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#### Procedure
       void dafgn_c ( SpiceInt     lenout,
                      SpiceChar  * name   )
#### Abstract
       Return (get) the name for the current array in the current DAF.
#### Required_Reading
       DAF
#### Keywords
       FILES
#### Brief_I/O
       Variable  I/O  Description
       --------  ---  --------------------------------------------------
       lenout     I   Length of array name string.
       name       O   Name of current array.
#### Detailed_Input
       lenout         is the length of the name string, including room for
                      the null terminator. For a DAF with summary
                      parameters ND and NI, the maximum length of an array
                      name is

                                            (NI + 1)
                         NC  =   8 * ( ND + -------- ) (Note that this is
                                                2       integer division.)

                      Given NC, lenout should be set equal to NC+1.
#### Detailed_Output
       name        is the name for the current array (the array found by
                   the latest call to daffna_c or daffpa_c).
#### Parameters
       None.
#### Exceptions
       1)  If this routine is called when no search is in progress in the
           the current DAF, the error SPICE(DAFNOSEARCH) is signalled.

       2)  If the DAF for which the "current" array's name is to be
           returned has actually been closed, the error will be diagnosed
           by routines called by this routine.

       3)  If no array is current in the current DAF, the error
           SPICE(NOCURRENTARRAY) is signalled.  There is no current
           array when a search is started by dafbfs_c or dafbbs_c, but no
           calls to daffna_c or dafbna_c have been made yet, or whenever
           daffna_c or daffpa_c return the value SPICEFALSE in the found
           argument.

       4)  The error SPICE(NULLPOINTER) is signaled if the input string
           pointer is null.

       5) The caller must pass a value indicating the length of the output
          string.  If this value is not at least 2, the error
          SPICE(STRINGTOOSHORT) is signaled.
#### Files
       None.
#### Particulars
       The DAF search routines are:

          dafbfs_c       Begin forward search.
          daffna         Find next array.

          dafbbs_c       Begin backward search.
          daffpa_c       Find previous array.

          dafgs_c        Get summary.
          dafgn_c        Get name.
          dafgh_c        Get handle.

          dafcs_c        Continue search.

       The main function of these entry points is to allow the
       contents of any DAF to be examined on an array-by-array
       basis.

       Conceptually, the arrays in a DAF form a doubly linked list,
       which can be searched in either of two directions: forward or
       backward. It is possible to search multiple DAFs simultaneously.

       dafbfs_c (begin forward search) and daffna are used to search the
       arrays in a DAF in forward order.  In applications that search a
       single DAF at a time, the normal usage is

          dafbfs_c ( handle );
          daffna_c ( &found );

          while ( found )
          {
             dafgs_c ( sum  );
             dafgn_c ( name );
              .
              .

             daffna_c ( &found );
          }

       dafbbs_c (begin backward search) and daffpa_c are used to search the
       arrays in a DAF in backward order.  In applications that search
       a single DAF at a time, the normal usage is

          dafbbs_c ( handle );
          daffpa_c ( &found );

          while ( found )
          {
             dafgs_c ( sum  );
             dafgn_c ( name );
              .
              .

             daffpa_c ( &found );
          }

       In applications that conduct multiple searches simultaneously,
       the above usage must be modified to specify the handle of the
       file to operate on, in any case where the file may not be the
       last one specified by dafbfs_c or dafbbs_c.  The routine dafcs_c
       (DAF, continue search) is used for this purpose.  Below, we
       give an example of an interleaved search of two files specified
       by the handles handl1 and handl2.  The directions of searches
       in different DAFs are independent; here we conduct a forward
       search on one file and a backward search on the other.
       Throughout, we use dafcs to specify which file to operate on,
       before calling daffna_c, daffpa_c, dafgs_c, or dafgn_c.

          dafbfs_c ( handl1 );
          dafbbs_c ( handl2 );

          dafcs_c  ( handl1  );
          daffna_c ( &found1 );

          dafcs_c  ( handl2  );
          daffpa_c ( &found2 );

          while ( found1 || found2 )
          {
             if ( found1 )
             {
                dafcs_c ( handl1 );
                dafgs_c ( sum    );
                dafgn_c ( name   );
                 .
                 .
                dafcs_c  ( &handl1 );
                daffna_c ( &found1 );
             }

             if ( found2 )
             {
                dafcs_c ( handl2 );
                dafgs_c ( sum    );
                dafgn_c ( name   );
                 .
                 .
                dafcs_c  ( handl2  );
                daffpa_c ( &found2 );
             }
          }

       At any time, the latest array found (whether by daffna_c or daffpa_c)
       is regarded as the "current" array for the file in which the
       array was found.  The last DAF in which a search was started,
       executed, or continued by any of dafbfs_c, dafbbs_c, daffna_c,
       daffpa_c or dafcs_c is regarded as the "current" DAF.  The summary
       and name for the current array in the current DAF can be obtained
       separately, as shown above, by calls to DAFGS (get summary) and
       dafgn_c (get name).  The handle of the current DAF can also be
       obtained by calling dafgh_c (get handle).

       Once a search has been begun, it may be continued in either
       direction. That is, daffpa_c may be used to back up during a
       forward search, and daffna_c may be used to advance during a
       backward search.
#### Examples
       1) See Particulars.
#### Restrictions
       None.
#### Literature_References
       NAIF Document 167.0, "Double Precision Array Files (DAF)
       Specification and User's Guide"
#### Author_and_Institution
       N.J. Bachman    (JPL)
       W.L. Taber      (JPL)
       I.M. Underwood  (JPL)
#### Version
       -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 01-AUG-1999 (NJB) (WLT) (IMU)
#### Index_Entries
       get daf array name
#### Link to routine dafgn_c source file dafgn_c.c

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