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| author | Bill Wendling <wendling@ncsa.uiuc.edu> | 2001-04-12 22:20:46 (GMT) |
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| committer | Bill Wendling <wendling@ncsa.uiuc.edu> | 2001-04-12 22:20:46 (GMT) |
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[svn-r3806] Purpose:
Update
Description:
Wrote description of the subsetting feature that the h5dumper has.
Platforms tested:
w3m
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diff --git a/doc/html/Tools.html b/doc/html/Tools.html index e45cf21..5a2d3d8 100644 --- a/doc/html/Tools.html +++ b/doc/html/Tools.html @@ -9,420 +9,457 @@ <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <hr> -<center><table BORDER=0 WIDTH="98%" > -<tr> -<td ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><a href="H5.intro.html">Introduction to HDF5</a> -<br><a href="H5.user.html">HDF5 User Guide</a> -<br><a href="index.html">Other HDF5 documents and links</a> -<br><!-- -<a href="Glossary.html">Glossary</a><br> ---></td> -<td ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=TOP>And in this document, the <a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 -Reference Manual</a> -<br><a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a> <a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a> -<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a> -<a href="RM_H5E.html">H5E</a> -<a href="RM_H5F.html">H5F</a> <a href="RM_H5G.html">H5G</a> +<center> -<a href="RM_H5I.html">H5I</a> <a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P</a> -<br><a href="RM_H5R.html">H5R</a> <a href="RM_H5S.html">H5S</a> -<a href="RM_H5T.html">H5T</a> -<a href="RM_H5Z.html">H5Z</a> Tools <a href="PredefDTypes.html">Datatypes</a></td> -</tr> -</table></center> +<table border="0" width="98%"> + <tr> + <td align=left valign=top> + <a href="H5.intro.html">Introduction to HDF5</a><br> + <a href="H5.user.html">HDF5 User Guide</a><br> + <a href="index.html">Other HDF5 documents and links</a><br> + <!-- <a href="Glossary.html">Glossary</a><br> --> + </td> + + <td align=right valign=top> + And in this document, the <a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a><br> + <a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a> + <a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a> + <a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a> + <a href="RM_H5E.html">H5E</a> + <a href="RM_H5F.html">H5F</a> + <a href="RM_H5G.html">H5G</a> + <a href="RM_H5I.html">H5I</a> + <a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P</a> + + <br> + + <a href="RM_H5R.html">H5R</a> + <a href="RM_H5S.html">H5S</a> + <a href="RM_H5T.html">H5T</a> + <a href="RM_H5Z.html">H5Z</a> + Tools + <a href="PredefDTypes.html">Datatypes</a> + </td> + </tr> +</table> -<hr> -<center> -<h1> -HDF5 Tools</h1></center> +</center> -<h2> -HDF5 Tool Interfaces</h2> -These tools enable the user to examine HDF5 files interactively. -<table BORDER=0 > -<tr> -<td VALIGN=TOP> -<ul> -<li> -<a href="#Tools-Dump">h5dump</a> -- A tool for displaying HDF5 file contents </li> +<hr> -<li> -<a href="#Tools-Ls">h5ls</a> -- A tool for listing specified features of -HDF5 file contents </li> +<center><h1>HDF5 Tools</h1></center> -<li> -<a href="#Tools-Repart">h5repart</a> -- A tool for repartitioning a file, -creating a family of files </li> +<h2>HDF5 Tool Interfaces</h2> -<li> -<a href="#Tools-H5toh4">h5toh4</a> -- A tool for converting an HDF5 file -to an HDF4 file </li> +These tools enable the user to examine HDF5 files interactively. -<li> -<a href="#Tools-H4toh5">h4toh5</a> -- A tool for converting an HDF4 file -to an HDF5 file</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> +<table BORDER=0 > + <tr> + <td VALIGN=TOP> + <ul> + <li><a href="#Tools-Dump">h5dump</a> -- A tool for displaying + HDF5 file contents</li> + + <li><a href="#Tools-Ls">h5ls</a> -- A tool for listing specified + features of HDF5 file contents</li> + + <li><a href="#Tools-Repart">h5repart</a> -- A tool for + repartitioning a file, creating a family of files</li> + + <li><a href="#Tools-H5toh4">h5toh4</a> -- A tool for converting + an HDF5 file to an HDF4 file</li> + + <li><a href="#Tools-H4toh5">h4toh5</a> -- A tool for converting + an HDF4 file to an HDF5 file</li> + </ul> + </td> + </tr> </table> <p> + <hr> + <dl> -<dt> -<b>Tool Name:</b> <a NAME="Tools-Dump"></a>h5dump</dt> + <dt><b>Tool Name:</b> <a name="Tools-Dump"></a>h5dump</dt> -<dt> -<b>Syntax:</b></dt> + <dt><b>Syntax:</b></dt> -<dd> -<tt>h5dump [</tt><i>OPTIONS</i><tt>]</tt> <i>file</i></dd> + <dd><tt>h5dump [</tt><i>OPTIONS</i><tt>]</tt> <i>file</i></dd> -<dt> -<b>Purpose:</b></dt> + <dt><b>Purpose:</b></dt> -<dd> -Displays HDF5 file contents in HDF5 DDL or XML.</dd> + <dd>Displays HDF5 file contents in HDF5 DDL or XML.</dd> -<dt> -<b>Description:</b></dt> + <dt><b>Description:</b></dt> -<dd> -<tt>h5dump</tt> enables the user to interactively examine the contents -of an HDF5 file and dump those contents, in human readable form, to an -ASCII file. Optionally, the contents of the file may be dumped as -XML.</dd> + <dd> +<p> +The <tt>h5dump</tt> tool enables the user to interactively examine the +contents of an HDF5 file and dump those contents, in human readable form, +to an ASCII file. Optionally, the contents of the file may be dumped as +XML. +</p> -<br> -<p> -<br> -<br> -<p><tt>h5dump</tt> displays HDF5 file content on standard output. It may -display the content of the whole HDF5 file or selected objects, which can -be groups, datasets, links, attributes, or data types. -<p>The <tt>--header</tt> option displays object header information only. -<p>Names are the absolute names of the objects. <tt>h5dump</tt> displays -objects in the order same as the command order. If a name does not start -with a slash, <tt>h5dump</tt> begins searching for the specified object -starting at the root group. -<p>If an object is hard linked with multiple names, <tt>h5dump</tt> displays -the content of the object in the first occurrence. Only the link information -is displayed in later occurrences. -<p><tt>h5dump</tt> assigns a name for any unnamed data type in the form -of <tt>#</tt><i>oid1</i><tt>:</tt><i>oid2</i>, where <i>oid1</i> and <i>oid2</i> -are the object identifiers assigned by the library. The unnamed types are -displayed within the root group. -<p>Data types are displayed with standard type names. For example, if a -data set is created with <tt>H5T_NATIVE_INT</tt> type and the standard -type name for integer on that machine is <tt>H5T_STD_I32BE</tt>, <tt>h5dump</tt> -displays <tt>H5T_STD_I32BE</tt> as the type of the data set. -<p>The <tt>h5dump</tt> output is described in detail in the <i><a href="ddl.html">DDL -for HDF5</a></i>, the <i>Data Description Language</i> document. -<p><i>Note</i>: It is no longer permissable to specify multiple attributes, +<p> +<tt>h5dump</tt> dumps an HDF5 file's contents to standard output. It can +display the contents of the whole HDF5 file or selected objects, which +can be groups, datasets, a subset of a dataset, links, attributes, or +data types. +</p> + +<p> +The <tt>--header</tt> option displays object header information only. +</p> + +<p> +Names are the absolute names of the objects. <tt>h5dump</tt> displays +objects in the same order as given on the command line. If a name does +not start with a slash (/), <tt>h5dump</tt> begins searching for the +specified object starting at the root group. +</p> + +<p> +If an object is hard linked with multiple names, <tt>h5dump</tt> displays +the contents of the object in the first occurrence. Only the link +information is displayed in later occurrences. +</p> + +<p> +<tt>h5dump</tt> assigns a name for any unnamed data type in the form of +<tt>#</tt><i>oid1</i><tt>:</tt><i>oid2</i>, where <i>oid1</i> and +<i>oid2</i> are the object identifiers assigned by the library. The +unnamed types are displayed within the root group. +</p> + +<p> +Data types are displayed with standard type names. For example, if a data +set is created with <tt>H5T_NATIVE_INT</tt> type and the standard type +name for integer on that machine is <tt>H5T_STD_I32BE</tt>, +<tt>h5dump</tt> displays <tt>H5T_STD_I32BE</tt> as the type of the data +set. +</p> + +<p> +<tt>h5dump</tt> can also be used to dump a subset of data from a dataset. +It operates in much the same way that hyperslabs do in the HDF5 library. +The parameters specified on the command line are passed to the +<a href="RM_H5S.html#Dataspace-SelectHyperslab"><tt>H5Sselect_hyperslab</tt></a> +function and the resulting selection is then displayed. +</p> + +<p> +The <tt>h5dump</tt> output is described in detail in the <i><a +href="ddl.html">DDL for HDF5</a></i>, the <i>Data Description +Language</i> document. +</p> + +<p> +<i>Note</i>: It is no longer permissable to specify multiple attributes, datasets, data types, groups, or soft links with one flag. For example, before one could issue the command: -<blockquote><tt>h5dump -a /attr1 /attr2 foo.h5</tt></blockquote> -and both <tt>/attr1</tt> and <tt>/attr2</tt> would be dumped. In order -to do this now, one must issue the command: -<blockquote><tt>h5dump -a /attr1 -a /attr2 foo.h5</tt></blockquote> +</p> -<dt> -<b>XML Output</b></dt> + <blockquote> + <tt>h5dump -a /attr1 /attr2 foo.h5</tt> + </blockquote> -<br>The <tt>--xml </tt>option selects output in XML. The XML output contains -a complete description of the file, marked up in XML. The XML conforms -to the HDF5 Document Type Definition (DTD), which is available at: -<dl><a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/DTDs/HDF5-File.dtd">http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/DTDs/HDF5-File.dtd</a></dl> +<p> +and both <tt>/attr1</tt> and <tt>/attr2</tt> would be dumped. In order to +do this now, one must issue the command: +</p> -<p><br>The XML output is suitable for use with other tools, including the -<a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/java-hdf5-html">HDF5 -Java Tools</a>. -<br> -<dt> -<b>Options and Parameters:</b></dt> + <blockquote> + <tt>h5dump -a /attr1 -a /attr2 foo.h5</tt> + </blockquote> -<dl> -<dt> -<tt>-h</tt> or <tt>--help</tt></dt> + <dt><b>XML Output</b></dt> -<dd> -Print a usage message and exit.</dd> +<p> +The <tt>--xml</tt> option selects output in XML. The XML output contains +a complete description of the file, marked up in XML. The XML conforms to +the HDF5 Document Type Definition (DTD), which is available at: +</p> -<dt> -<tt>-B</tt> or <tt>--bootblock</tt></dt> + <dl><a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/DTDs/HDF5-File.dtd">http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/DTDs/HDF5-File.dtd</a></dl> -<dd> -Print the content of the boot block.</dd> +<p> +The XML output is suitable for use with other tools, including the <a +href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/java-hdf5-html">HDF5 Java Tools</a>. +</p> -<br><i>(This option is not yet implemented.)</i> -<dt> -<tt>-H</tt> or <tt>--header</tt></dt> + <dt><b>Options and Parameters:</b></dt> -<dd> -Print the header only; no data is displayed.</dd> + <dl> + <dt><tt>-h</tt> or <tt>--help</tt></dt> -<dt> -<tt>-i</tt> or <tt>--object-ids</tt></dt> + <dd>Print a usage message and exit.</dd> -<dd> -Print the object ids.</dd> + <dt><tt>-B</tt> or <tt>--bootblock</tt></dt> -<dt> -<tt>-V</tt> or <tt>--version</tt></dt> + <dd>Print the content of the boot block.<br> + <i>(This option is not yet implemented.)</i></dd> -<dd> -Print version number and exit.</dd> + <dt><tt>-H</tt> or <tt>--header</tt></dt> -<dt> -<tt>-a <i>P</i></tt> or <tt>--attribute=<i>P</i></tt></dt> + <dd>Print the header only; no data is displayed.</dd> -<dd> -Print the specified attribute.</dd> + <dt><tt>-i</tt> or <tt>--object-ids</tt></dt> -<dt> -<tt>-d <i>P</i></tt> or <tt>--dataset=<i>P</i></tt></dt> + <dd>Print the object ids.</dd> -<dd> -Print the specified dataset.</dd> + <dt><tt>-V</tt> or <tt>--version</tt></dt> -<dt> -<tt>-g <i>P</i></tt> or <tt>--group=<i>P</i></tt></dt> + <dd>Print version number and exit.</dd> -<dd> -Print the specified group and all members.</dd> + <dt><tt>-a <i>P</i></tt> or <tt>--attribute=<i>P</i></tt></dt> -<dt> -<tt>-l <i>P</i></tt> or <tt>--soft-link=<i>P</i></tt></dt> + <dd>Print the specified attribute.</dd> -<dd> -Print the value(s) of the specified soft link.</dd> + <dt><tt>-d <i>P</i></tt> or <tt>--dataset=<i>P</i></tt></dt> -<dt> -<tt>-o <i>F</i></tt> or <tt>--output=<i>F</i></tt></dt> + <dd>Print the specified dataset.</dd> -<dd> -Output raw data into file F.</dd> + <dt><tt>-g <i>P</i></tt> or <tt>--group=<i>P</i></tt></dt> -<dt> -<tt>-t <i>T</i></tt> or <tt>--datatype=<i>T</i></tt></dt> + <dd>Print the specified group and all members.</dd> -<dd> -Print the specified named data type.</dd> + <dt><tt>-l <i>P</i></tt> or <tt>--soft-link=<i>P</i></tt></dt> -<dt> -<tt>-w <i>#</i></tt> or <tt>--width=<i>#</i></tt></dt> + <dd>Print the value(s) of the specified soft link.</dd> -<dd> -Set the number of columns of output.</dd> + <dt><tt>-o <i>F</i></tt> or <tt>--output=<i>F</i></tt></dt> -<dt> -<tt>-x <i>#</i></tt> or <tt>--xml</tt></dt> + <dd>Output raw data into file F.</dd> -<dd> -Output XML instead of DDL.</dd> + <dt><tt>-t <i>T</i></tt> or <tt>--datatype=<i>T</i></tt></dt> -<dt> -<tt>-D <i>#</i></tt> or <tt>--xml-dtd=<i>URI</i></tt></dt> + <dd>Print the specified named data type.</dd> -<dd> -In XML output, refer to the DTD at URI instead of the default DTD.</dd> + <dt><tt>-w <i>N</i></tt> or <tt>--width=<i>N</i></tt></dt> -<dt> -<i>file</i></dt> + <dd>Set the number of columns of output.</dd> -<dd> -The file to be examined.</dd> -</dl> + <dt><tt>-x <i>U</i></tt> or <tt>--xml</tt></dt> -<ul> -<li> -<i>P</i> - is the full path from the root group to the object.</li> + <dd>Output XML instead of DDL.</dd> -<li> -<i>T</i> - is the name of the data type.</li> + <dt><tt>-D <i>U</i></tt> or <tt>--xml-dtd=<i>U</i></tt></dt> -<li> -<i>F</i> - is a filename.</li> + <dd>In XML output, refer to the DTD at U instead of the default DTD.</dd> -<li> -<i>#</i> - is an integer greater than 1.</li> + <dt><tt>-s <i>L</i></tt> or <tt>--start=<i>L</i></tt></dt> + + <dd>Offset of start of subsetting selection [Default: beginning of + dataset]</dd> + + <dt><tt>-S <i>L</i></tt> or <tt>--stride=<i>L</i></tt></dt> + + <dd>Hyperslab stride [Default: 1 in all dimensions]</dd> -<li> -<i>URI</i> - is a URI (as defined in [<a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt">IETF -RFC 2396</a>], updated by [<a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2732.txt">IETF -RFC 2732</a>]) that refers to the DTD to be used to validate the XML.</li> -</ul> + <dt><tt>-c <i>L</i></tt> or <tt>--count=<i>L</i></tt></dt> + + <dd>Number of blocks to include in selection</dd> -<dt> -<b>Examples:</b></dt> + <dt><tt>-k <i>L</i></tt> or <tt>--block=<i>L</i></tt></dt> + + <dd>Size of block in hyperslab [Default: 1 in all dimensions]</dd> -<ol> -<li> -Dumping the group <tt>/GroupFoo/GroupBar</tt> in the file <tt>quux.h5</tt>:</li> + <dt><i>file</i></dt> -<blockquote><tt>h5dump -g /GroupFoo/GroupBar quux.h5</tt></blockquote> + <dd>The file to be examined.</dd> + </dl> -<li> -Dumping the dataset <tt>Fnord</tt> in the group <tt>/GroupFoo/GroupBar</tt> -in the file <tt>quux.h5</tt>:</li> + <ul> + <li><i>P</i> - is the full path from the root group to the object.</li> -<blockquote><tt>h5dump -d /GroupFoo/GroupBar/Fnord quux.h5</tt></blockquote> + <li><i>T</i> - is the name of the data type.</li> -<li> -Dumping the attribute <tt>metadata</tt> of the dataset <tt>Fnord</tt> which -is in group <tt>/GroupFoo/GroupBar</tt> in the file <tt>quux.h5</tt>:</li> + <li><i>F</i> - is a filename.</li> -<blockquote><tt>h5dump -a /GroupFoo/GroupBar/Fnord/metadata quux.h5</tt></blockquote> + <li><i>N</i> - is an integer greater than 1.</li> -<li> -Dumping the attribute <tt>metadata</tt> which is an attribute of the root -group in the file <tt>quux.h5</tt>:</li> + <li><i>L</i> - is a list of integers the number of which are equal to + the number of dimensions in the dataspace being queried.</li> -<p><br><tt> h5dump -a /metadata quux.h5</tt> -<br> -<li> -Producing an XML listing of the file bobo.h5:</li> + <li><i>U</i> - is a URI (as defined in [<a + href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt">IETF RFC + 2396</a>], updated by [<a + href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2732.txt">IETF RFC + 2732</a>]) that refers to the DTD to be used to + validate the XML.</li> -<br><tt> h5dump --xml bobo.h5 > bobo.h5.xml</tt></ol> + </ul> -<dt> -<b></b></dt> +<p> +Subsetting parameters can be specified in a convenient compact format. +The format is: +</p> -<dt> -<b>Current Status:</b></dt> + <blockquote> + <tt>--dataset="/foo/mydataset[START;STRIDE;COUNT;BLOCK]"</tt> + </blockquote> -<dd> -The current version of <tt>h5dump</tt> displays the following information:</dd> +<p> +All of the semicolons (;) are required to be there even if you don't +specify a value for the parameter (thereby using the default value). +</p> -<ul> -<li> -Group</li> + <dt><b>Examples:</b></dt> -<ul> -<li> -group attribute (see Attribute)</li> + <ol> + <li>Dumping the group <tt>/GroupFoo/GroupBar</tt> in the file + <tt>quux.h5</tt>:</li> -<li> -group member</li> -</ul> + <blockquote> + <tt>h5dump -g /GroupFoo/GroupBar quux.h5</tt> + </blockquote> -<li> -Dataset</li> + <li>Dumping the dataset <tt>Fnord</tt> in the group + <tt>/GroupFoo/GroupBar</tt> in the file <tt>quux.h5</tt>:</li> -<ul> -<li> -dataset attribute (see Attribute)</li> + <blockquote> + <tt>h5dump -d /GroupFoo/GroupBar/Fnord quux.h5</tt> + </blockquote> -<li> -dataset type (see Data type)</li> + <li>Dumping the attribute <tt>metadata</tt> of the dataset + <tt>Fnord</tt> which is in group <tt>/GroupFoo/GroupBar</tt> in + the file <tt>quux.h5</tt>:</li> -<li> -dataset space (see Data space)</li> + <blockquote> + <tt>h5dump -a /GroupFoo/GroupBar/Fnord/metadata quux.h5</tt> + </blockquote> -<li> -dataset data</li> -</ul> + <li>Dumping the attribute <tt>metadata</tt> which is an attribute + of the root group in the file <tt>quux.h5</tt>:</li> -<li> -Attribute</li> + <blockquote> + <tt>h5dump -a /metadata quux.h5</tt> + </blockquote> -<ul> -<li> -attribute type (see Data type)</li> + <li>Producing an XML listing of the file bobo.h5:</li> -<li> -attribute space (see Data space)</li> + <blockquote> + <tt>h5dump --xml bobo.h5 > bobo.h5.xml</tt> + </blockquote> -<li> -attribute data</li> -</ul> + <li>Dumping a subset of the dataset <tt>/GroupFoo/databar</tt> in + file <tt>quux.h5</tt>:</li> -<li> -Data type</li> + <blockquote> + <tt>h5dump -d /GroupFoo/databar --start="1,1" --stride="2,3" --count="3,19" --block="1,1" quux.h5</tt> + </blockquote> -<ul> -<li> -integer type</li> + <li>The same example using the short form of specifying the + subsetting parameters:</li> -<dt> -- H5T_STD_I8BE, H5T_STD_I8LE, H5T_STD_I16BE, ...</dt> + <blockquote> + <tt>h5dump -d "/GroupFoo/databar[1,1;2,3;3,19;1,1]" quux.h5</tt> + </blockquote> + </ol> -<li> -floating point type</li> + <dt><b>Current Status:</b></dt> -<dt> -- H5T_IEEE_F32BE, H5T_IEEE_F32LE, H5T_IEEE_F64BE, ...</dt> + <dd>The current version of <tt>h5dump</tt> displays the following + information:</dd> -<li> -string type</li> + <ul> + <li>Group</li> -<li> -compound type</li> + <ul> + <li>group attribute (see Attribute)</li> -<dt> -- named, unnamed and transient compound type</dt> + <li>group member</li> + </ul> -<dt> -- integer, floating or string type member</dt> + <li>Dataset</li> -<li> -opaque types</li> + <ul> + <li>dataset attribute (see Attribute)</li> -<li> -reference type</li> + <li>dataset type (see Data type)</li> -<dt> -- object references</dt> + <li>dataset space (see Data space)</li> -<dt> -- data regions</dt> + <li>dataset data</li> + </ul> -<li> -enum type</li> + <li>Attribute</li> -<li> -variable-length datatypes</li> + <ul> + <li>attribute type (see Data type)</li> -<dt> -- atomic types only</dt> + <li>attribute space (see Data space)</li> -<dt> -- scalar or single dimensional array of variable-length types supported</dt> -</ul> + <li>attribute data</li> + </ul> -<li> -Data space</li> + <li>Data type</li> -<ul> -<li> -scalar and simple space</li> -</ul> + <ul> + <li>integer type</li> -<li> -Soft link</li> + <dt>- <tt>H5T_STD_I8BE, H5T_STD_I8LE, H5T_STD_I16BE, ...</tt></dt> -<li> -Hard link</li> + <li>floating point type</li> -<li> -Loop detection</li> -</ul> + <dt>- <tt>H5T_IEEE_F32BE, H5T_IEEE_F32LE, H5T_IEEE_F64BE, ...</tt></dt> -<dt> -<b>See Also:</b></dt> + <li>string type</li> -<dd> -HDF5 Data Description Language syntax (<i><a href="ddl.html">DDL for HDF5</a></i>)</dd> + <li>compound type</li> -<dd> -HDF5 XML DTD: <a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/DTDs/HDF5-File.dtd">http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/DTDs/HDF5-File.dtd</a></dd> + <dt>- named, unnamed and transient compound type</dt> -<dd> -HDF5 XML information: <a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/XML">http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/XML</a>/</dd> + <dt>- integer, floating or string type member</dt> + + <li>opaque types</li> + + <li>reference type</li> + + <dt>- object references</dt> + + <dt>- data regions</dt> + + <li>enum type</li> + + <li>variable-length datatypes</li> + + <dt>- atomic types only</dt> + + <dt>- scalar or single dimensional array of variable-length types + supported</dt> + </ul> + + <li>Data space</li> + + <ul> + <li>scalar and simple space</li> + </ul> + + <li>Soft link</li> + + <li>Hard link</li> + + <li>Loop detection</li> + </ul> + + <dt><b>See Also:</b></dt> + + <dd>HDF5 Data Description Language syntax (<i><a href="ddl.html">DDL + for HDF5</a></i>)</dd> + + <dd>HDF5 XML DTD: <a + href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/DTDs/HDF5-File.dtd">http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/DTDs/HDF5-File.dtd</a></dd> + + <dd>HDF5 XML information: <a + href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/XML">http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/XML</a>/</dd> + </dt> </dl> <hr> + <dl> <dt> <b>Tool Name:</b> <a NAME="Tools-Ls"></a>h5ls</dt> @@ -776,7 +813,7 @@ The HDF4 file to be created.</dd> <br><tt>h4toh5 </tt><i>h4file h5file</i> <br><tt>h4toh5 </tt><i>h4file</i> <br><!-- currently no -m option - <code>h4toh5 -m </code><em> + <tt>h4toh5 -m </tt><em> h4file1 h4file2 h4file3</em> ... @@ -806,7 +843,7 @@ with <tt>.h5</tt>. For example, if the input file <tt>scheme3.hdf</tt> is specified with no output filename, <tt>h4toh5</tt> will name the output file <tt>scheme3.h5</tt>. <p><!-- currently no -m option - The <code>-m</code> option allows multiple HDF5 file + The <tt>-m</tt> option allows multiple HDF5 file arguments. Each file name is treated the same as the single file name case above. <p> @@ -876,7 +913,7 @@ objects: <dd> Displays a syntax summary. <!-- currently no -m option - <dt><code>-m</code> + <dt><tt>-m</tt> <dd>Converts multiple HDF4 files to multiple HDF5 files. --></dd> @@ -903,20 +940,20 @@ The HDF5 file to be created.</dd> <dl> <dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-H5toh4">h5toh4</a> <dt><strong>Syntax:</strong> - <dd><code>h5toh4 -h</code><br> - <code>h5toh4 </code><em> + <dd><tt>h5toh4 -h</tt><br> + <tt>h5toh4 </tt><em> h5file h4file</em><br> - <code>h5toh4 </code><em> + <tt>h5toh4 </tt><em> h5file</em><br> - <code>h5toh4 -m </code><em> + <tt>h5toh4 -m </tt><em> h5file1 h5file2 h5file3</em> ... <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong> <dd>Purpose... <dt><strong>Description:</strong> - <dd><code>TOOL</code> is an HDF5 utility which ... + <dd><tt>TOOL</tt> is an HDF5 utility which ... Paragraph <pre> sample code sample code @@ -927,7 +964,7 @@ The HDF5 file to be created.</dd> Paragraph <dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong> <dl> - <dt><code>-option</code> + <dt><tt>-option</tt> <dd>Description <dt><em>parameter</em> <dd>Description |