def CreateMask(maskdir, dims, type): ctl_in = '%smask_continent_africa.ctl' % maskdir filename = '%smask_continent_africa_crop.bin' % maskdir ctl_out = '%smask_continent_africa_crop.ctl' % maskdir IO.Create_Binary_File(ctl_in, filename, dims) IO.Create_Control_File('mask', dims, stdy, None, None, None, None, filename, ctl_out) if type == 'nc': IO.Binary2netcdf(maskdir, maskdir, 'mask_continent_africa_crop.ctl', 'mask_continent_africa_crop.nc') return