[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, 42 insertions, 0 deletions

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+!
+! The following example shows how to create and close a group. 
+! It creates a file called 'group.h5', creates a group
+! called MyGroup in the root group, and then closes the group and file.
+! 
+
+
+     PROGRAM GROUPEXAMPLE
+
+     USE HDF5 ! This module contains all necessary modules 
+        
+     IMPLICIT NONE
+
+     CHARACTER(LEN=9), PARAMETER :: filename = "groupf.h5" ! File name
+     CHARACTER(LEN=7), PARAMETER :: groupname = "MyGroup"  ! Group name
+
+     INTEGER(HID_T) :: file_id       ! File identifier 
+     INTEGER(HID_T) :: group_id      ! Group identifier 
+
+     INTEGER     ::   error ! Error flag
+     
+     !
+     ! Create a new file using default properties.
+     ! 
+     CALL h5fcreate_f(filename, H5F_ACC_TRUNC_F, file_id, error)
+
+     !
+     ! Create a group named "/MyGroup" in the file.
+     !
+     CALL h5gcreate_f(file_id, groupname, group_id, error)
+
+     !
+     ! Close the group.
+     !
+     CALL h5gclose_f(group_id, error)
+
+     !
+     ! Terminate access to the file.
+     !
+     CALL h5fclose_f(file_id, error)
+
+     END PROGRAM GROUPEXAMPLE