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authorFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2000-03-08 22:03:49 (GMT)
committerFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2000-03-08 22:03:49 (GMT)
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[svn-r2003] Changed 'boot block' to 'super block'.
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<h2>1. Introduction</h2>
- <p>HDF5 files are composed of a "boot block" describing information
+ <p>HDF5 files are composed of a <em>super block</em> describing information
required to portably access files on multiple platforms, followed
by information about the groups in a file and the datasets in the
- file. The boot block contains information about the size of offsets
+ file. The super block contains information about the size of offsets
and lengths of objects, the number of entries in symbol tables
(used to store groups) and additional version information for the
file.
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@
<P>File creation property lists apply to <code>H5Fcreate()</code> only
and are used to control the file meta-data which is maintained
- in the boot block of the file. The parameters which can be
+ in the super block of the file. The parameters which can be
modified are:
<dl>
- <dt>User-Block Size <dd>The "user-block" is a fixed length block of
+ <dt>User-Block Size <dd>The <em>user-block</em> is a fixed length block of
data located at the beginning of the file which is ignored by the
HDF5 library and may be used to store any data information found
to be useful to applications. This value may be set to any power
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
correspond to a single file on a Unix file system, multiple files on a
Unix file system, multiple files on a parallel file system, or a block
of memory within the application. Generally, an HDF5 address space is
- referred to as an "HDF5 file" regardless of how the space is organized
+ referred to as an <em>HDF5 file</em> regardless of how the space is organized
at the storage level.
<h3>6.1. Unbuffered Permanent Files</h3>
@@ -519,8 +519,9 @@
data. The <em>split</em> driver does this by creating two files: one for
meta data and another for raw data. The application provides a base
file name to <code>H5Fcreate()</code> or <code>H5Fopen()</code> and this
- driver appends a file extension which defaults to ".meta" for the meta
- data file and ".raw" for the raw data file. Each file can have its own
+ driver appends a file extension which defaults to <code>.meta</code> for
+ the meta data file and <code>.raw</code> for the raw data file.
+ Each file can have its own
file access property list which allows, for instance, a split file with
meta data stored with the <em>core</em> driver and raw data stored with
the <em>sec2</em> driver.
@@ -540,10 +541,10 @@
<dd>The file access properties are set to use the <em>split</em>
driver and any previously defined driver properties are erased from
the property list. The meta file will have a name which is formed by
- adding <em>meta_extension</em> (or ".meta") to the end of the base
- name and will be accessed according to the
+ adding <em>meta_extension</em> (or <code>.meta</code>) to the end of
+ the base name and will be accessed according to the
<em>meta_properties</em>. The raw file will have a name which is
- formed by appending <em>raw_extension</em> (or ".raw") to the base
+ formed by appending <em>raw_extension</em> (or <code>.raw</code>) to the base
name and will be accessed according to the <em>raw_properties</em>.
Additional parameters may be added to this function in the future.