//
// raw2vdf snippet that demonstrates writing out a single variable
//
{

	VDC vdc(VDC::NETCDF4);

	// Open the VDC master file for reading. 
	//
	status = vdc.Initialize(masterpath, "r");

	VDC::DataVar varinfo;
	status = vdc.GetDataVar(opt.varname, varinfo);

	vector <size_t> dims = varinfo.Dimlens();
	if (dims.size() < 2) exit() // don't handle 1d

	size_t size = dims[0]*dims[1];
	float *slice = new float[size];
	size_t nz = dims.size() == 3 ? dims[2] : 1;

	status  = vdc.OpenVariable(OpenVariableWrite(opt.ts, opt.varname, opt.lod));
	for (int i=0; i<nz; i++) {
		read_slice(fp, slice);
		status = vdc.WriteSlice(slice);
	}
	vdc.CloseVariable();

}