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authorM. Scot Breitenfeld <brtnfld@hdfgroup.org>2018-01-05 15:57:48 (GMT)
committerM. Scot Breitenfeld <brtnfld@hdfgroup.org>2018-01-05 15:57:48 (GMT)
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@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ New Features
Library:
--------
+
- H5FDdriver_query() API call added to the C library.
This new library call allows the user to query a virtual file driver
@@ -119,6 +120,22 @@ New Features
(HDFFV-10252, DER, 2017/04/05)
+ - Add prefix option to VDS files.
+
+ Currently, VDS source files must be in the active directory to be
+ found by the virtual file. Adding the option of a prefix to be set
+ on the virtual file, using a data access property list (DAPL),
+ allows the source files to located at an absolute or relative path
+ to the virtual file.
+
+ New public APIs:
+ herr_t H5Pset_virtual_prefix(hid_t dapl_id, const char* prefix);
+ ssize_t H5Pget_virtual_prefix(hid_t dapl_id, char* prefix /*out*/, size_t size);
+ The prefix can also be set with an environment variable, HDF5_VDS_PREFIX.
+
+ (ADB - 2017/12/12, HDFFV-9724)
+
+
Parallel Library:
-----------------
- Optimize parallel open/location of the HDF5 super-block
@@ -179,7 +196,7 @@ New Features
-
Java Library:
- -------------
+ ----------------
- Wrappers added for the following APIs:
H5Pset_evict_on_close
H5Pget_evict_on_close