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authorFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2002-05-02 21:46:52 (GMT)
committerFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2002-05-02 21:46:52 (GMT)
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[svn-r5343]
Purpose: Bugfixes -- Fixes #657. Addresses #720 (but does not complete it). Description: H5Pset_fapl_split: Added note re checking on use of this driver, i.e., that H5Pget_driver returns H5FD_MULTI. Fixes Bug #657. Minor copy edits, including some addressed in Bug #720. Platforms tested: IE 5
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@@ -2913,11 +2913,11 @@ facilitate moving easily between them.</i>
metadata to be written to separate files. These files are viewed
by the HDF5 library and the application as a single virtual HDF5 file
with a single HDF5 file address space.
- The types of data that can be broken out into separate file include
+ The types of data that can be broken out into separate files include
raw data, the superblock, B-tree data, global heap data,
local heap data, and object headers.
At the programmer's discretion, two or more types of data can be
- written the same file while other types of data are written to
+ written to the same file while other types of data are written to
separate files.
<p>
The array <code>memb_map</code> maps memory usage types to other
@@ -3180,7 +3180,7 @@ facilitate moving easily between them.</i>
enables the multi-file driver to emulate the split driver from
HDF5 Releases 1.0 and 1.2.
The split file driver stored metadata and raw data in separate files
- but provide no mechanism for separating types of metadata.
+ but provided no mechanism for separating types of metadata.
<p>
<code>fapl_id</code> is a file access property list identifier.
<p>
@@ -3203,6 +3203,13 @@ facilitate moving easily between them.</i>
<p>
<code>raw_plist_id</code> is the file access property list identifier
for the raw data file.
+ <p>
+ If a user wishes to check to see whether this driver is in use,
+ the user must call <code>H5Pget_driver</code> and compare the
+ returned value to the string <code>H5FD_MULTI</code>.
+ A positive match will confirm that the multi driver is in use;
+ HDF5 provides no mechanism to determine whether it was called
+ as the special case invoked by <code>H5Pset_fapl_split</code>.
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
<dt>
@@ -3989,7 +3996,7 @@ H5P&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a>
<br>
-Last modified: 18 Dec 2001
+Last modified: 25 April 2002
<br>
Describes HDF5 Release 1.5, Unreleased Development Branch