn
nullp = ptr_new()
varinfo_format = {name:'',num:0, is_zvar:0, datatype:'',type:0, $
;   depend_0:'', $
   numattr:-1,  $
;   userflag1:0, $
;   userstr1:'', $
;   index:0,     $
   numelem:0, recvary:0b, numrec:0l, $
   ndimen:0, d:lonarr(6) , $
   dataptr:ptr_new(), attrptr:ptr_new()  }

nv = inq.nvars+inq.nzvars
vinfo = nv gt 0 ? replicate(varinfo_format, nv) : 0
i = 0
g_atts = cdf_var_atts(id)
num_recs =0
t0=systime(1)

att=0
for zvar = 0,1 do begin   ; regular variables first, then zvariables
  nvars = zvar ? inq.nzvars : inq.nvars
  for v = 0,nvars-1 do begin
    vi = cdf_varinq(id,v,zvar=zvar)
    vinfo[i].num = v
    vinfo[i].is_zvar = zvar
    vinfo[i].name = vi.name
    vinfo[i].datatype = vi.datatype
    vinfo[i].type = cdf_var_type(vi.datatype)
    vinfo[i].numelem = vi.numelem
    recvar = vi.recvar eq 'VARY'
    vinfo[i].recvary = recvar

    if recvar then begin
;if vb ge 6 then print,ptrace(),v,' '+vi.name
      !quiet = 1
      cdf_control,id,var=v,get_var_info=info,zvar = zvar
      !quiet = q
;if vb ge 7 then print,ptrace(),vi.name
      nrecs = info.maxrec+1
    endif else nrecs = -1
    vinfo[i].numrec = nrecs

    if zvar then begin
      dimen = [vi.dim]
      ndimen = total(vi.dimvar)
    endif else begin
      dimc = vi.dimvar * inq.dim
      w = where(dimc ne 0,ndimen)
      if ndimen ne 0 then dimen = dimc[w] else dimen=0
    endelse
    vinfo[i].ndimen = ndimen
    vinfo[i].d =  dimen
;dprint,dlevel=3,phelp=3,vi,dimen,dimc
    t2 = systime(1)
    dprint,dlevel=8,verbose=verbose,v,systime(1)-t2,' '+vi.name
    if keyword_set(ret_data) then begin
       message,'Routine not finished use cdf_load_vars'
;       var_type=''
;       str_element,attr,'VAR_TYPE',var_type
       cdf_varget,id,vi.name,value  ;,rec_count=nrecs                ;,string= var_type eq 'metadata'
       value=reform(value,/overwrite)                             ;  get rid of trailing 1's
       vinfo[i].dataptr = ptr_new(value,/no_copy)
    endif

    if keyword_set(ret_attr) then begin
;       attr = cdf_var_atts(id,vi.name,attribute=att, convert_int1_to_int2=convert_int1_to_int2)   ;   Slow version
       attr = cdf_var_atts(id, v,zvar=zvar,  attribute=att, convert_int1_to_int2=convert_int1_to_int2)   ; Fast Version
       vinfo[i].attrptr = ptr_new(attr,/no_copy)
    endif
    i = i+1
    dprint,dlevel=8,verbose=verbose,v,systime(1)-t0,' '+vi.name
    t0=systime(1)
  endfor
endfor

res = create_struct('filename',fn,'inq',inq,'g_attributes',g_atts,'nv',nv,'vars',vinfo)  ;'num_recs',num_recs,'nvars',nv
if size(/type,id0) eq 7 then cdf_close,id

dprint,dlevel=4,verbose=verbose,'Time=',systime(1)-tstart
return,res
end