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authorFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2007-08-13 18:55:15 (GMT)
committerFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2007-08-13 18:55:15 (GMT)
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[svn-r14076] Description:
Document new tool options: h5repack -n Includes note regarding change in default behavior. h5dump -b B (or h5dump --binary=B)
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@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ transition from the HDF5 Release 1.6.5 to Release 1.6.6.
<p>
Release 1.6.6 is primarily a bug-fix release and includes
-no changes in the syntax or [proper] behavior of
+no changes in the syntax or intended behavior of
the library&rsquo;s public interfaces.
There are, however, two changes in tool interfaces.
@@ -195,22 +195,71 @@ There are, however, two changes in tool interfaces.
<dl>
<dt>The following tools have changed in this release;
- these changes will be documented on the
+ these changes are documented on the
<a href="../Tools.html">Tools page</a> of the
<a href="../RM_H5Front.html"><cite>HDF5 Reference Manual</cite></a>.
<br>&nbsp;
<dd><code>h5repack</code>:
<br>
- A new option allows the new copy of a file, as created
- by <code>h5repack</code>, to use the file datatype.
- This is now the default behavior.
- (The previous implementation offered conversion
- only to native datatype.)
-
- <br>&nbsp;
+ A new <code>-n</code> option allows the user to specify
+ that a new file created by <code>h5repack</code> will use
+ native datatypes.
+ The default behavior is to use the original file datatypes.
+ <table>
+ <tr valign=top>
+ <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+ <td><code>-n</code>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+ <td>Use native HDF5 datatypes when repacking.
+ <br>
+ (Default behavior is to use the original
+ file datatypes.)
+ </td></tr>
+ </table>
+ <em>Note that the default behavior of this tool
+ has changed;
+ prior to Release 1.6.6, </em><code>h5repack</code>
+ <em> generated files only with native datatypes.</em>
+
+
+ <p>
<dd><code>h5dump</code>:
<br>
- This tool includes new options for binary output.
+ This tool includes a new <code>-b</code> option
+ for binary output.
+ <table>
+ <tr valign=top>
+ <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+ <td><code>-b&nbsp;<em>B</em></code> &nbsp; or
+ <br>
+ <code>--binary=<em>B</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code></td>
+ <td valign="top">Output dataset to a binary file
+ using the datatype specified by
+ <code><em>B</em></code>.
+ <br>
+ <code><em>B</em></code> must have one of the
+ following values:
+ <br>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ <code>LE &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code>
+ Little-endian
+ <br>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ <code>BE &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code>
+ Big-endian
+ <br>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ <code>MEMORY &nbsp;&nbsp;</code>
+ Memory datatype
+ <br>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ <code>FILE &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code>
+ File datatype
+ <br>
+ Recommended usage is with the <code>-d</code> and
+ <code>-o</code> options.
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
</dl>
@@ -2693,7 +2742,7 @@ Describes HDF5 Release 1.6.6, April 2007
</address>
<!-- #EndLibraryItem --><!-- Created: Spring 1999 -->
<!-- hhmts start -->
-Last modified: 10 April 2007
+Last modified: 13 August 2007
<!-- hhmts end -->
</body>