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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2020-02-12 14:20:26 (GMT) |
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| committer | Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> | 2020-02-12 14:20:59 (GMT) |
| commit | 506ffedf6ccb518f48822f4e960c67f3e14cf4f8 (patch) | |
| tree | 2c9f8a3afd8cff7d0ab4ce94cda43158156424f3 /Modules | |
| parent | 05b115b736833d49ceefd4515f04adc3ec73cdfc (diff) | |
| parent | 88cffab75fc77dc8d3aa3ef4958386c4fcefcc50 (diff) | |
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Merge topic 'FindHDF5-docs'
88cffab75f FindHDF5: docs
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !4343
Diffstat (limited to 'Modules')
| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/FindHDF5.cmake | 18 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/FindHDF5.cmake b/Modules/FindHDF5.cmake index 2e42da4..c1888a4 100644 --- a/Modules/FindHDF5.cmake +++ b/Modules/FindHDF5.cmake @@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ The module will optionally accept the ``COMPONENTS`` argument. If no ``COMPONENTS`` are specified, then the find module will default to finding only the ``HDF5`` C library. If one or more ``COMPONENTS`` are specified, the module will attempt to find the language bindings for the specified -components. The only valid components are ``C``, ``CXX``, ``Fortran``, ``HL``, -and ``Fortran_HL``. If the ``COMPONENTS`` argument is not given, the module will +components. The valid components are ``C``, ``CXX``, ``Fortran``, ``HL``. +``HL`` refers to the "high-level" HDF5 functions for C and Fortran. +If the ``COMPONENTS`` argument is not given, the module will attempt to find only the C bindings. +For example, to use Fortran HDF5 and HDF5-HL functions, do: +``find_package(HDF5 COMPONENTS Fortran HL)``. This module will read the variable ``HDF5_USE_STATIC_LIBRARIES`` to determine whether or not to prefer a @@ -29,11 +32,6 @@ static link to a dynamic link for ``HDF5`` and all of it's dependencies. To use this feature, make sure that the ``HDF5_USE_STATIC_LIBRARIES`` variable is set before the call to find_package. -To provide the module with a hint about where to find your ``HDF5`` -installation, you can set the environment variable ``HDF5_ROOT``. The -Find module will then look in this path when searching for ``HDF5`` -executables, paths, and libraries. - Both the serial and parallel ``HDF5`` wrappers are considered and the first directory to contain either one will be used. In the event that both appear in the same directory the serial version is preferentially selected. This @@ -115,10 +113,10 @@ also be defined. With all components enabled, the following variables will be d Hints ^^^^^ -The following variable can be set to guide the search for HDF5 libraries and includes: +The following variables can be set to guide the search for HDF5 libraries and includes: -``HDF5_ROOT`` - Specify the path to the HDF5 installation to use. +``HDF5_PREFER_PARALLEL`` + set ``true`` to prefer parallel HDF5 (by default, serial is preferred) ``HDF5_FIND_DEBUG`` Set ``true`` to get extra debugging output. |