Open a scratch (temporary) E-kernel file and prepare the file 
   for writing. 

   EK 

   Variable  I/O  Description 
   --------  ---  -------------------------------------------------- 
   handle     O   File handle attached to new EK file. 

   None. 

   handle         is the EK file handle of the file opened by this
                  routine.  This handle is used to identify the file 
                  to other EK routines. 

   None. 

   This routine operates by side effects:  it opens and prepares 
   a scratch EK for addition of data.  "Scratch" files are automatically
   deleted when the calling program terminates normally.

   1)  Open a scratch EK.  The EK should be closed via EKCLS. 
       The EK file will be deleted when closed. 


           ekops_c ( &handle );

              [Write/Read EK] 

           ekcls_c ( handle ); 

   1)  No more than CSPICE_DAS_MXOPFL files may be opened   
       simultaneously.  See the header file SpicePar.h for the value of 
       CSPICE_DAS_MXOPFL. 

   1)  If the indicated file cannot be opened, the error will be 
       diagnosed by routines called by this routine.  The new file 
       will be deleted. 

   2)  If an I/O error occurs while reading or writing the indicated 
       file, the error will be diagnosed by routines called by this 
       routine. 

   This routine creates a temporary EK file; the file is deleted
   when the calling program terminates.

   See the EK Required Reading for a discussion of the EK file 
   format. 

   N.J. Bachman   (JPL) 

   None. 

   -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 2-APR-1998

   open scratch E-kernel 
   open scratch EK