matlab.io.fits.deleteFile

Delete FITS file

Syntax

deleteFile(fptr)


Description

deleteFile(fptr) closes and deletes an open FITS file. This can be useful if a FITS file cannot be properly closed.

This function corresponds to the fits_delete_file (ffdelt) function in the CFITSIO library C API.

Examples

import matlab.io.*
srcFile = fullfile(matlabroot,"toolbox","matlab", ...
                   "demos","tst0012.fits");
copyfile(srcFile,"myfile.fits")
fileattrib("myfile.fits","+w")
fptr = fits.openFile("myfile.fits","readwrite");
fits.deleteFile(fptr)
fptrs = fits.getOpenFiles();