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diff --git a/tools/h5diff/h5diff_main.c b/tools/h5diff/h5diff_main.c
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+/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+ * Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.         *
+ * All rights reserved.                                                      *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including     *
+ * terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in    *
+ * the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root   *
+ * of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the  *
+ * root level of an installed copy of the electronic HDF5 document set and   *
+ * is linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at     *
+ * http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have     *
+ * access to either file, you may request a copy from hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu. *
+ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
+
+#include "h5diff.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+/* Due to alignment issue in Alpha clusters, options must be declared here
+ * not as a local variable in main().
+ */
+diff_opt_t  options = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};
+
+static void usage(void);
+static int check_n_input( const char* );
+static int check_f_input( const char* );
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: main
+ *
+ * Purpose: h5diff main program
+ *
+ * Return: An  exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some 
+ *   differences were found.
+ *
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ *
+ * Date: May 9, 2003
+ *
+ * Comments:
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
+{
+ int        i;
+ const char *s = NULL;
+ const char *fname1 = NULL;
+ const char *fname2 = NULL;
+ const char *objname1  = NULL;
+ const char *objname2  = NULL;
+ int        nfound=0, ret;
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * initial check of command line options
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if ( argc==2 && (strcmp("-h",argv[1])==0) ) 
+  usage();
+  
+ if ( argc<3 ) 
+ {
+  printf("Number of arguments is only %d\n", argc );
+  usage();
+ }
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * file names are first
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ if ( argc>=3 )
+ {
+  fname1 = argv[1];
+  fname2 = argv[2];
+ }
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * parse command line options
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ for (i=3; i<argc ; i++) 
+ {
+  /* get the single-letter switches */
+  if ( '-'==argv[i][0] )
+  {
+   for (s=argv[i]+1; *s; s++) 
+   {
+    switch (*s) {
+    default:
+    printf("-%s is an invalid option\n", s );
+    usage();
+    break;
+    case 'h': 
+     usage();
+     break;
+    case 'v': 
+     options.verbose = 1;
+     break;
+    case 'r': 
+     options.r = 1;
+     break;
+    case 'd': 
+     /* if it is not another option */
+     if ( i<argc-1 &&'-' != argv[i+1][0] )
+     {
+      options.d=1;
+      if ( check_f_input(argv[i+1])==-1)
+      {
+       printf("<-d %s> is not a valid option\n", argv[i+1] );
+       usage();
+      }
+      options.delta = atof(argv[i+1]);
+      i++; /* go to next */
+     }
+     else
+     {
+      printf("Not a valid -d option\n");
+      usage();
+     }
+     break;
+    case 'p': 
+     if ( i<argc-1 &&'-' !=argv[i+1][0] )
+     {
+      options.p=1;
+      if ( check_f_input(argv[i+1])==-1)
+      {
+       printf("<-p %s> is not a valid option\n", argv[i+1] );
+       usage();
+      }
+      options.percent = atof(argv[i+1]);
+      i++; /* go to next */
+     }
+     else
+     {
+      printf("Not a valid -p option\n");
+      usage();
+     }
+     break;
+    case 'n': 
+     if ( i<argc-1 && '-' !=argv[i+1][0] )
+     {
+      options.n=1;
+      if ( check_n_input(argv[i+1])==-1)
+      {
+       printf("<-n %s> is not a valid option\n", argv[i+1] );
+       usage();
+      }
+      options.count = atoi(argv[i+1]);
+      i++; /* go to next */
+     }
+     else
+     {
+      printf("Not a valid -n option\n");
+      usage();
+     }
+     break;
+    } /*switch*/
+   } /*for*/ 
+  } /*if*/
+  
+  else /* not single-letter switches */
+   
+  {
+   /* check if it is not a -d, -p parameter */
+   if ( '-'==argv[i-1][0] && ('d'==argv[i-1][1] ||'p'==argv[i-1][1] ))
+    continue;
+   else
+   {
+    if ( objname1==NULL )
+     objname1 = argv[i];
+    if ( objname2==NULL )
+    {
+     /* check if we have a second object name */
+     if ( i+1<argc && '-' !=argv[i+1][0] ) {
+      /* yes */
+      objname2 = argv[i+1];
+      i++; /* go to next */
+     }
+     else
+      /* no */
+      objname2 = objname1;
+    } /*objname2*/
+   } /*else*/
+  } /*else*/
+  
+ }/*for*/
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * print the command line options
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ 
+ if (options.verbose)
+ {
+  printf("$h5diff");
+  for (i=1; i<argc ; i++) 
+  {
+   printf(" %s", argv[i] );
+  }
+  printf("\n");
+ }
+
+ nfound = h5diff(fname1,fname2,objname1,objname2,&options);
+ if (options.verbose) printf("\n");
+ ret= (nfound==0 ? 0 : 1 );
+ return ret;
+ 
+}
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: check_n_input
+ *
+ * Purpose: check for valid input
+ *
+ * Return: 1 for ok, -1 for fail
+ *
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ *
+ * Date: May 9, 2003
+ *
+ * Comments:
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+static 
+int check_n_input( const char *str )
+{
+ unsigned i;
+ char c;
+
+ for ( i = 0; i < strlen(str); i++)
+ {
+  c = str[i];
+  if ( i==0 )
+  {
+   if ( c < 49 || c > 57  ) /* ascii values between 1 and 9 */
+    return -1;
+  }
+  else
+   if ( c < 48 || c > 57  ) /* 0 also */
+    return -1;
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: check_f_input
+ *
+ * Purpose: check for a valid floating point input
+ *
+ * Return: 1 for ok, -1 for fail
+ *
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ *
+ * Date: May 9, 2003
+ *
+ * Comments:
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+static 
+int check_f_input( const char *str )
+{
+ double x;
+
+ /* 
+ the atof return value on a hexadecimal input is different 
+ on some systems; we do a character check for this
+ */
+ if (strlen(str)>2 && str[0]=='0' && str[1]=='x')
+  return -1;
+ 
+ x=atof(str);
+ if (x==0)
+  return -1;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: usage
+ *
+ * Purpose: print a usage message  
+ *
+ * Return: void
+ *
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ *
+ * Date: May 9, 2003
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+static 
+void usage(void)
+{
+ printf("Usage: h5diff file1 file2 [OPTIONS] [obj1[obj2]] \n");
+ printf("\n");
+ printf("file1             File name of the first HDF5 file\n");
+ printf("file2             File name of the second HDF5 file\n");
+ printf("[obj1]            Name of an HDF5 object, in absolute path\n");
+ printf("[obj2]            Name of an HDF5 object, in absolute path\n");
+ printf("[OPTIONS] are:\n");
+ printf("[-h]              Print out this information\n");
+ printf("[-v]              Verbose mode\n");
+ printf("[-r]              Print only what objects differ, not the differences\n");
+ printf("[-n count]        Print difference up to count number\n");
+ printf("[-d delta]        Print difference when it is greater than limit delta\n");
+ printf("[-p relative]     Print difference when it is greater than a relative limit\n");
+ printf("\n");
+ printf("Items in [] are optional\n");
+ printf("[obj1] and [obj2] are HDF5 objects (datasets, groups or datatypes)\n");
+ printf("The 'count' value must be a positive integer\n");
+ printf("The 'delta' and 'relative' values must be positive numbers\n");
+ printf("The -d compare criteria is |a - b| > delta\n");
+ printf("The -p compare criteria is |1 - b/a| > relative\n");
+ printf("\n");
+ printf("Examples:\n");
+ printf("\n");
+ printf("1) h5diff file1 file2 /a/b /a/c\n");
+ printf("\n");
+ printf("   Compares object '/a/b' in file1 with '/a/c' in file2\n");
+ printf("\n");
+ printf("2) h5diff file1 file2 /a/b\n");
+ printf("\n");
+ printf("   Compares object '/a/b' in both files\n");
+ printf("\n");
+ printf("3) h5diff file1 file2\n");
+ printf("\n");
+ printf("   Compares all objects in both files\n");
+ printf("\n");
+ exit(0);
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/tools/h5diff/testh5diff.h b/tools/h5diff/testh5diff.h
new file mode 100644
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+/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+ * Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.         *
+ * All rights reserved.                                                      *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including     *
+ * terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in    *
+ * the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root   *
+ * of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the  *
+ * root level of an installed copy of the electronic HDF5 document set and   *
+ * is linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at     *
+ * http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have     *
+ * access to either file, you may request a copy from hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu. *
+ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "hdf5.h"
+#include "H5private.h" 
+
+
+int test_basic(const char *file1, 
+               const char *file2);
+
+int test_types(const char *file1, 
+               const char *file2);
+
+int test_native(const char *file1, 
+                const char *file2);
+
+
+int test_dsetall(const char *file,
+                 int make_diffs /* flag to modify data buffers */);
+
+int test_attr(const char *file,
+              int make_diffs /* flag to modify data buffers */);
+
+
+int write_attr(hid_t loc_id, 
+               int rank, 
+               hsize_t *dims, 
+               const char *attr_name,
+               hid_t type_id, 
+               void *buf);
+
+
+int write_dset( hid_t loc_id, 
+                int rank, 
+                hsize_t *dims, 
+                const char *dset_name,
+                hid_t type_id, 
+                void *buf );
+
+
diff --git a/tools/h5diff/testh5diff_attr.c b/tools/h5diff/testh5diff_attr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb6dc39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/h5diff/testh5diff_attr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1088 @@
+/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+ * Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.         *
+ * All rights reserved.                                                      *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including     *
+ * terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in    *
+ * the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root   *
+ * of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the  *
+ * root level of an installed copy of the electronic HDF5 document set and   *
+ * is linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at     *
+ * http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have     *
+ * access to either file, you may request a copy from hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu. *
+ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
+
+#include "testh5diff.h"
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: write_attr_in
+ *
+ * Purpose: write attributes in LOC_ID (dataset, group, named datatype) 
+ *
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ *
+ * Date: November 12, 2003
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ 
+static void write_attr_in(hid_t loc_id, 
+                   const char* dset_name, /* for saving reference to dataset*/
+                   hid_t file_id,
+                   int make_diffs /* flag to modify data buffers */)
+{
+ /* Compound datatype */
+ typedef struct s_t 
+ {
+  char   a;
+  double b;
+ } s_t;
+
+ typedef enum 
+ {
+  RED,
+  GREEN
+ } e_t;
+
+ hid_t   attr_id;
+ hid_t   space_id;  
+ hid_t   type_id;  
+ herr_t  status;
+ int     val, i, j, k, n;
+ float   f;
+
+ /* create 1D attributes with dimension [2], 2 elements */
+ hsize_t    dims[1]={2};
+ char       buf1[2][2]= {"ab","de"};        /* string */
+ char       buf2[2]= {1,2};                 /* bitfield, opaque */
+ s_t        buf3[2]= {{1,2},{3,4}};         /* compound */
+ hobj_ref_t buf4[2];                        /* reference */
+ e_t        buf45[2]= {RED,RED};            /* enum */
+ hvl_t      buf5[2];                        /* vlen */
+ hsize_t    dimarray[1]={3};                /* array dimension */
+ int        buf6[2][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6}};  /* array */
+ int        buf7[2]= {1,2};                 /* integer */
+ float      buf8[2]= {1,2};                 /* float */
+
+ /* create 2D attributes with dimension [3][2], 6 elements */
+ hsize_t    dims2[2]={3,2};
+ char       buf12[6][2]= {"ab","cd","ef","gh","ij","kl"};         /* string */
+ char       buf22[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* bitfield, opaque */
+ s_t        buf32[6]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6},{7,8},{9,10},{11,12}};   /* compound */
+ hobj_ref_t buf42[3][2];                                          /* reference */
+ e_t        buf452[3][2];                                         /* enum */
+ hvl_t      buf52[3][2];                                          /* vlen */
+ int        buf62[6][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9},{10,11,12},{13,14,15},{16,17,18}};  /* array */
+ int        buf72[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* integer */
+ float      buf82[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* float */
+
+ /* create 3D attributes with dimension [4][3][2], 24 elements */
+ hsize_t    dims3[3]={4,3,2};
+ char       buf13[24][2]= {"ab","cd","ef","gh","ij","kl","mn","pq",
+ "rs","tu","vw","xz","AB","CD","EF","GH",
+ "IJ","KL","MN","PQ","RS","TU","VW","XZ"};  /* string */
+ char       buf23[4][3][2];    /* bitfield, opaque */
+ s_t        buf33[4][3][2];    /* compound */
+ hobj_ref_t buf43[4][3][2];    /* reference */
+ e_t        buf453[4][3][2];   /* enum */
+ hvl_t      buf53[4][3][2];    /* vlen */
+ int        buf63[24][3];      /* array */
+ int        buf73[4][3][2];    /* integer */
+ float      buf83[4][3][2];    /* float */
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * 1D attributes
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_STRING
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+   for (j=0; j<2; j++)
+   {
+    buf1[i][j]='z'; 
+   }
+ }
+ /* 
+ buf1[2][2]= {"ab","de"}; 
+ $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+ Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+ Attribute:   <string> and <string>
+ position      string of </g1>  string of </g1> difference
+ ------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 ]          a                z
+[ 0 ]          b                z
+[ 1 ]          d                z
+[ 1 ]          e                z
+ */
+ type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+ status  = H5Tset_size(type_id, 2);
+ write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"string",type_id,buf1);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_BITFIELD
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+   buf2[i]=buf2[1]=0;
+ }
+ /* 
+ buf2[2]= {1,2};   
+ $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+ Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+ Attribute:   <bitfield> and <bitfield>
+ position      bitfield of </g1> bitfield of </g1> difference
+ position        opaque of </g1> opaque of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 ]          1               0               1
+[ 1 ]          2               0               2
+ */
+
+ type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
+ write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"bitfield",type_id,buf2);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_OPAQUE
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ /* 
+ buf2[2]= {1,2};   
+ $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+ Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+ Attribute:   <opaque> and <opaque>
+ position     opaque of </g1> opaque of </g1> difference
+ position        opaque of </g1> opaque of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 ]          1               0               1
+[ 1 ]          2               0               2
+*/
+
+ type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, 1);
+ status = H5Tset_tag(type_id, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
+ write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"opaque",type_id,buf2);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_COMPOUND
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ 
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+  {
+   buf3[i].a=0; buf3[i].b=0;
+  }
+ }
+ 
+ /* 
+ buf3[2]= {{1,2},{3,4}}; 
+ $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+ Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+ Attribute:   <compound> and <compound>
+ position        compound of </g1> compound of </g1> difference
+ ------------------------------------------------------------
+ [ 0 ]          1               5               4
+ [ 0 ]          2               5               3
+ [ 1 ]          3               5               2
+ [ 1 ]          4               5               1
+ */
+
+ type_id = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
+ H5Tinsert(type_id, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
+ H5Tinsert(type_id, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
+ write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"compound",type_id,buf3);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+ 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_REFERENCE
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ /* Create references to dataset */
+ if (dset_name)
+ {
+  status=H5Rcreate(&buf4[0],file_id,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+  status=H5Rcreate(&buf4[1],file_id,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+  write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"reference",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf4);
+ }
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_ENUM
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+  {
+   buf45[i]=GREEN; 
+  }
+ }
+ /* 
+ buf45[2]= {RED,RED};
+ $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+ Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+ Attribute:   <enum> and <enum>
+ position     enum of </g1>   enum of </g1>   difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 ]          RED              GREEN
+[ 1 ]          RED              GREEN
+ */
+ type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
+ H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
+ H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
+ write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"enum",type_id,buf45);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_VLEN
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ 
+ /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
+
+ buf5[0].len = 1;
+ buf5[0].p = malloc( 1 * sizeof(int));
+ ((int *)buf5[0].p)[0]=1;
+ buf5[1].len = 2;
+ buf5[1].p = malloc( 2 * sizeof(int));
+ ((int *)buf5[1].p)[0]=2;
+ ((int *)buf5[1].p)[1]=3;
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  ((int *)buf5[0].p)[0]=0;
+  ((int *)buf5[1].p)[0]=0;
+  ((int *)buf5[1].p)[1]=0;
+ }
+ /* 
+ $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+ Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+ position        vlen of </g1>   vlen of </g1>   difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 ]          1               0               1
+[ 1 ]          2               0               2
+[ 1 ]          3               0               3
+ */
+
+ space_id = H5Screate_simple(1,dims,NULL);
+ type_id = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
+ attr_id = H5Acreate(loc_id,"vlen",type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT);
+ status = H5Awrite(attr_id,type_id,buf5);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT,buf5);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Aclose(attr_id);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+ status = H5Sclose(space_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_ARRAY
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+   for (j=0; j<3; j++)
+   {
+    buf6[i][j]=0; 
+   }
+ }
+ /* 
+ buf6[2][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6}};
+ $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+ Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+ Attribute:   <array> and <array>
+position        array of </g1>  array of </g1>  difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 ]          1               0               1
+[ 0 ]          2               0               2
+[ 0 ]          3               0               3
+[ 1 ]          4               0               4
+[ 1 ]          5               0               5
+[ 1 ]          6               0               6
+ */
+ type_id = H5Tarray_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT,1,dimarray,NULL);
+ write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"array",type_id,buf6);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+  {
+   buf7[i]=0; 
+   buf8[i]=0; 
+  }
+ }
+ /* 
+ buf7[2]= {1,2};   
+ buf8[2]= {1,2};
+ $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+ Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+ position        integer of </g1> integer of </g1> difference
+ ------------------------------------------------------------
+ [ 0 ]          1               0               1
+ [ 1 ]          2               0               2
+ position        float of </g1>  float of </g1>  difference
+ ------------------------------------------------------------
+ [ 0 ]          1               0               1
+ [ 1 ]          2               0               2
+ */
+ write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"integer",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf7);
+ write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"float",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf8);
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * 2D attributes
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_STRING
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  memset(buf12, 'z', sizeof buf12);
+ }
+
+ /* 
+ buf12[6][2]= {"ab","cd","ef","gh","ij","kl"};
+ $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+ Attribute:   <string2D> and <string2D>
+ position        string2D of </g1> string2D of </g1> difference
+ ------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 ]          a                z
+[ 0 0 ]          b                z
+[ 0 1 ]          c                z
+[ 0 1 ]          d                z
+[ 1 0 ]          e                z
+[ 1 0 ]          f                z
+[ 1 1 ]          g                z
+[ 1 1 ]          h                z
+[ 2 0 ]          i                z
+[ 2 0 ]          j                z
+[ 2 1 ]          k                z
+[ 2 1 ]          l                z
+ */
+
+ type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+ status  = H5Tset_size(type_id, 2);
+ write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"string2D",type_id,buf12);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_BITFIELD
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  memset(buf22,0,sizeof buf22);
+ }
+
+ /* 
+ buf22[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}}; 
+ $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+ Attribute:   <bitfield2D> and <bitfield2D>
+ position        bitfield2D of </g1> bitfield2D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+[ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
+[ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+[ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+[ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
+[ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
+ */
+
+
+ type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
+ write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"bitfield2D",type_id,buf22);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_OPAQUE
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ /* 
+ buf22[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}}; 
+ $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+ Attribute:   <opaque2D> and <opaque2D>
+ position        opaque2D of </g1> opaque2D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+[ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
+[ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+[ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+[ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
+[ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
+ */
+ type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, 1);
+ status = H5Tset_tag(type_id, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
+ write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"opaque2D",type_id,buf22);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_COMPOUND
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  memset(buf32,0,sizeof buf32);
+ }
+
+ /* 
+ buf32[6]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6},{7,8},{9,10},{11,12}};
+ $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+ Attribute:   <opaque2D> and <opaque2D>
+ position        opaque2D of </g1> opaque2D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+[ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
+[ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+[ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+[ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
+[ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
+ */
+
+
+ type_id = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
+ H5Tinsert(type_id, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
+ H5Tinsert(type_id, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
+ write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"compound2D",type_id,buf32);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+ 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_REFERENCE
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ /* Create references to dataset */
+ if (dset_name)
+ {
+  for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+   for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
+    status=H5Rcreate(&buf42[i][j],file_id,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+   }
+  }
+  write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"reference2D",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf42);
+ }
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_ENUM
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ for (i=0; i<3; i++)
+  for (j=0; j<2; j++)
+  {
+   if (make_diffs) buf452[i][j]=GREEN; else buf452[i][j]=RED; 
+  }
+
+/*
+Attribute:   <enum2D> and <enum2D>
+position        enum2D of </g1> enum2D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 ]          RED              GREEN
+[ 0 1 ]          RED              GREEN
+[ 1 0 ]          RED              GREEN
+[ 1 1 ]          RED              GREEN
+[ 2 0 ]          RED              GREEN
+[ 2 1 ]          RED              GREEN
+*/
+
+ type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
+ H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
+ H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
+ write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"enum2D",type_id,buf452);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_VLEN
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
+ n=0;
+ for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+  for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
+    int l;
+    buf52[i][j].p = malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(int));
+    buf52[i][j].len = i + 1;
+    for (l = 0; l < i + 1; l++)
+    if (make_diffs)((int *)buf52[i][j].p)[l] = 0;
+    else ((int *)buf52[i][j].p)[l] = n++;
+  }
+ }
+
+ /*
+ position        vlen2D of </g1> vlen2D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 1 ]          1               0               1
+[ 1 0 ]          2               0               2
+[ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+[ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+[ 1 1 ]          5               0               5
+[ 2 0 ]          6               0               6
+[ 2 0 ]          7               0               7
+[ 2 0 ]          8               0               8
+[ 2 1 ]          9               0               9
+[ 2 1 ]          10              0               10
+[ 2 1 ]          11              0               11
+*/
+ 
+ space_id = H5Screate_simple(2,dims2,NULL);
+ type_id = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
+ attr_id = H5Acreate(loc_id,"vlen2D",type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT);
+ status = H5Awrite(attr_id,type_id,buf52);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT,buf52);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Aclose(attr_id);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+ status = H5Sclose(space_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_ARRAY
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  memset(buf62,0,sizeof buf62);
+ }
+ /* 
+ buf62[6][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9},{10,11,12},{13,14,15},{16,17,18}}; 
+ $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+ Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+Attribute:   <array2D> and <array2D>
+position        array2D of </g1> array2D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+[ 0 0 ]          2               0               2
+[ 0 0 ]          3               0               3
+[ 0 1 ]          4               0               4
+[ 0 1 ]          5               0               5
+[ 0 1 ]          6               0               6
+[ 1 0 ]          7               0               7
+[ 1 0 ]          8               0               8
+[ 1 0 ]          9               0               9
+[ 1 1 ]          10              0               10
+[ 1 1 ]          11              0               11
+[ 1 1 ]          12              0               12
+[ 2 0 ]          13              0               13
+[ 2 0 ]          14              0               14
+[ 2 0 ]          15              0               15
+[ 2 1 ]          16              0               16
+[ 2 1 ]          17              0               17
+[ 2 1 ]          18              0               18
+ */
+ type_id = H5Tarray_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT,1,dimarray,NULL);
+ write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"array2D",type_id,buf62);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  memset(buf72,0,sizeof buf72);
+  memset(buf82,0,sizeof buf82);
+ }
+/*
+Attribute:   <integer2D> and <integer2D>
+position        integer2D of </g1> integer2D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+[ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
+[ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+[ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+[ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
+[ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
+6 differences found
+Attribute:   <float2D> and <float2D>
+position        float2D of </g1> float2D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+[ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
+[ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+[ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+[ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
+[ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
+*/
+
+ write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"integer2D",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf72);
+ write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"float2D",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf82);
+
+ 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * 3D attributes
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_STRING
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  memset(buf13,'z',sizeof buf13);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ buf13[24][2]= {"ab","cd","ef","gh","ij","kl","mn","pq",
+ "rs","tu","vw","xz","AB","CD","EF","GH",
+ "IJ","KL","MN","PQ","RS","TU","VW","XZ"};
+
+Attribute:   <string3D> and <string3D>
+position        string3D of </g1> string3D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 0 ]          a                z
+[ 0 0 0 ]          b                z
+[ 0 0 1 ]          c                z
+[ 0 0 1 ]          d                z
+[ 0 1 0 ]          e                z
+[ 0 1 0 ]          f                z
+[ 0 1 1 ]          g                z
+[ 0 1 1 ]          h                z
+[ 0 2 0 ]          i                z
+[ 0 2 0 ]          j                z
+[ 0 2 1 ]          k                z
+[ 0 2 1 ]          l                z
+[ 1 0 0 ]          m                z
+[ 1 0 0 ]          n                z
+[ 1 0 1 ]          p                z
+[ 1 0 1 ]          q                z
+[ 1 1 0 ]          r                z
+[ 1 1 0 ]          s                z
+[ 1 1 1 ]          t                z
+[ 1 1 1 ]          u                z
+[ 1 2 0 ]          v                z
+[ 1 2 0 ]          w                z
+[ 1 2 1 ]          x                z
+[ 2 0 0 ]          A                z
+[ 2 0 0 ]          B                z
+[ 2 0 1 ]          C                z
+[ 2 0 1 ]          D                z
+[ 2 1 0 ]          E                z
+[ 2 1 0 ]          F                z
+[ 2 1 1 ]          G                z
+[ 2 1 1 ]          H                z
+[ 2 2 0 ]          I                z
+[ 2 2 0 ]          J                z
+[ 2 2 1 ]          K                z
+[ 2 2 1 ]          L                z
+[ 3 0 0 ]          M                z
+[ 3 0 0 ]          N                z
+[ 3 0 1 ]          P                z
+[ 3 0 1 ]          Q                z
+[ 3 1 0 ]          R                z
+[ 3 1 0 ]          S                z
+[ 3 1 1 ]          T                z
+[ 3 1 1 ]          U                z
+[ 3 2 0 ]          V                z
+[ 3 2 0 ]          W                z
+[ 3 2 1 ]          X                z
+[ 3 2 1 ]          Z                z
+ */
+
+ type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+ status  = H5Tset_size(type_id, 2);
+ write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"string3D",type_id,buf13);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_BITFIELD
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ n=1;
+ for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+    if (make_diffs) buf23[i][j][k]=0;
+    else buf23[i][j][k]=n++;
+   }
+  }
+ }
+
+/*
+position        bitfield3D of </g1> bitfield3D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+[ 0 0 1 ]          2               0               2
+[ 0 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+[ 0 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+[ 0 2 0 ]          5               0               5
+[ 0 2 1 ]          6               0               6
+[ 1 0 0 ]          7               0               7
+[ 1 0 1 ]          8               0               8
+[ 1 1 0 ]          9               0               9
+[ 1 1 1 ]          10              0               10
+[ 1 2 0 ]          11              0               11
+[ 1 2 1 ]          12              0               12
+[ 2 0 0 ]          13              0               13
+[ 2 0 1 ]          14              0               14
+[ 2 1 0 ]          15              0               15
+[ 2 1 1 ]          16              0               16
+[ 2 2 0 ]          17              0               17
+[ 2 2 1 ]          18              0               18
+[ 3 0 0 ]          19              0               19
+[ 3 0 1 ]          20              0               20
+[ 3 1 0 ]          21              0               21
+[ 3 1 1 ]          22              0               22
+[ 3 2 0 ]          23              0               23
+[ 3 2 1 ]          24              0               24
+*/
+
+ type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
+ write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"bitfield3D",type_id,buf23);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_OPAQUE
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, 1);
+ status = H5Tset_tag(type_id, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
+ write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"opaque3D",type_id,buf23);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_COMPOUND
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ n=1;
+ for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+    if (make_diffs) {
+     buf33[i][j][k].a=0;
+     buf33[i][j][k].b=0;
+    }
+    else {
+     buf33[i][j][k].a=n++;
+     buf33[i][j][k].b=n++;
+    }
+   }
+  }
+ }
+/*position        compound3D of </g1> compound3D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+[ 0 0 0 ]          2               0               2
+[ 0 0 1 ]          3               0               3
+[ 0 0 1 ]          4               0               4
+[ 0 1 0 ]          5               0               5
+[ 0 1 0 ]          6               0               6
+[ 0 1 1 ]          7               0               7
+[ 0 1 1 ]          8               0               8
+[ 0 2 0 ]          9               0               9
+[ 0 2 0 ]          10              0               10
+[ 0 2 1 ]          11              0               11
+[ 0 2 1 ]          12              0               12
+[ 1 0 0 ]          13              0               13
+[ 1 0 0 ]          14              0               14
+[ 1 0 1 ]          15              0               15
+[ 1 0 1 ]          16              0               16
+[ 1 1 0 ]          17              0               17
+[ 1 1 0 ]          18              0               18
+[ 1 1 1 ]          19              0               19
+[ 1 1 1 ]          20              0               20
+[ 1 2 0 ]          21              0               21
+[ 1 2 0 ]          22              0               22
+[ 1 2 1 ]          23              0               23
+[ 1 2 1 ]          24              0               24
+[ 2 0 0 ]          25              0               25
+[ 2 0 0 ]          26              0               26
+[ 2 0 1 ]          27              0               27
+[ 2 0 1 ]          28              0               28
+[ 2 1 0 ]          29              0               29
+[ 2 1 0 ]          30              0               30
+[ 2 1 1 ]          31              0               31
+[ 2 1 1 ]          32              0               32
+[ 2 2 0 ]          33              0               33
+[ 2 2 0 ]          34              0               34
+[ 2 2 1 ]          35              0               35
+[ 2 2 1 ]          36              0               36
+[ 3 0 0 ]          37              0               37
+[ 3 0 0 ]          38              0               38
+[ 3 0 1 ]          39              0               39
+[ 3 0 1 ]          40              0               40
+[ 3 1 0 ]          41              0               41
+[ 3 1 0 ]          42              0               42
+[ 3 1 1 ]          43              0               43
+[ 3 1 1 ]          44              0               44
+[ 3 2 0 ]          45              0               45
+[ 3 2 0 ]          46              0               46
+[ 3 2 1 ]          47              0               47
+[ 3 2 1 ]          48              0               48
+*/
+
+
+
+ type_id = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
+ H5Tinsert(type_id, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
+ H5Tinsert(type_id, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
+ write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"compound3D",type_id,buf33);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+ 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_REFERENCE
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ /* Create references to dataset */
+ if (dset_name)
+ {
+  for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+   for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+    for (k = 0; k < 2; k++)
+     status=H5Rcreate(&buf43[i][j][k],file_id,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+   }
+  }
+ write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"reference3D",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf43);
+ }
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_ENUM
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+    if (make_diffs) buf453[i][j][k]=RED; else buf453[i][j][k]=GREEN;
+   }
+  }
+ }
+
+/*
+position        enum3D of </g1> enum3D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 0 0 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 0 1 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 0 1 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 0 2 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 0 2 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 1 0 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 1 0 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 1 1 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 1 1 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 1 2 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 1 2 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 2 0 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 2 0 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 2 1 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 2 1 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 2 2 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 2 2 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 3 0 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 3 0 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 3 1 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 3 1 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 3 2 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+[ 3 2 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+*/
+
+
+ type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
+ H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
+ H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
+ write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"enum3D",type_id,buf453);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_VLEN
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ 
+ /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
+ n=0;
+ for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+    int l;
+    buf53[i][j][k].p = malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(int));
+    buf53[i][j][k].len = i + 1;
+    for (l = 0; l < i + 1; l++)
+    if (make_diffs)((int *)buf53[i][j][k].p)[l] = 0;
+    else ((int *)buf53[i][j][k].p)[l] = n++;
+   }
+  }
+ }
+/*
+position        vlen3D of </g1> vlen3D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 1 ]          1               0               1
+[ 0 1 0 ]          2               0               2
+[ 0 1 1 ]          3               0               3
+[ 0 2 0 ]          4               0               4
+[ 0 2 1 ]          5               0               5
+[ 1 0 0 ]          6               0               6
+[ 1 0 0 ]          7               0               7
+[ 1 0 1 ]          8               0               8
+[ 1 0 1 ]          9               0               9
+[ 1 1 0 ]          10              0               10
+etc
+*/ 
+ space_id = H5Screate_simple(3,dims3,NULL);
+ type_id = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
+ attr_id = H5Acreate(loc_id,"vlen3D",type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT);
+ status = H5Awrite(attr_id,type_id,buf53);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT,buf53);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Aclose(attr_id);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+ status = H5Sclose(space_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_ARRAY
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ n=1;
+ for (i = 0; i < 24; i++) {
+  for (j = 0; j < (int)dimarray[0]; j++) {
+    if (make_diffs) buf63[i][j]=0;
+    else buf63[i][j]=n++;
+  }
+ }
+ /*
+ position        array3D of </g1> array3D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+[ 0 0 0 ]          2               0               2
+[ 0 0 0 ]          3               0               3
+[ 0 0 1 ]          4               0               4
+[ 0 0 1 ]          5               0               5
+[ 0 0 1 ]          6               0               6
+[ 0 1 0 ]          7               0               7
+etc
+*/
+
+ type_id = H5Tarray_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT,1,dimarray,NULL);
+ write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"array3D",type_id,buf63);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ n=1; f=1;
+ for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+    if (make_diffs) {
+     buf73[i][j][k]=0;
+     buf83[i][j][k]=0;
+    }
+    else {
+     buf73[i][j][k]=n++;
+     buf83[i][j][k]=f++;
+    }
+   }
+  }
+ }
+
+ /*
+ position        integer3D of </g1> integer3D of </g1> difference
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+[ 0 0 1 ]          2               0               2
+[ 0 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+[ 0 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+[ 0 2 0 ]          5               0               5
+[ 0 2 1 ]          6               0               6
+[ 1 0 0 ]          7               0               7
+[ 1 0 1 ]          8               0               8
+[ 1 1 0 ]          9               0               9
+[ 1 1 1 ]          10              0               10
+etc
+*/     
+ write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"integer3D",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf73);
+ write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"float3D",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf83);
+}
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Check all HDF5 classes
+ * H5T_INTEGER, H5T_FLOAT
+ * H5T_TIME, H5T_STRING, H5T_BITFIELD, H5T_OPAQUE, H5T_COMPOUND, H5T_REFERENCE,
+ * H5T_ENUM, H5T_VLEN, H5T_ARRAY
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ 
+int test_attr(const char *file,
+              int make_diffs /* flag to modify data buffers */)
+{
+ hid_t   file_id; 
+ hid_t   dset_id;
+ hid_t   group_id;
+ hid_t   root_id;
+ hid_t   space_id;
+ hsize_t dims[1]={2};
+ herr_t  status;
+
+ /* Create a file  */
+ if ((file_id  = H5Fcreate(file, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT))<0)
+  return -1;
+
+ /* Create a 1D dataset */
+ space_id = H5Screate_simple(1,dims,NULL);
+ dset_id  = H5Dcreate(file_id,"dset",H5T_NATIVE_INT,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT);
+ status   = H5Sclose(space_id);
+ assert(status>=0);
+
+ /* Create groups */
+ group_id  = H5Gcreate(file_id,"g1",0);
+ root_id   = H5Gopen(file_id, "/");
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * write a series of attributes on the dataset, group, and root group
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ write_attr_in(dset_id,"dset",file_id,make_diffs);
+ write_attr_in(group_id,NULL,0,make_diffs);
+ write_attr_in(root_id,NULL,0,make_diffs);
+
+
+ /* Close */
+ status = H5Dclose(dset_id);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Gclose(group_id);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Gclose(root_id);
+ assert(status>=0);
+
+ /* Close file */
+ status = H5Fclose(file_id);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ return status;
+}
diff --git a/tools/h5diff/testh5diff_dset.c b/tools/h5diff/testh5diff_dset.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8158c5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/h5diff/testh5diff_dset.c
@@ -0,0 +1,665 @@
+/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+ * Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.         *
+ * All rights reserved.                                                      *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including     *
+ * terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in    *
+ * the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root   *
+ * of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the  *
+ * root level of an installed copy of the electronic HDF5 document set and   *
+ * is linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at     *
+ * http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have     *
+ * access to either file, you may request a copy from hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu. *
+ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
+
+#include "testh5diff.h"
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: write_dset_in
+ *
+ * Purpose: write datasets in LOC_ID 
+ *
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ *
+ * Date: November 12, 2003
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ 
+static void write_dset_in(hid_t loc_id, 
+                   const char* dset_name, /* for saving reference to dataset*/
+                   hid_t file_id,
+                   int make_diffs /* flag to modify data buffers */)
+{
+ /* Compound datatype */
+ typedef struct s_t 
+ {
+  char   a;
+  double b;
+ } s_t;
+
+ typedef enum 
+ {
+  RED,
+  GREEN
+ } e_t;
+
+ hid_t   dset_id;
+ hid_t   space_id;  
+ hid_t   type_id;  
+ hid_t   plist_id;
+ herr_t  status;
+ int     val, i, j, k, n;
+ float   f;
+ int     fillvalue=2;
+
+ /* create 1D attributes with dimension [2], 2 elements */
+ hsize_t    dims[1]={2};
+ char       buf1[2][2]= {"ab","de"};        /* string */
+ char       buf2[2]= {1,2};                 /* bitfield, opaque */
+ s_t        buf3[2]= {{1,2},{3,4}};         /* compound */
+ hobj_ref_t buf4[2];                        /* reference */
+ e_t        buf45[2]= {RED,GREEN};          /* enum */
+ hvl_t      buf5[2];                        /* vlen */
+ hsize_t    dimarray[1]={3};                /* array dimension */
+ int        buf6[2][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6}};  /* array */
+ int        buf7[2]= {1,2};                 /* integer */
+ float      buf8[2]= {1,2};                 /* float */
+
+ /* create 2D attributes with dimension [3][2], 6 elements */
+ hsize_t    dims2[2]={3,2};
+ char       buf12[6][2]= {"ab","cd","ef","gh","ij","kl"};         /* string */
+ char       buf22[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* bitfield, opaque */
+ s_t        buf32[6]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6},{7,8},{9,10},{11,12}};   /* compound */
+ hobj_ref_t buf42[3][2];                                          /* reference */
+ hvl_t      buf52[3][2];                                          /* vlen */
+ int        buf62[6][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9},{10,11,12},{13,14,15},{16,17,18}};  /* array */
+ int        buf72[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* integer */
+ float      buf82[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* float */
+
+ /* create 3D attributes with dimension [4][3][2], 24 elements */
+ hsize_t    dims3[3]={4,3,2};
+ char       buf13[24][2]= {"ab","cd","ef","gh","ij","kl","mn","pq",
+ "rs","tu","vw","xz","AB","CD","EF","GH",
+ "IJ","KL","MN","PQ","RS","TU","VW","XZ"};  /* string */
+ char       buf23[4][3][2];    /* bitfield, opaque */
+ s_t        buf33[4][3][2];    /* compound */
+ hobj_ref_t buf43[4][3][2];    /* reference */
+ hvl_t      buf53[4][3][2];    /* vlen */
+ int        buf63[24][3];      /* array */
+ int        buf73[4][3][2];    /* integer */
+ float      buf83[4][3][2];    /* float */
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * 1D 
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_STRING
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ 
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+   for (j=0; j<2; j++)
+   {
+    buf1[i][j]='z'; 
+   }
+ }
+
+
+ type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+ status  = H5Tset_size(type_id, 2);
+ write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"string",type_id,buf1);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_BITFIELD
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+   buf2[i]=buf2[1]=0;
+ }
+
+ type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
+ write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"bitfield",type_id,buf2);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_OPAQUE
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+  {
+   buf3[i].a=0; buf3[i].b=0;
+  }
+ }
+
+ type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, 1);
+ status = H5Tset_tag(type_id, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
+ write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"opaque",type_id,buf2);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_COMPOUND
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+  {
+   buf45[i]=GREEN; 
+  }
+ }
+
+ type_id = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
+ H5Tinsert(type_id, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
+ H5Tinsert(type_id, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
+ write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"compound",type_id,buf3);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+ 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_REFERENCE
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ /* Create references to dataset */
+ if (dset_name)
+ {
+  status=H5Rcreate(&buf4[0],file_id,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+  status=H5Rcreate(&buf4[1],file_id,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+  write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"reference",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf4);
+ }
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_ENUM
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
+ H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
+ H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
+ write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"enum",type_id,buf45);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_VLEN
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ 
+ /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
+
+ buf5[0].len = 1;
+ buf5[0].p = malloc( 1 * sizeof(int));
+ ((int *)buf5[0].p)[0]=1;
+ buf5[1].len = 2;
+ buf5[1].p = malloc( 2 * sizeof(int));
+ ((int *)buf5[1].p)[0]=2;
+ ((int *)buf5[1].p)[1]=3;
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  ((int *)buf5[0].p)[0]=0;
+  ((int *)buf5[1].p)[0]=0;
+  ((int *)buf5[1].p)[1]=0;
+ }
+
+ space_id = H5Screate_simple(1,dims,NULL);
+ type_id = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
+ dset_id = H5Dcreate(loc_id,"vlen",type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT);
+ status = H5Dwrite(dset_id,type_id,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf5);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT,buf5);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Dclose(dset_id);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+ status = H5Sclose(space_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_ARRAY
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+   for (j=0; j<3; j++)
+   {
+    buf6[i][j]=0; 
+   }
+ }
+
+ type_id = H5Tarray_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT,1,dimarray,NULL);
+ write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"array",type_id,buf6);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+  {
+   buf7[i]=0; 
+   buf8[i]=0; 
+  }
+ }
+
+ write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"integer",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf7);
+ write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"float",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf8);
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * 2D 
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_STRING
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  memset(buf12, 'z', sizeof buf12);
+ }
+
+
+ type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+ status  = H5Tset_size(type_id, 2);
+ write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"string2D",type_id,buf12);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_BITFIELD
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ 
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  memset(buf22,0,sizeof buf22);
+ }
+
+ type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
+ write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"bitfield2D",type_id,buf22);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_OPAQUE
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, 1);
+ status = H5Tset_tag(type_id, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
+ write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"opaque2D",type_id,buf22);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_COMPOUND
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  memset(buf32,0,sizeof buf32);
+ }
+
+ type_id = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
+ H5Tinsert(type_id, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
+ H5Tinsert(type_id, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
+ write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"compound2D",type_id,buf32);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+ 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_REFERENCE
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ /* Create references to dataset */
+ if (dset_name)
+ {
+  for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+   for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
+    status=H5Rcreate(&buf42[i][j],file_id,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+   }
+  }
+  write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"reference2D",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf42);
+ }
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_ENUM
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
+ H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
+ H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
+ write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"enum2D",type_id,0);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_VLEN
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+/* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
+ n=0;
+ for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+  for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
+    int l;
+    buf52[i][j].p = malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(int));
+    buf52[i][j].len = i + 1;
+    for (l = 0; l < i + 1; l++)
+    if (make_diffs)((int *)buf52[i][j].p)[l] = 0;
+    else ((int *)buf52[i][j].p)[l] = n++;
+  }
+ }
+ 
+ space_id = H5Screate_simple(2,dims2,NULL);
+ type_id = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
+ dset_id = H5Dcreate(loc_id,"vlen2D",type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT);
+ status = H5Dwrite(dset_id,type_id,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf52);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT,buf52);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Dclose(dset_id);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+ status = H5Sclose(space_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_ARRAY
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  memset(buf62,0,sizeof buf62);
+ }
+
+
+ type_id = H5Tarray_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT,1,dimarray,NULL);
+ write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"array2D",type_id,buf62);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_INTEGER, write a fill value
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ 
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  memset(buf72,0,sizeof buf72);
+  memset(buf82,0,sizeof buf82);
+ }
+
+
+ plist_id = H5Pcreate(H5P_DATASET_CREATE);
+ status = H5Pset_fill_value(plist_id, H5T_NATIVE_INT, &fillvalue);
+ space_id = H5Screate_simple(2,dims2,NULL);
+ dset_id = H5Dcreate(loc_id,"integer2D",H5T_NATIVE_INT,space_id,plist_id);
+ status = H5Dwrite(dset_id,H5T_NATIVE_INT,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf72);
+ status = H5Pclose(plist_id);
+ status = H5Dclose(dset_id);
+ status = H5Sclose(space_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_FLOAT
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"float2D",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf82);
+
+ 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * 3D 
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_STRING
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  memset(buf13,'z',sizeof buf13);
+ }
+
+ type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+ status  = H5Tset_size(type_id, 2);
+ write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"string3D",type_id,buf13);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_BITFIELD
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+
+ n=1;
+ for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+    if (make_diffs) buf23[i][j][k]=0;
+    else buf23[i][j][k]=n++;
+   }
+  }
+ }
+
+
+ type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
+ write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"bitfield3D",type_id,buf23);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_OPAQUE
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, 1);
+ status = H5Tset_tag(type_id, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
+ write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"opaque3D",type_id,buf23);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_COMPOUND
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ n=1;
+ for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+    if (make_diffs) {
+     buf33[i][j][k].a=0;
+     buf33[i][j][k].b=0;
+    }
+    else {
+     buf33[i][j][k].a=n++;
+     buf33[i][j][k].b=n++;
+    }
+   }
+  }
+ }
+
+
+ type_id = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
+ H5Tinsert(type_id, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
+ H5Tinsert(type_id, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
+ write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"compound3D",type_id,buf33);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+ 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_REFERENCE
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ /* Create references to dataset */
+ if (dset_name)
+ {
+  for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+   for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+    for (k = 0; k < 2; k++)
+     status=H5Rcreate(&buf43[i][j][k],file_id,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+   }
+  }
+ write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"reference3D",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf43);
+ }
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_ENUM
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
+ H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
+ H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
+ write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"enum3D",type_id,0);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_VLEN
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ 
+ /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
+ n=0;
+ for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+    int l;
+    buf53[i][j][k].p = malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(int));
+    buf53[i][j][k].len = i + 1;
+    for (l = 0; l < i + 1; l++)
+    if (make_diffs)((int *)buf53[i][j][k].p)[l] = 0;
+    else ((int *)buf53[i][j][k].p)[l] = n++;
+   }
+  }
+ }
+ 
+ space_id = H5Screate_simple(3,dims3,NULL);
+ type_id = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
+ dset_id = H5Dcreate(loc_id,"vlen3D",type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT);
+ status = H5Dwrite(dset_id,type_id,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf53);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT,buf53);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Dclose(dset_id);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+ status = H5Sclose(space_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_ARRAY
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+
+ n=1;
+ for (i = 0; i < 24; i++) {
+  for (j = 0; j < (int)dimarray[0]; j++) {
+    if (make_diffs) buf63[i][j]=0;
+    else buf63[i][j]=n++;
+  }
+ }
+
+ type_id = H5Tarray_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT,1,dimarray,NULL);
+ write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"array3D",type_id,buf63);
+ status = H5Tclose(type_id);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ n=1; f=1;
+ for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+    if (make_diffs) {
+     buf73[i][j][k]=0;
+     buf83[i][j][k]=0;
+    }
+    else {
+     buf73[i][j][k]=n++;
+     buf83[i][j][k]=f++;
+    }
+   }
+  }
+ }
+ write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"integer3D",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf73);
+ write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"float3D",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf83);
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Check all HDF5 classes
+ * H5T_INTEGER, H5T_FLOAT
+ * H5T_TIME, H5T_STRING, H5T_BITFIELD, H5T_OPAQUE, H5T_COMPOUND, H5T_REFERENCE,
+ * H5T_ENUM, H5T_VLEN, H5T_ARRAY
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ 
+int test_dsetall(const char *file,
+                 int make_diffs /* flag to modify data buffers */)
+{
+ hid_t   file_id; 
+ hid_t   dset_id;
+ hid_t   group_id;
+ hid_t   space_id;
+ hsize_t dims[1]={2};
+ herr_t  status;
+ int     buf[2]={1,2};
+
+ if (make_diffs)
+ {
+  memset(buf,0,sizeof buf);
+ }
+
+ /* Create a file  */
+ if ((file_id  = H5Fcreate(file, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT))<0)
+  return -1;
+
+ /* Create a 1D dataset */
+ space_id = H5Screate_simple(1,dims,NULL);
+ dset_id  = H5Dcreate(file_id,"dset",H5T_NATIVE_INT,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT);
+ status   = H5Dwrite(dset_id,H5T_NATIVE_INT,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf);
+ status   = H5Sclose(space_id);
+ assert(status>=0);
+
+ /* Create a group */
+ group_id  = H5Gcreate(file_id,"g1",0);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * write a series of datasets on the group 
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ write_dset_in(group_id,"/dset",file_id,make_diffs);
+
+ /* Close */
+ status = H5Dclose(dset_id);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ status = H5Gclose(group_id);
+ assert(status>=0);
+
+ /* Close file */
+ status = H5Fclose(file_id);
+ assert(status>=0);
+ return status;
+}
+
+
+