      SUBROUTINE INHERIT_ATTRS (varname1, varname2, status)
*
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* Get all attributes from varname1, a variable in dataset dset1, and assign to the 
* variable in varname2, dataset dset2.  dset2 has been determined in xeq_set.F
* V600  4/06 *acm*   attribute handling
* V600  4/06 *acm* - additional declarations found by Solaris compiler
* V670  2/11 *acm*   Fixes for inheriting attributes.
*       *acm* 3/12 6D Ferret (common uses nferdims in tmap_dims.parm)

      INCLUDE 'tmap_dims.parm'
      INCLUDE 'ferret.parm'
      INCLUDE 'errmsg.parm'      
      INCLUDE 'xprog_state.cmn'
      INCLUDE 'xvariables.cmn'
      INCLUDE 'xcontext.cmn'

* Argument declarations
      CHARACTER varname1*(*), varname2*(*)
      INTEGER status

* Local variable declarations
      LOGICAL coordvar
      INTEGER TM_LENSTR, slen, tlen, dset1, dset2, 
     .  varid1, varid2, vtype, nvdims, nvatts1, nvatts2,
     .  vdims(8), iatt, first_quote, next_quote, dot, mr, cx, 
     .  all_outflag, cat, iflag
      CHARACTER*128 attname, buff1, buff2

* Check that neither buffer contains varname.attname (If it is in 
* quotations then the dot is part of the variable name.)

      tlen = TM_LENSTR(varname1) 
      first_quote = INDEX(varname1(1:tlen), "'" )
      next_quote = INDEX(varname1(2:tlen), "'" )

      IF (INDEX(varname1,'.') .NE. 0 ) THEN
         dot = INDEX(varname1,'.')
         IF (dot .GT. first_quote .AND. dot .LT. next_quote) GOTO 5010
      ENDIF

* and now for varname2
      tlen = TM_LENSTR(varname2) 

      first_quote = INDEX(varname2(1:tlen), "'" )
      next_quote = INDEX(varname2(2:tlen), "'" )

      IF (INDEX(varname2,'.') .NE. 0 ) THEN
         dot = INDEX(varname2,'.')
         IF (dot .GT. first_quote .AND. dot .LT. next_quote) GOTO 5010
      ENDIF

* Do the varnames contain dataset specifications?
* evaluate the context without computing the expression to get the dataset

      CALL GET_NEW_CX( cx_last, cx_cmnd, .TRUE., status )
      IF ( status .NE. ferr_ok ) GOTO 5000
 
      CALL EVAL_CONTEXT ( cx_cmnd, varname1, status )
      IF ( status .NE. ferr_ok ) GOTO 5000

      mr = is_mr( 1 )
      cx = is_cx( 1 )

      dset1 = cx_data_set(cx) 
      IF (dset1 .EQ. pdset_irrelevant) dset1 = cx_data_set(cx_last) 

      cat = cx_category(cx)
      IF (cat .EQ. cat_user_var) dset1 = -1

      CALL GET_NEW_CX( cx_last, cx_cmnd, .TRUE., status )
      IF ( status .NE. ferr_ok ) GOTO 5000
 
      CALL EVAL_CONTEXT ( cx_cmnd, varname2, status )
      IF ( status .NE. ferr_ok ) GOTO 5000

      mr = is_mr( 1 )
      cx = is_cx( 1 )

      dset2 = cx_data_set(cx) 
      IF (dset2 .EQ. pdset_irrelevant) dset2 = cx_data_set(cx_last) 

      cat = cx_category(cx)
      IF (cat .EQ. cat_user_var) dset2 = -1

* Get varid for each variable.
      CALL CD_GET_VAR_ID (dset1, varname1, varid1, status)
      IF (status .NE. ferr_ok) GOTO 5050
      CALL CD_GET_VAR_ID (dset2, varname2, varid2, status)
      IF (status .NE. ferr_ok) GOTO 5060

* Get number of attributes for variables

      CALL CD_GET_VAR_INFO (dset1, varid1, varname1, vtype, nvdims, vdims,
     .       nvatts1, coordvar, all_outflag, status)
      IF (coordvar) GOTO 5020

      CALL CD_GET_VAR_INFO (dset2, varid2, varname2, vtype, nvdims, vdims,
     .       nvatts2, coordvar, all_outflag, status)
      IF (coordvar) GOTO 5020

* Remove attributes from variable 2

      DO 100 iatt = 1, nvatts2
         CALL CD_GET_VAR_ATT_NAME (dset2, varid2, iatt, attname, status)
         CALL CD_DELETE_ATTRIBUTE (dset2, varid2, attname, status)
         IF (status .NE. ferr_ok) GOTO 5030
 100  CONTINUE

* Get attribute information from variable 1 and put onto variable 2.
* Do this in the c library so we dont have to define a fixed string for
* string type attributes.

      iflag = 1
      DO 200 iatt = 1, nvatts1
         CALL CD_TRANSFER_ATTRIBUTE (dset1, varid1, iatt, 
     .        dset2, varid2, status)
         IF (status .NE. ferr_ok) GOTO 5040
         CALL CD_GET_VAR_ATT_NAME (dset1, varid1, iatt, attname, status)
	 CALL CD_SET_ATT_FLAG (dset2, varid2, attname, iflag, status)
 200  CONTINUE

* Update attribute information used by plotting etc (ds_units, ...)

        CALL UPDATE_ATTRIBUTES (dset2, varid2)

 5000 RETURN

 5010 CALL ERRMSG( ferr_invalid_command, status,
     .  'Use SET ATT/LIKE=var2 var1 without attribute names', *5000 )

 5020 CALL ERRMSG (ferr_invalid_command, status,
     . 'Cannot inherit attributes to/from coordinate variables', *5000)

 5030 buff2 = varname2
      CALL ERRMSG (ferr_internal, status,
     . 'Error removing attributes from '//buff2(:tlen), *5000)

 5040  slen = TM_LENSTR(varname1)
       buff1 = varname1
       CALL ERRMSG (ferr_internal, status,
     . 'Error transferring attributes from '//buff1(:slen)//' to '//
     .  buff2(:tlen), *5000)

 5050  slen = TM_LENSTR(varname1)
       buff1 = varname1
       CALL ERRMSG (ferr_var_not_in_set, status,
     . varname1(:slen),*5000)

 5060  slen = TM_LENSTR(varname1)
       buff1 = varname1
       CALL ERRMSG (ferr_var_not_in_set, status,
     . varname1(:slen),*5000)

      END
