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| author | Frank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org> | 1998-09-09 19:23:06 (GMT) |
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[svn-r679] User-level descriptions of the HDF5 interactive tools:
h5dump
h5ls
h5repart
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diff --git a/doc/src/Tools.html b/doc/src/Tools.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf89313 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/Tools.html @@ -0,0 +1,256 @@ +<html> +<head><title> +HDF5/Tools Draft API Specification +</title></head> + +<body> + +<hr> +<center> +<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a> +<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_H5P.html">H5P</a> +<!-- +<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="Glossary.html">Glossary</a> +--> +</center> +<hr> + +<center> +<h1>HDF5 Tools</h1> +</center> + +<h2>HDF5 Tool Interfaces</h2> +<p> +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><a href="#Tools-Ls">h5ls</a> -- 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 +</ul> +</td></tr> +</table> + +<p> + + +<hr> +<dl> +<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-Dump">h5dump</a> +<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong> + <dd><code>h5dump + [-h] + [-bb] + [-header] + [-a </code><em>names</em><code>] + [-d </code><em>names</em><code>] + [-g </code><em>names</em><code>] + [-l </code><em>names</em><code>] </code> + <em>files</em> +<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong> + <dd>Displays HDF5 file contents. +<dt><strong>Description:</strong> + <dd><code>h5dump</code> enables the user to interactively examine + the contents of an HDF5 file and dump those contents, + in human readable form, to an ASCII file or to other tools. + <p> + <code>h5dump</code> 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, or attributes. + <p> + The <code>-header</code> option displays object + header information only and must appear before the + <code>-a</code>, <code>-d</code>, <code>-g</code>, or + <code>-l</code> options. + <p> + The <code>h5dump</code> output is described in detail in + <a href="ddl.html">DDL</a>, the <cite>Data Description + Language</cite> document. +<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong> + <dl> + <dt><code>-h</code> + <dd>Print information on this command. + <dt><code>-bb</code> + <dd>Displays the content of boot block. The default is + not to display. + <dt><code>-header</code> + <dd>Displays header information only; no data is displayed. + <dt><code>-a</code> <em>names</em> + <dd>Displays the specified attribute(s). + <dt><code>-d</code> <em>names</em> + <dd>Displays the specified dataset(s). + <dt><code>-g</code> <em>names</em> + <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. + </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>Dataset name, data type, data space, and data + <li>Soft link name, link value + </ul> + + <dd>Limitions in the current implementaion include the + following: + <ul> + <li>Only one file is displayed at a time (file families are + not supported). + <li>The whole file content is displayed (none of above + options are supported). + <li>Compound data types are not yet supported. + <li>Complex data spaces are not yet supported. + </ul> +<dt><strong>See Also:</strong> + <dd>HDF5 Data Description Language syntax + (<a href="ddl.html">DDL</a>) +</dl> + + +<hr> +<dl> +<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-Ls">h5ls</a> +<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong> + <dd><code>h5ls + [</code><em>options</em><code>]</code><em> + file</em><code> + [</code><em>group</em><code>]</code> +<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong> + <dd>Prints information about a file or dataset. +<dt><strong>Description:</strong> + <dd><code>h5ls</code> prints selected information about a file + or dataset in the specified format. +<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong> + <dl> + <dt><code>-h</code> or <code>-?</code> or <code>--help</code> + <dd>Print a usage message and exit. + <dt><code>-d</code> or <code>--dump</code> + <dd>Print the values of datasets. + <dt><code>-w</code><em>N</em> or <code>--width=</code><em>N</em> + <dd>Set the number of columns of output. + <dt><code>-v</code> or <code>--verbose</code> + <dd>Generate more verbose output. + <dt><code>-V</code> or <code>--version</code> + <dd>Print version number and exit. + <dt><em>file</em> + <dd>The file name may include a printf(3C) integer format + such as <code>%%05d</code> to open a file family. + <dt><em>group</em> + <dd>If a group name is not specified then the contents of + the root group, /, are displayed. + + <dt><code> </code> + <dd> + <dt><code> </code> + <dd> + </dl> +<dt><strong>Current Status:</strong> + <dd> +<dt><strong>See Also:</strong> + <dd> +</dl> + + +<hr> +<dl> +<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-Repart">h5repart</a> +<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong> + <dd><code>h5repart + [-v] + [-V] + [-[b|m]</code><em>N</em><code>[g|m|k]]</code> + <em>source_file + dest_file</em> +<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong> + <dd>Repartitions a file or family of files. +<dt><strong>Description:</strong> + <dd><code>h5repart</code> splits a single file into a family of + files, joins a family of files into a single file, or copies + one family of files to another while changing the size of the + family members. <code>h5repart</code> can also be used to + copy a single file to a single file with holes. + <p> + Sizes associated with the <code>-b</code> and <code>-m</code> + options may be suffixed with <code>g</code> for gigabytes, + <code>m</code> for megabytes, or <code>k</code> for kilobytes. + <p> + File family names include an integer <code>printf</code> + format such as <code>%%d</code>. +<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong> + <dl> + <dt><code>-v</code> + <dd>Produce verbose output. + <dt><code>-V</code> + <dd>Print a version number and exit. + <dt><code>-b</code><em>N</em> + <dd>The I/O block size, defaults to 1kB + <dt><code>-m</code><em>N</em> + <dd>The destination member size or 1GB + <dt><em>source_file</em> + <dd>The name of the source file + <dt><em>dest_file</em> + <dd>The name of the destination files + </dl> +<dt><strong>Current Status:</strong> + <dd> +<dt><strong>See Also:</strong> + <dd> +</dl> + + +<hr> +<center> +<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a> +<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_H5P.html">H5P</a> +<!-- +<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="Glossary.html">Glossary</a> +--> +</center> +<hr> + +<address> +<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a> + +<br> +Last modified: 9 September 1998 + +</body> +</html> |