nc.copy.atts: Copy attributes from one variable in one file to another file
In ncdf4.helpers: Helper Functions for Use with the 'ncdf4' Package

Description Usage Arguments Details Examples

Copy attributes from one variable in one file to another file.

nc.copy.atts(
  f.src,
  v.src,
  f.dest,
  v.dest,
  exception.list = NULL,
  rename.mapping = NULL,
  definemode = FALSE
)

`f.src`	The source file (an object of class `ncdf4`)
`v.src`	The source variable: a string naming a variable in a file or an object of class `ncvar4`.
`f.dest`	The destination file (an object of class `ncdf4`)
`v.dest`	The destination variable: a string naming a variable in a file or an object of class `ncvar4`.
`exception.list`	A vector containing names of variables not to be copied.
`rename.mapping`	A vector containing named values mapping source to destination names.
`definemode`	Whether the file is already in define mode.

This function copies attributes from a variable in one file to a variable in another file. If the source or destination variable is 0, then attributes are copied from/to the NetCDF file's global attributes.

If desired, some attributes can be left out using exception.list, a vector of names of attributes to be excluded.

Attributes can also be renamed at the destination using rename.mapping, a named vector of strings in which the name of the attribute to be renamed is the name, and the attribute's new name is the value.

## Copy attributes from one variable to another; but don't copy units or
## standard_name, and copy long_name as old_long_name.
## Not run: 
f1 <- nc_open("pr.nc")
f2 <- nc_open("pr2.nc")
nc.copy.atts(f1, "pr", f2, "pr", c("units", "standard_name"),
             c(long_name="old_long_name"))
dim.axes <- nc.get.dim.axes.from.names(f, "pr")
nc_close(f1)
nc_close(f2)

## End(Not run)