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Purpose: New tool -- h5import Description: Added h5import. Platforms tested: Safari and IE 5
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A tool for listing specified features of HDF5 file contents
<li><a href="#Tools-Repart">h5repart</a> --
A tool for repartitioning a file, creating a family of files
+ <li><a href="#Tools-Import">h5import</a> --
+ A tool for importing data into an existing or new HDF5 file
<li><a href="#Tools-GIF2H5">gif2h5</a> --
A tool for converting a GIF file to an HDF5 file
<li><a href="#Tools-H52GIF">h52gif</a> --
@@ -541,6 +543,691 @@ to convert files from HDF4 format to HDF5 format and vice versa.
<hr>
<dl>
+<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-Import">h5import</a>
+<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
+ <dd><code>h5import
+ <em>infile</em> <em>in_options</em>
+ [<em>infile</em> <em>in_options</em> <b>...</b>]
+ -o <em>outfile</em>
+ </code>
+ <dd><code>h5import
+ <em>infile</em> <em>in_options</em>
+ [<em>infile</em> <em>in_options</em> <b>...</b>]
+ -outfile <em>outfile</em>
+ </code>
+ <dd><code>h5import -h</code>
+ <dd><code>h5import -help</code>
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Imports data into an existing or new HDF5 file.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>h5import</code> converts data
+ from one or more ASCII or binary files, <code><i>infile</i></code>,
+ into the same number of HDF5 datasets
+ in the existing or new HDF5 file, <code><i>outfile</i></code>.
+ Data conversion is performed in accordance with the
+ user-specified type and storage properties
+ specified in <code><em>in_options</em></code>.
+ <p>
+ The primary objective of <code>h5import</code> is to
+ import floating point or integer data.
+ The utility's design allows for future versions that
+ accept ASCII text files and store the contents as a
+ compact array of one-dimensional strings,
+ but that capability is not implemented in HDF5 Release 1.6.
+
+ <p>
+ <b>Input data and options:</b><br>
+ Input data can be provided in one of the follwing forms:
+ <ul><li>As an ASCII, or plain-text, file containing either
+ floating point or integer data
+ <li>As a binary file containing either 32-bit or
+ 64-bit native floating point data
+ <li>As a binary file containing native integer data,
+ signed or unsigned and
+ 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, or 64-bit.
+ <li>As an ASCII, or plain-text, file containing text data.
+ (This feature is not implemented in HDF5 Release 1.6.)
+ </ul>
+ Each input file, <code><i>infile</i></code>,
+ contains a single <em>n</em>-dimensional
+ array of values of one of the above types expressed
+ in the order of fastest-changing dimensions first.
+ <p>
+ Floating point data in an ASCII input file must be
+ expressed in the fixed floating form (e.g., 323.56)
+ <code>h5import</code> is designed to accept scientific notation
+ (e.g., 3.23E+02) in an ASCII, but that is not implemented in HDF5 release 1.6.
+ <p>
+ Each input file can be associated with options specifying
+ the datatype and storage properties.
+ These options can be specified either as
+ <em>command line arguments</em>
+ or in a <em>configuration file</em>.
+ Note that exactly one of these approaches must be used with a
+ single input file.
+ <p>
+ Command line arguments, best used with simple input files,
+ can be used to specify
+ the class, size, dimensions of the input data and
+ a path identifying the output dataset.
+ <p>
+ The recommended means of specifying input data options
+ is in a configuration file; this is also the only means of
+ specifying advanced storage features.
+ See further discussion in "The configuration file" below.
+ <p>
+ The only required option for input data is dimension sizes;
+ defaults are available for all others.
+ <p>
+ <code>h5import</code> will accept up to 30 input files in a single call.
+ Other considerations, such as the maximum length of a command line,
+ may impose a more stringent limitation.
+
+ <p>
+ <b>Output data and options:</b><br>
+ The name of the output file is specified following
+ the <code>-o</code> or <code>-output</code> option
+ in <code><i>outfile</i></code>.
+ The data from each input file is stored as a separate dataset
+ in this output file.
+ <code><i>outfile</i></code> may be an existing file.
+ If it does not yet exist, <code>h5import</code> will create it.
+ <p>
+ Output dataset information and storage properties can be
+ specified only by means of a configuration file.
+ <table width=100% border=0>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td>
+ Dataset path
+ </td><td>If the groups in the path leading to the dataset
+ do not exist, <code>h5import</code> will create them.<br>
+ If no group is specified, the dataset will be created
+ under the root group.<br>
+ If no dataset name is specified, the dataset will be created
+ as <code>dataset1</code>.<br>
+ <code>h5import</code> does not check for a pre-existing dataset
+ of the specified or default name; it overwrites any such dataset
+ without offering an opportunity to preserve it.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td>
+ Output type
+ </td><td>Datatype parameters for output data
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Output data class
+ </td><td>Signed or unsigned integer or floating point
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Output data size
+ </td><td>8-, 16-, 32-, or 64-bit integer<br>
+ 31- or 64-bit floating point
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Output architecture
+ </td><td><code>IEEE</code><br>
+ <code>STD</code><br>
+ <code>NATIVE</code> (Default)<br>
+ Other architectures are included in the <code>h5import</code> design
+ but are not implemented in this release.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Output byte order
+ </td><td>Little- or big-endian.<br>
+ Relevant only if output architecture
+ is <code>IEEE</code>, <code>UNIX</code>, or <code>STD</code>;
+ fixed for other architectures.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td>
+ Dataset&nbsp;layout&nbsp;and&nbsp;storage&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;properties
+ </td><td>Denote how raw data is to be organized on the disk.
+ If none of the following are specified,
+ the default configuration is contiguous layout and with no compression.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Layout
+ </td><td>Contiguous (Default)<br>
+ Chunked
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;External storage
+ </td><td>Allows raw data to be stored in a non-HDF5 file or in an
+ external HDF5 file.<br>
+ Requires contiguous layout.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compressed
+ </td><td>Sets the type of compression and the
+ level to which the dataset must be compressed.<br>
+ Requires chunked layout.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Extendible
+ </td><td>Allows the dimensions of the dataset increase over time
+ and/or to be unlimited.<br>
+ Requires chunked layout.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compressed and<br>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;extendible
+ </td><td>Requires chunked layout.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td>
+
+ </td><td>&nbsp;
+ </td></tr>
+ </table>
+ <p>
+
+ <p>
+ <b>Command-line arguments:</b><br>
+ The <code>h5import</code> syntax for the command-line arguments,
+ <code><em>in_options</em></code>, is as follows:
+ <table width=100% border=0>
+ <tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>
+ <code>h5import <em>infile</em> -d <em>dim_list</em>
+ [-p <em>pathname</em>]
+ [-t <em>input_class</em>]
+ [-s <em>input_size</em>]
+ [<em>infile</em> ...]
+ -o <em>outfile</em></code><br>
+ or<br>
+ <code>h5import <em>infile</em> -dims <em>dim_list</em>
+ [-path <em>pathname</em>]
+ [-type <em>input_class</em>]
+ [-size <em>input_size</em>]
+ [<em>infile</em> ...]
+ -outfile <em>outfile</em></code><br>
+ or<br>
+ <code>h5import <em>infile</em> -c <em>config_file</em>
+ [<em>infile</em> ...]
+ -outfile <em>outfile</em></code>
+ </td></tr>
+ </table>
+ Note the following:
+ If the <code>-c <em>config_file</em></code> option is used with
+ an input file, no other argument can be used with that input file.
+ If the <code>-c <em>config_file</em></code> option is not used with
+ an input data file, the <code>-d <em>dim_list</em></code> argument
+ (or <code>-dims <em>dim_list</em></code>)
+ must be used and any combination of the remaining options may be used.
+ Any arguments used must appear in <em>exactly</em> the order used
+ in the syntax declarations immediately above.
+
+ <p>
+ <b>The configuration file:</b><br>
+ A configuration file is specified with the
+ <code>-c <em>config_file</em></code> option:
+ <table border=0>
+ <tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>
+ <code>h5import <em>infile</em> -c <em>config_file</em>
+ [<em>infile</em> -c <em>config_file2</em> ...]
+ -outfile ><em>outfile</em></code>
+ </td></tr>
+ </table>
+ <p>
+ The configuration file is an ASCII file and must be
+ organized as "Configuration_Keyword Value" pairs,
+ with one pair on each line.
+ For example, the line indicating that
+ the input data class (configuration keyword <code>INPUT-CLASS</code>)
+ is floating point in a text file (value <code>TEXTFP</code>)
+ would appear as follows:<br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INPUT-CLASS&nbsp;TEXTFP</code>
+ <p>
+ A configuration file may have the following keywords each
+ followed by one of the following defined values.
+ One entry for each of the first two keywords,
+ <code>RANK</code> and <code>DIMENSION-SIZES</code>,
+ is required; all other keywords are optional.
+
+ <p>
+ <table width=100% border=0>
+ <tr align=left><th valign=top align=left>
+ <hr>Keyword&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code>Value
+ </th><th valign=top align=left><hr>Description
+ </th></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <hr><code>RANK&nbsp;&nbsp;</code>
+ </td><td><hr>The number of dimensions in the dataset. (Required)
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>rank</em></code>
+ </td><td>An integer specifying the number of dimensions in the dataset.<br>
+ Example: <code> &nbsp; 4 &nbsp; </code> for a 4-dimensional dataset.
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <hr><code>DIMENSION-SIZES</code>
+ </td><td><hr>Sizes of the dataset dimensions. (Required)
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>dim_sizes</em></code>
+ </td><td>A string of space-separated integers
+ specifying the sizes of the dimensions in the dataset.
+ The number of sizes in this entry must match the value in
+ the <code>RANK</code> entry.<br>
+ Example: <code> &nbsp; 4 3 4 38 &nbsp; </code> for a 4x3x4x38 dataset.
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <hr><code>PATH</code>
+ </td><td><hr>Path of the output dataset.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>path</em></code>
+ </td><td>The full HDF5 pathname identifying the output dataset
+ relative to the root group within the output file.<br>
+ I.e., <code><em>path</em></code> is a string of optional group names,
+ each followed by a slash,
+ and ending with a dataset name.
+ If the groups in the path do no exist, they will be created.<br>
+ If <code>PATH</code> is not specified, the default
+ <code><em>path</em></code> is <code>/dataset1</code>.<br>
+ Example: The configuration file entry
+ <table border=0>
+ <tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>
+ <code>PATH grp1/grp2/dataset1</code>
+ </td></tr>
+ </table>
+ indicates that the output dataset <code>dataset1</code> will be written
+ in the group <code>grp2/</code> which is in the group <code>grp1/</code>,
+ a member of the root group in the output file.
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <hr><code>INPUT-CLASS&nbsp;&nbsp;</code>
+ </td><td><hr>A string denoting the type of input data.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TEXTIN</code>
+ </td><td>Input is signed integer data in an ASCII file.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TEXTUIN</code>
+ </td><td>Input is unsigned integer data in an ASCII file.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TEXTFP</code>
+ </td><td>Input is floating point data in fixed notation (e.g., 325.34)
+ in an ASCII file.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TEXTFPE</code>
+ </td><td>Input is floating point data in scientific notation (e.g., 3.2534E+02)
+ in an ASCII file.<br>
+ (Not implemented in this release.)
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN</code>
+ </td><td>Input is signed integer data in a binary file.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;UIN</code>
+ </td><td>Input is unsigned integer data in a binary file.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FP</code>
+ </td><td>Input is floating point data in a binary file. (Default)
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;STR</code>
+ </td><td>Input is character data in an ASCII file.
+ With this value, the configuration keywords
+ <code>RANK</code>, <code>DIMENSION-SIZES</code>,
+ <code>OUTPUT-CLASS</code>, <code>OUTPUT-SIZE</code>,
+ <code>OUTPUT-ARCHITECTURE</code>, and <code>OUTPUT-BYTE-ORDER</code>
+ will be ignored.<br>
+ (Not implemented in this release.)
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <hr><code>INPUT-SIZE</code>
+ </td><td><hr>An integer denoting the size of the input data, in bits.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8</code><br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16</code><br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;32</code><br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;64</code>
+ </td><td>For signed and unsigned integer data:
+ <code>TEXTIN</code>, <code>TEXTUIN</code>,
+ <code>IN</code>, or <code>UIN</code>.
+ (Default: <code> 32</code>)
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;32</code><br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;64</code>
+ </td><td>For floating point data:
+ <code>TEXTFP</code>, <code>TEXTFPE</code>,
+ or <code>FP</code>.
+ (Default: <code> 32</code>)
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <hr><code>OUTPUT-CLASS&nbsp;&nbsp;</code>
+ </td><td><hr>A string denoting the type of output data.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN</code>
+ </td><td>Output is signed integer data.<br>
+ (Default if <code>INPUT-CLASS</code> is
+ <code>IN</code> or <code>TEXTIN</code>)
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;UIN</code>
+ </td><td>Output is unsigned integer data.<br>
+ (Default if <code>INPUT-CLASS</code> is
+ <code>UIN</code> or <code>TEXTUIN</code>)
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FP</code>
+ </td><td>Output is floating point data.<br>
+ (Default if <code>INPUT-CLASS</code> is not specified or is
+ <code>FP</code>, <code>TEXTFP</code>, or <code>TEXTFPE</code>)
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;STR</code>
+ </td><td>Output is character data,
+ to be written as a 1-dimensional array of strings.<br>
+ (Default if <code>INPUT-CLASS</code> is <code>UIN</code>
+ or <code>TEXTUIN</code>)<br>
+ (Not implemented in this release.)
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <hr><code>OUTPUT-SIZE</code>
+ </td><td><hr>An integer denoting the size of the output data, in bits.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8</code><br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16</code><br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;32</code><br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;64</code>
+ </td><td>For signed and unsigned integer data:
+ <code>IN</code> or <code>UIN</code>.
+ (Default: Same as <code>INPUT-SIZE</code>, else <code> 32</code>)
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;32</code><br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;64</code>
+ </td><td>For floating point data:
+ <code>FP</code>.
+ (Default: Same as <code>INPUT-SIZE</code>, else <code> 32</code>)
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <hr><code>OUTPUT-ARCHITECTURE</code>
+ </td><td><hr>A string denoting the type of output architecture.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;STD</code><br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IEEE</code><br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INTEL</code> *<br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CRAY</code> *<br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MIPS</code> *<br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ALPHA</code> *<br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NATIVE</code><br>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;UNIX</code> *
+ </td><td>See the "Predefined Atomic Types" section
+ in the "HDF5 Datatypes" chapter
+ of the <cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite>
+ for a discussion of these architectures.<br>
+ Values marked with an asterisk (*) are not implemented in this release.<br>
+ (Default: <code>NATIVE</code>)
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <hr><code>OUTPUT-BYTE-ORDER</code>
+ </td><td><hr>A string denoting the output byte order.
+ This entry is ignored if the <code>OUTPUT-ARCHITECTURE</code>
+ is not specified or if it is specified as <code>IEEE</code>,
+ <code>UNIX</code>, or <code>STD</code>.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BE</code>
+ </td><td>Big-endian. (Default)
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;LE</code>
+ </td><td>Little-endian.
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td colspan="2">
+ <hr>The following options are disabled by default, making
+ the default storage properties no chunking, no compression,
+ no external storage, and no extensible dimensions.
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <hr><code>CHUNKED-DIMENSION</code><br>
+ </td><td><hr>Dimension sizes of the chunk for chunked output data.
+<br><b><i>BTW, is this</i></b> <code>CHUNKED-DIMENSION</code> <b><i>or</i></b> <code>CHUNKED-D...-SIZES</code><b><i>?</i></b>
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>chunk_dims</em></code>
+ </td><td>A string of space-separated integers specifying the
+ dimension sizes of the chunk for chunked output data.
+ The number of dimensions must correspond to the value
+ of <code>RANK</code>.<br>
+ The presence of this field indicates that the
+ output dataset is to be stored in chunked layout;
+ if this configuration field is absent,
+ the dataset will be stored in contiguous layout.
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <hr><code>COMPRESSION-TYPE</code>
+ </td><td><hr>Type of compression to be used with chunked storage.
+ Requires that <code>CHUNKED-DIMENSION</code> be specified.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GZIP</code>
+ </td><td>Gzip compression.<br>
+ Othe compression algorithms are not implemented
+ in this release of <code>h5import</code>.
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <hr><code>COMPRESSION-PARAM</code>
+ </td><td><hr>Compression level.
+ Required if <code>COMPRESSION-TYPE</code> is specified.
+<b><i>Since there is a default, is "required" true?</i></b>
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1</code> through <code>9</code>
+ </td><td>Gzip compression levels:
+ <code>1</code> will result in the fastest compression
+ while <code>9</code> will result in the best compression ratio.
+ (Default: 6)
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <hr><code>EXTERNAL-STORAGE</code>
+ </td><td><hr>Name of an external file in which to create the output dataset.
+ Cannot be used with <code>CHUNKED-DIMENSIONS</code>,
+ <code>COMPRESSION-TYPE</code>, OR <code>MAXIMUM-DIMENSIONS</code>.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>external_file</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code>
+ <!-- THE EXTRA NON-BREAKING SPACES AT THE END OF THE PRECEDING LINE -->
+ <!-- ARE PADDING SPACES TO ENSURE THE PROPER FORMATTING OF THIS TABLE. -->
+ </td><td>A string specifying the name of an external file.
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <hr><code>MAXIMUM-DIMENSIONS</code>
+ </td><td><hr>Maximum sizes of all dimensions.
+ Requires that <code>CHUNKED-DIMENSION</code> be specified.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td>
+ <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>max_dims</em></code>
+ </td><td>A string of space-separated integers specifying the
+ maximum size of each dimension of the output dataset.
+ A value of <code>-1</code> for any dimension implies
+ unlimited size for that particular dimension.<br>
+ The number of dimensions must correspond to the value
+ of <code>RANK</code>.<br>
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr valign=top align=left><td><hr></td><td><hr></td></tr>
+ </table>
+
+ <p>
+ <b>The <code>help</code> option:</b><br>
+ The help option, expressed as one of
+ <table width=100% border=0>
+ <tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>
+ <code>h5import -h</code><br>
+ or<br>
+ <code>h5import -help</code><br>
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr><td colspan="2">prints the <code>h5import</code> usage summary</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>
+ <code>
+ h5import -h[elp], OR<br>
+ h5import &lt;infile&gt; &lt;options&gt;
+ [&lt;infile&gt; &lt;options&gt;...]
+ -o[utfile] &lt;outfile&gt;</code>
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr><td colspan="2">then exits.</td></tr>
+ </table>
+ <p>
+
+<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>infile(s)</code>
+ <dd>Name of the Input file(s).
+ <dt><code>in_options</code>
+ <dd>Input options. Note that while only the <code>-dims</code> argument
+ is required, arguments must used in the order in which they are listed below.
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>-d <em>dim_list</em></code>
+ <dt><code>-dims <em>dim_list</em></code>
+ <dd>Input data dimensions.
+ <code><em>dim_list</em></code> is a string of
+ comma-separated numbers with no spaces
+ describing the dimensions of the input data.
+ For example, a 50 x 100 2-dimensional array would be
+ specified as <code>-dims 50,100</code>.<br>
+ Required argument: if no configuration file is used,
+ this command-line argument is mandatory.
+ <dt><code>-p <em>pathname</em></code>
+ <dt><code>-pathname <em>pathname</em></code>
+ <dd><code><em>pathname</em></code> is a string consisiting of
+ one or more strings separated by '/' specifying the path
+ of the dataset in the output file.
+ If the groups in the path do no exist, they will be created.<br>
+ Optional argument: if not specified,
+ the default path is <code>/dataset1</code>.<br>
+ <code>h5import</code> does not check for a pre-existing dataset
+ of the specified or default name; it overwrites any such dataset
+ without offering an opportunity to preserve it.
+ <dt><code>-t <em>input_class</em></code>
+ <dt><code>-type <em>input_class</em></code>
+ <dd><code><em>input_class</em></code> specifies the class of the
+ input data and determines the class of the output data.<br>
+ Valid values are as defined in the "ZZZinput_classZZZ"
+ section of "ZZZconfig_fileZZZ".<br>
+ Optional argument: if not specified,
+ the default value is <code>FP</code>.
+ <dt><code>-s <em>input_size</em></code>
+ <dt><code>-size <em>input_size</em></code>
+ <dd><code><em>input_size</em></code> specifies the size in bits
+ of the input data and determines the size of the output data.<br>
+ Valid values for signed or unsigned integers are
+ <code>8</code>, <code>16</code>, <code>32</code>, and <code>64</code>.<br>
+ Valid values for floating point data are
+ <code>32</code> and <code>64</code>.<br>
+ Optional argument: if not specified,
+ the default value is <code>32</code>.
+ <dt><code>-c <em>config_file</em></code>
+ <dd><code><em>config_file</em></code> specifies a configuration file.<br>
+ This argument replaces all other arguments except
+ <code><em>infile</em></code>and <code>-o <em>outfile</em></code>
+ </dl>
+ <dt><code>outfile</code>
+ <dd>Name of the HDF5 output file.
+ </dl>
+
+<dt><strong>Examples:</strong>
+ <dd><b>Using command-line arguments:</b>
+ <table width=100% border=0>
+ <tr><td colspan=2>
+ <code>h5import infile -dims 2,3,4 -type TEXTIN -size 32 -o out1</code>
+ </td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>
+ This command creates a file <code>out1</code> containing
+ a single 2x3x4 32-bit integer dataset.
+ Since no pathname is specified, the dataset is stored
+ in <code>out1</code> as <code>/dataset1</code>.
+ </td></tr><tr><td colspan=2>
+ <code>h5import infile -dims 20,50 -path bin1/dset1 -type FP -size 64 -o out2</code>
+ </td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>
+ This command creates a file <code>out2</code> containing
+ a single a 20x50 64-bit floating point dataset.
+ The dataset is stored in <code>out2</code> as <code>/bin1/dset1</code>.
+ </td></tr>
+ </table>
+
+ <dd><b>Sample configuration files:</b><br>
+ The following configuration file specifies the following:<br>
+ &ndash; The input data is a 5x2x4 floating point array in an ASCII file.<br>
+ &ndash; The output dataset will be saved in chunked layout,
+ with chunk dimension sizes of 2x2x2.<br>
+ &ndash; The output datatype will be 64-bit floating point, little-endian, IEEE.<br>
+ &ndash; The output dataset will be stored in <code><em>outfile</em></code>
+ at <code>/work/h5/pkamat/First-set</code>.<br>
+ &ndash; The maximum dimension sizes of the output dataset
+ will be 8x8x(unlimited).
+ <pre>
+ PATH work h5 pkamat First-set
+ INPUT-CLASS TEXTFP
+ RANK 3
+ DIMENSION-SIZES 5 2 4
+ OUTPUT-CLASS FP
+ OUTPUT-SIZE 64
+ OUTPUT-ARCHITECTURE IEEE
+ OUTPUT-BYTE-ORDER LE
+ CHUNKED-DIMENSION 2 2 2
+ MAXIMUM-DIMENSIONS 8 8 -1
+ </pre>
+
+ The next configuration file specifies the following:<br>
+ &ndash; The input data is a 6x3x5x2x4 integer array in a binary file.<br>
+ &ndash; The output dataset will be saved in chunked layout,
+ with chunk dimension sizes of 2x2x2x2x2.<br>
+ &ndash; The output datatype will be 32-bit integer in <code>NATIVE</code> format
+ (as the output architecure is not specified).<br>
+ &ndash; The output dataset will be compressed using Gzip compression
+ with a compression level of 7.<br>
+ &ndash; The output dataset will be stored in <code><em>outfile</em></code>
+ at <code>/Second-set</code>.
+ <pre>
+ PATH Second-set
+ INPUT-CLASS IN
+ RANK 5
+ DIMENSION-SIZES 6 3 5 2 4
+ OUTPUT-CLASS IN
+ OUTPUT-SIZE 32
+ CHUNKED-DIMENSION 2 2 2 2 2
+ COMPRESSION-TYPE GZIP
+ COMPRESSION-PARAM 7
+ </pre>
+
+
+<!--
+<dt><strong>Current Status:</strong>
+ <dd>
+<dt><strong>See Also:</strong>
+ <dd>
+-->
+</dl>
+
+
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-GIF2H5">gif2h5</a>
<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
<dd><code>gif2h5</code>
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