[svn-r2576] Purpose:

	Adding the Fortran interface to the HDF5 library
Description:
	Fortran is now a subdirectory of the HDF5 library tree.
Platforms tested:
	Solaris and IRIX (O2K)

1 files changed, 70 insertions, 0 deletions

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+!
+! The following example shows how to create an empty dataset. 
+! It creates a file called 'dsetf.h5', defines the
+! dataset dataspace, creates a dataset which is a 4x6 integer array,
+! and then closes the dataspace, the dataset, and the file.
+!
+
+     PROGRAM DSETEXAMPLE
+
+     USE HDF5 ! This module contains all necessary modules 
+        
+     IMPLICIT NONE
+
+     CHARACTER(LEN=8), PARAMETER :: filename = "dsetf.h5" ! File name
+     CHARACTER(LEN=4), PARAMETER :: dsetname = "dset"     ! Dataset name
+
+     INTEGER(HID_T) :: file_id       ! File identifier 
+     INTEGER(HID_T) :: dset_id       ! Dataset identifier 
+     INTEGER(HID_T) :: dspace_id     ! Dataspace identifier
+
+
+     INTEGER(HSIZE_T), DIMENSION(2) :: dims = (/4,6/) ! Dataset dimensions
+     INTEGER     ::   rank = 2                        ! Dataset rank
+
+     INTEGER     ::   error ! Error flag
+
+     !
+     ! Initialize FORTRAN predefined datatypes.
+     !
+     CALL h5init_types_f(error)
+
+     !
+     ! Create a new file using default properties.
+     ! 
+     CALL h5fcreate_f(filename, H5F_ACC_TRUNC_F, file_id, error)
+
+     ! 
+     ! Create the dataspace.
+     !
+     CALL h5screate_simple_f(rank, dims, dspace_id, error)
+
+     !
+     ! Create the dataset with default properties.
+     !
+     CALL h5dcreate_f(file_id, dsetname, H5T_NATIVE_INTEGER, dspace_id, &
+                      dset_id, error)
+
+     !   
+     ! End access to the dataset and release resources used by it.
+     ! 
+     CALL h5dclose_f(dset_id, error)
+
+     !
+     ! Terminate access to the data space.
+     !
+     CALL h5sclose_f(dspace_id, error)
+
+     ! 
+     ! Close the file.
+     !
+     CALL h5fclose_f(file_id, error)
+
+     !
+     ! Close FORTRAN predefined datatypes.
+     !
+     CALL h5close_types_f(error)
+
+     END PROGRAM DSETEXAMPLE 
+     
+