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authorFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>1998-09-11 18:40:14 (GMT)
committerFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>1998-09-11 18:40:14 (GMT)
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[svn-r694] Copying developer's changes to doc/html/ version from doc/src/:
Revised the description of h5dump. Changed argument 'files' to 'file'. Added ../html/ to the DDL hyperlink.
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@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ These tools enable the user to examine HDF5 files interactively.
[-d </code><em>names</em><code>]
[-g </code><em>names</em><code>]
[-l </code><em>names</em><code>] </code>
- <em>files</em>
+ <em>file</em>
<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
<dd>Displays HDF5 file contents.
<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
@@ -83,8 +83,14 @@ These tools enable the user to examine HDF5 files interactively.
<code>-a</code>, <code>-d</code>, <code>-g</code>, or
<code>-l</code> options.
<p>
+ Native data types created in one machine are displayed with native
+ names when <code>h5dump</code> runs in the same machine type. But when
+ <code>h5dump</code> runs in a different machine type, it displays the
+ native data types with standard type names. This will be changed in the
+ next release to always display with standard type names.
+ <p>
The <code>h5dump</code> output is described in detail in
- <a href="ddl.html">DDL</a>, the <cite>Data Description
+ <a href="../html/ddl.html">DDL</a>, the <cite>Data Description
Language</cite> document.
<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
@@ -103,15 +109,15 @@ These tools enable the user to examine HDF5 files interactively.
<dd>Displays all the objects within the specified group(s).
<dt><code>-l</code> <em>names</em>
<dd>Displays the specified link value(s).
- <dt><em>files</em>
- <dd>The file(s) to be examined.
+ <dt><em>file</em>
+ <dd>The file to be examined.
</dl>
<dt><strong>Current Status:</strong>
<dd>The current version of <code>h5dump</code> can display the
following types of information:
<ul>
<li>Group name
- <li>Attribute name, data type, adata space, and data
+ <li>Attribute name, data type, data space, and data
<li>Dataset name, data type, data space, and data
<li>Soft link name, link value
</ul>
@@ -128,7 +134,7 @@ These tools enable the user to examine HDF5 files interactively.
</ul>
<dt><strong>See Also:</strong>
<dd>HDF5 Data Description Language syntax
- (<a href="ddl.html">DDL</a>)
+ (<a href="../html/ddl.html">DDL</a>)
</dl>