function writetofilehdb(hdbfile, outpath, namestr)
    fid = fopen(fullfile(outpath,[namestr '.HDB']),'w');
    fprintf(fid,'C>         *******************************************************\r\n');
    fprintf(fid,'C>         *    SBEACH hard bottom input file:       %s.HDB  *\r\n',namestr);
    fprintf(fid,'C>         *******************************************************\r\n');
    fprintf(fid,'C>\r\n');
    fprintf(fid,'C>\r\n');
    fprintf(fid,'C> NUMBER OF POINTS\r\n');
    fprintf(fid,'C> POSITION (m or ft), ELEVATION (m or ft)\r\n');
    fprintf(fid,'E>----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n');
    fprintf(fid,'%d\r\n',length(hdbfile));
    for ii = 1:length(hdbfile)
        if ii == length(hdbfile)
            fprintf(fid,'%.3f %.3f\r\n', hdbfile(ii,1),hdbfile(ii,2));
        else
            fprintf(fid,'%.3f %.3f\r\n', hdbfile(ii,1),hdbfile(ii,2));
        end
    end
    fclose(fid);
end