Split tools into src and test - add folders

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diff --git a/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.1.0)
+PROJECT (HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5LS)
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Setup include Directories
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/lib)
+
+  include (CMakeTests.cmake)
+
+  include (CMakeTestsVDS.cmake)
diff --git a/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeTests.cmake b/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeTests.cmake
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+
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+###           T E S T I N G                                                ###
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+
+  # --------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # Copy all the test files from source directory to test directory
+  # --------------------------------------------------------------------
+  set (LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tall.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tarray1.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tattr2.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tattrreg.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tcompound.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tdatareg.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tdset.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tempty.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlink.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinktar.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tgroup.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tgrp_comments.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/thlink.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tloop.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tnestedcomp.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tsaf.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tslink.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tsoftlinks.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tstr.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tudlink.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tvldtypes1.h5
+  )
+
+  set (LIST_OTHER_TEST_FILES
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/help-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/help-2.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/help-3.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/nosuchfile.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tall-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tall-2.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tarray1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tattr2.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tattrreg_le.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tattrreg_be.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tcomp-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tdataregbe.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tdataregle.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tdset-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tempty.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlink-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-2.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-3.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-4.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-5.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-6.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-7.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-1-old.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-2-old.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-3-old.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-6-old.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-7-old.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tsoftlinks-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tsoftlinks-2.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tsoftlinks-3.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tsoftlinks-4.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tsoftlinks-5.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-nodangle-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-nodangle-2.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tgrp_comments.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tsoftlinks-nodangle-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/thlinks-nodangle-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tgroup.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tgroup-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tgroup-2.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tgroup-3.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/thlink-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tloop-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tmultifile.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tnestcomp-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tnestcomp-2.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tnestcomp-3.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tnestcomp-4.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tsaf.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tslink-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tstr-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tudlink-1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tvldtypes1.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tvldtypes2le.ls
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tvldtypes2be.ls
+  )
+
+  file (MAKE_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles")
+
+  # copy the list of test files
+  foreach (listfiles ${LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES} ${LIST_OTHER_TEST_FILES})
+    get_filename_component(fname "${listfiles}" NAME)
+    HDFTEST_COPY_FILE("${listfiles}" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${fname}" "h5ls_files")
+  endforeach (listfiles ${LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES} ${LIST_OTHER_TEST_FILES})
+  add_custom_target(h5ls_files ALL COMMENT "Copying files needed by h5ls tests" DEPENDS ${h5ls_files_list})
+
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+###           T H E   T E S T S  M A C R O S                               ###
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+
+  MACRO (ADD_H5_TEST resultfile resultcode)
+    # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
+    if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+      add_test (NAME H5LS-${resultfile} COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:h5ls> ${ARGN})
+      set_tests_properties (H5LS-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles")
+      if (${resultcode} STREQUAL "1")
+        set_tests_properties (H5LS-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
+      endif ()
+      if (NOT "${last_test}" STREQUAL "")
+        set_tests_properties (H5LS-${resultfile} PROPERTIES DEPENDS ${last_test})
+      endif ()
+    else (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+      add_test (
+          NAME H5LS-${resultfile}
+          COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5ls>"
+              -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN}"
+              -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
+              -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
+              -D "TEST_EXPECT=${resultcode}"
+              -D "TEST_REFERENCE=${resultfile}.ls"
+              -P "${HDF_RESOURCES_EXT_DIR}/runTest.cmake"
+      )
+    endif (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+  ENDMACRO (ADD_H5_TEST file)
+
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+###           T H E   T E S T S                                            ###
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+
+  if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+    # Remove any output file left over from previous test run
+    add_test (
+      NAME H5LS-clearall-objects
+      COMMAND    ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+          -E remove
+          help-1.out
+          help-1.out.err
+          help-2.out
+          help-2.out.err
+          help-3.out
+          help-3.out.err
+          nosuchfile.out
+          nosuchfile.out.err
+          tall-1.out
+          tall-1.out.err
+          tall-2.out
+          tall-2.out.err
+          tarray1.out
+          tarray1.out.err
+          tattr2.out
+          tattr2.out.err
+          tcomp-1.out
+          tcomp-1.out.err
+          tdataregbe.out
+          tdataregbe.out.err
+          tdataregle.out
+          tdataregle.out.err
+          tdset-1.out
+          tdset-1.out.err
+          tempty.out
+          tempty.out.err
+          textlink-1.out
+          textlink-1.out.err
+          textlinksrc-1.out
+          textlinksrc-1.out.err
+          textlinksrc-2.out
+          textlinksrc-2.out.err
+          textlinksrc-3.out
+          textlinksrc-3.out.err
+          textlinksrc-4.out
+          textlinksrc-4.out.err
+          textlinksrc-5.out
+          textlinksrc-5.out.err
+          textlinksrc-6.out
+          textlinksrc-6.out.err
+          textlinksrc-7.out
+          textlinksrc-7.out.err
+          textlinksrc-1-old.out
+          textlinksrc-1-old.out.err
+          textlinksrc-2-old.out
+          textlinksrc-2-old.out.err
+          textlinksrc-3-old.out
+          textlinksrc-3-old.out.err
+          textlinksrc-6-old.out
+          textlinksrc-6-old.out.err
+          textlinksrc-7-old.out
+          textlinksrc-7-old.out.err
+          tgrp_comments.out
+          tgrp_comments.out.err
+          tsoftlinks-1.out
+          tsoftlinks-1.out.err
+          tsoftlinks-2.out
+          tsoftlinks-2.out.err
+          tsoftlinks-3.out
+          tsoftlinks-3.out.err
+          tsoftlinks-4.out
+          tsoftlinks-4.out.err
+          tsoftlinks-5.out
+          tsoftlinks-5.out.err
+          textlinksrc-nodangle-1.out
+          textlinksrc-nodangle-1.out.err
+          textlinksrc-nodangle-2.out
+          textlinksrc-nodangle-2.out.err
+          tsoftlinks-nodangle-1.out
+          tsoftlinks-nodangle-1.out.err
+          thlinks-nodangle-1.out
+          thlinks-nodangle-1.out.err
+          tgroup.out
+          tgroup.out.err
+          tgroup-1.out
+          tgroup-1.out.err
+          tgroup-2.out
+          tgroup-2.out.err
+          tgroup-3.out
+          tgroup-3.out.err
+          thlink-1.out
+          thlink-1.out.err
+          tloop-1.out
+          tloop-1.out.err
+          tnestcomp-1.out
+          tnestcomp-1.out.err
+          tnestcomp-2.out
+          tnestcomp-2.out.err
+          tnestcomp-3.out
+          tnestcomp-3.out.err
+          tnestcomp-4.out
+          tnestcomp-4.out.err
+          tsaf.out
+          tsaf.out.err
+          tslink-1.out
+          tslink-1.out.err
+          tstr-1.out
+          tstr-1.out.err
+          tudlink-1.out
+          tudlink-1.out.err
+          tvldtypes1.out
+          tvldtypes1.out.err
+          tvldtypes2le.out
+          tvldtypes2le.out.err
+          tvldtypes2be.out
+          tvldtypes2be.out.err
+    )
+    set_tests_properties (H5LS-clearall-objects PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles")
+    if (NOT "${last_test}" STREQUAL "")
+      set_tests_properties (H5LS-clearall-objects PROPERTIES DEPENDS ${last_test})
+    endif (NOT "${last_test}" STREQUAL "")
+    set (last_test "H5LS-clearall-objects")
+  endif (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+
+  # test the help syntax
+  ADD_H5_TEST (help-1 0 -w80 -h)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (help-2 0 -w80 --help)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (help-3 0 -w80 -?)
+
+  # test simple command
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tall-1 0 -w80 tall.h5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tall-2 0 -w80 -r -d tall.h5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tgroup 0 -w80 tgroup.h5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tgroup-3 0 -w80 tgroup.h5/g1)
+
+  # test for displaying groups
+  # The following combination of arguments is expected to return an error message
+  # and return value 1
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tgroup-1 1 -w80 -r -g tgroup.h5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tgroup-2 0 -w80 -g tgroup.h5/g1)
+
+  # test for files with groups that have long comments
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tgrp_comments 0 -w80 -v -g tgrp_comments.h5/glongcomment)
+
+  # test for displaying simple space datasets
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tdset-1 0 -w80 -r -d tdset.h5)
+
+  # test for displaying soft links (dangle)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tslink-1 0 -w80 -r tslink.h5)
+
+  # test for displaying more soft links with --follow-symlinks
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tsoftlinks-1 0 --follow-symlinks tsoftlinks.h5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tsoftlinks-2 0 --follow-symlinks -r tsoftlinks.h5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tsoftlinks-3 0 --follow-symlinks tsoftlinks.h5/group1)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tsoftlinks-4 0 --follow-symlinks -r tsoftlinks.h5/group1)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tsoftlinks-5 0 --follow-symlinks tsoftlinks.h5/soft_dset1)
+
+  # test for displaying external and user-defined links with --follow-symlinks
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlink-1 0 -w80 -r textlink.h5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlinksrc-1 0 -w80 --follow-symlinks -r textlinksrc.h5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlinksrc-2 0 -w80 --follow-symlinks -rv textlinksrc.h5/ext_link5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlinksrc-3 0 -w80 --follow-symlinks -r textlinksrc.h5/ext_link1)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlinksrc-4 0 -w80 -r textlinksrc.h5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlinksrc-5 0 -w80 -r textlinksrc.h5/ext_link1)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlinksrc-6 0 -w80 --follow-symlinks textlinksrc.h5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlinksrc-7 0 -w80 --follow-symlinks textlinksrc.h5/ext_link1)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tudlink-1 0 -w80 -r tudlink.h5)
+
+  # test for displaying external links with -E
+  # the option -E will be depriciated but keep it for backward compatibility
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlinksrc-1-old 0 -w80 -Er textlinksrc.h5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlinksrc-2-old 0 -w80 -Erv textlinksrc.h5/ext_link5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlinksrc-3-old 0 -w80 -Er textlinksrc.h5/ext_link1)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlinksrc-6-old 0 -w80 -E textlinksrc.h5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlinksrc-7-old 0 -w80 -E textlinksrc.h5/ext_link1)
+
+  # tests for no-dangling-links
+  # if this option is given on dangling link, h5ls should return exit code 1
+  # when used alone , expect to print out help and return exit code 1
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlinksrc-nodangle-1 1 -w80 --no-dangling-links textlinksrc.h5)
+  # external dangling link - expected exit code 1
+  ADD_H5_TEST (textlinksrc-nodangle-2 1 -w80 --follow-symlinks --no-dangling-links textlinksrc.h5)
+  # soft dangling link - expected exit code 1
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tsoftlinks-nodangle-1 1 -w80 --follow-symlinks --no-dangling-links tsoftlinks.h5)
+  # when used file with no dangling links - expected exit code 0
+  ADD_H5_TEST (thlinks-nodangle-1 0 -w80 --follow-symlinks --no-dangling-links thlink.h5)
+
+# test for wildcards in filename (does not work with cmake)
+#  ADD_H5_TEST (tstarfile 0 -w80 t*link.h5)
+#  ADD_H5_TEST (tqmarkfile 0 -w80 t?link.h5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tmultifile 0 -w80 thlink.h5 tslink.h5)
+
+  # tests for hard links
+  ADD_H5_TEST (thlink-1 0 -w80 thlink.h5)
+
+  # tests for compound data types
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tcomp-1 0 -w80 -r -d tcompound.h5)
+
+  #test for the nested compound type
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tnestcomp-1 0 -w80 -r -d tnestedcomp.h5)
+
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tnestcomp-2 0 -w80 -r -d -S tnestedcomp.h5)
+
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tnestcomp-3 0 -w80 -r -d -l tnestedcomp.h5)
+
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tnestcomp-4 0 -w80 -r -d -l -S tnestedcomp.h5)
+
+  # test for loop detection
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tloop-1 0 -w80 -r -d tloop.h5)
+
+  # test for string
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tstr-1 0 -w80 -r -d tstr.h5)
+
+  # test test file created from lib SAF team
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tsaf 0 -w80 -r -d tsaf.h5)
+
+  # test for variable length data types
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tvldtypes1 0 -w80 -r -d tvldtypes1.h5)
+
+  # test for array data types
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tarray1 0 -w80 -r -d tarray1.h5)
+
+  # test for empty data
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tempty 0 -w80 -d tempty.h5)
+
+  # test for all dataset types written to attributes
+  # enable -S for avoiding printing NATIVE types
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tattr2 0 -w80 -v -S tattr2.h5)
+
+  # test for attribute with region references wo verbose mode
+  # ( HDFFV-7838, )
+  if (H5_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+    ADD_H5_TEST (tattrreg_be 0 -w80 -v -d tattrreg.h5)
+  else (H5_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+    ADD_H5_TEST (tattrreg_le 0 -w80 -v -d tattrreg.h5)
+  endif (H5_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+
+  # test for non-existing file
+  ADD_H5_TEST (nosuchfile 1 nosuchfile.h5)
+
+  # test for variable length data types in verbose mode
+  if (H5_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+    ADD_H5_TEST (tvldtypes2be 0 -v tvldtypes1.h5)
+  else (H5_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+    ADD_H5_TEST (tvldtypes2le 0 -v tvldtypes1.h5)
+  endif (H5_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+
+  # test for dataset region references data types in verbose mode
+  if (H5_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+    ADD_H5_TEST (tdataregbe 0 -v tdatareg.h5)
+  else (H5_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+    ADD_H5_TEST (tdataregle 0 -v tdatareg.h5)
+  endif (H5_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
diff --git a/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeTestsVDS.cmake b/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeTestsVDS.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72e14a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeTestsVDS.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+###           T E S T I N G                                                ###
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+
+  # --------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # Copy all the test files from source directory to test directory
+  # --------------------------------------------------------------------
+  set (LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES
+      1_a.h5
+      1_b.h5
+      1_c.h5
+      1_d.h5
+      1_e.h5
+      1_f.h5
+      1_vds.h5
+      2_a.h5
+      2_b.h5
+      2_c.h5
+      2_d.h5
+      2_e.h5
+      2_vds.h5
+      3_1_vds.h5
+      3_2_vds.h5
+      4_0.h5
+      4_1.h5
+      4_2.h5
+      4_vds.h5
+      5_a.h5
+      5_b.h5
+      5_c.h5
+      5_vds.h5
+  )
+
+  set (LIST_OTHER_TEST_FILES
+      tvds-1.ls
+      tvds-2.ls
+      tvds-3_1.ls
+      tvds-3_2.ls
+      tvds-4.ls
+      tvds-5.ls
+  )
+
+  file (MAKE_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles")
+
+  # copy the list of test files
+  foreach (listfiles ${LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES} ${LIST_OTHER_TEST_FILES})
+    get_filename_component(fname "${listfiles}" NAME)
+    HDFTEST_COPY_FILE("${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/vds/${listfiles}" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/vds/${fname}" "h5ls_vds_files")
+  endforeach (listfiles ${LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES} ${LIST_OTHER_TEST_FILES})
+  add_custom_target(h5ls_vds_files ALL COMMENT "Copying files needed by h5ls_vds tests" DEPENDS ${h5ls_vds_files_list})
+
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+###           T H E   T E S T S  M A C R O S                               ###
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+
+  MACRO (ADD_H5_VDS_TEST resultfile resultcode)
+    # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
+    if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+      add_test (NAME H5LS-${resultfile} COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:h5ls> ${ARGN})
+      set_tests_properties (H5LS-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/vds")
+      if (${resultcode} STREQUAL "1")
+        set_tests_properties (H5LS-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
+      endif ()
+      if (NOT "${last_test}" STREQUAL "")
+        set_tests_properties (H5LS-${resultfile} PROPERTIES DEPENDS ${last_test})
+      endif ()
+    else (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+      add_test (
+          NAME H5LS-${resultfile}
+          COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5ls>"
+              -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN}"
+              -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/vds"
+              -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
+              -D "TEST_EXPECT=${resultcode}"
+              -D "TEST_REFERENCE=${resultfile}.ls"
+              -P "${HDF_RESOURCES_EXT_DIR}/runTest.cmake"
+      )
+    endif (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+  ENDMACRO (ADD_H5_VDS_TEST file)
+
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+###           T H E   T E S T S                                            ###
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+
+  if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+    # Remove any output file left over from previous test run
+    add_test (
+      NAME H5LS_VDS-clearall-objects
+      COMMAND    ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+          -E remove
+          tvds-1.out
+          tvds-1.out.err
+          tvds-2.out
+          tvds-2.out.err
+          tvds-3_1.out
+          tvds-3_1.out.err
+          tvds-3_2.out
+          tvds-3_2.out.err
+          tvds-4.out
+          tvds-4.out.err
+          tvds-5.out
+          tvds-5.out.err
+          tvds_layout-1.out
+          tvds_layout-1.out.err
+          tvds_layout-2.out
+          tvds_layout-2.out.err
+          tvds_layout-3_1.out
+          tvds_layout-3_1.out.err
+          tvds_layout-3_2.out
+          tvds_layout-3_2.out.err
+          tvds_layout-4.out
+          tvds_layout-4.out.err
+          tvds_layout-5.out
+          tvds_layout-5.out.err
+    )
+    set_tests_properties (H5LS_VDS-clearall-objects PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/vds")
+    if (NOT "${last_test}" STREQUAL "")
+      set_tests_properties (H5LS_VDS-clearall-objects PROPERTIES DEPENDS ${last_test})
+    endif (NOT "${last_test}" STREQUAL "")
+    set (last_test "H5LS_VDS-clearall-objects")
+  endif (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+
+  ADD_H5_VDS_TEST (tvds-1 0 -w80 -v -S 1_vds.h5)
+  ADD_H5_VDS_TEST (tvds-2 0 -w80 -v -S 2_vds.h5)
+  ADD_H5_VDS_TEST (tvds-3_1 0 -w80 -v -S 3_1_vds.h5)
+  ADD_H5_VDS_TEST (tvds-3_2 0 -w80 -v -S 3_2_vds.h5)
+  ADD_H5_VDS_TEST (tvds-4 0 -w80 -v -S 4_vds.h5)
+  ADD_H5_VDS_TEST (tvds-5 0 -w80 -v -S 5_vds.h5)
+
diff --git a/tools/test/h5ls/Makefile.am b/tools/test/h5ls/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f3d3dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5ls/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#
+# Copyright by The HDF Group.
+# 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://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have
+# access to either file, you may request a copy from help@hdfgroup.org.
+##
+## Makefile.am
+## Run automake to generate a Makefile.in from this file.
+#
+# HDF5 Library Makefile(.in)
+#
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/config/commence.am
+
+# Include src and tools/lib directories
+AM_CPPFLAGS+=-I$(top_srcdir)/src -I$(top_srcdir)/tools/lib
+
+# Test programs and scripts
+TEST_SCRIPT=testh5ls.sh testh5lsvds.sh
+check_SCRIPTS=$(TEST_SCRIPT)
+SCRIPT_DEPEND=../../src/h5ls/h5ls$(EXEEXT)
+
+# All programs depend on the hdf5 and h5tools libraries
+LDADD=$(LIBH5TOOLS) $(LIBHDF5)
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/config/conclude.am
diff --git a/tools/test/h5ls/testh5ls.sh.in b/tools/test/h5ls/testh5ls.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0637a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5ls/testh5ls.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,436 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright by The HDF Group.
+# Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including
+# terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in
+# the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root
+# of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the
+# root level of an installed copy of the electronic HDF5 document set and
+# is linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at
+# http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have
+# access to either file, you may request a copy from help@hdfgroup.org.
+#
+# Tests for the h5ls tool
+
+srcdir=@srcdir@
+
+TESTNAME=h5ls
+EXIT_SUCCESS=0
+EXIT_FAILURE=1
+
+H5LS=../../src/h5ls/h5ls               # The tool name
+H5LS_BIN=`pwd`/$H5LS    # The path of the tool binary
+
+RM='rm -rf'
+CMP='cmp -s'
+DIFF='diff -c'
+CP='cp'
+NLINES=20          # Max. lines of output to display if test fails
+DIRNAME='dirname'
+LS='ls'
+AWK='awk'
+
+WORDS_BIGENDIAN="@WORDS_BIGENDIAN@"
+
+nerrors=0
+verbose=yes
+h5haveexitcode=yes      # default is yes
+
+# source dirs
+SRC_TOOLS="$srcdir/../.."
+SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/testfiles"
+
+# testfiles source dirs for tools
+SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES"
+SRC_H5DUMP_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES"
+SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/test/h5diff/testfiles"
+SRC_H5COPY_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/test/h5copy/testfiles"
+SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/test/h5repack/testfiles"
+SRC_H5JAM_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/test/h5jam/testfiles"
+SRC_H5STAT_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/test/h5stat/testfiles"
+SRC_H5IMPORT_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/test/h5import/testfiles"
+
+TESTDIR=./testfiles
+test -d $TESTDIR || mkdir $TESTDIR
+
+######################################################################
+# test files
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# All the test files copy from source directory to test directory
+# NOTE: Keep this framework to add/remove test files.
+#       Any test files from other tools can be used in this framework.
+#       This list are also used for checking exist.
+#       Comment '#' without space can be used.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES="
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tall.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tarray1.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tattr2.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tattrreg.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tcompound.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tdatareg.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tdset.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tempty.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlink.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinktar.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tgroup.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tgrp_comments.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/thlink.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tloop.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tnestedcomp.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tsaf.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tslink.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tsoftlinks.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tstr.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tudlink.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tvldtypes1.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tdset_idx.h5
+"
+
+LIST_OTHER_TEST_FILES="
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/help-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/help-2.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/help-3.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/nosuchfile.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tall-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tall-2.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tarray1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tattr2.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tattrreg_le.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tattrreg_be.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tcomp-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tdataregbe.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tdataregle.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tdset-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tempty.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlink-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-2.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-3.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-4.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-5.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-6.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-7.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-1-old.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-2-old.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-3-old.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-6-old.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-7-old.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tsoftlinks-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tsoftlinks-2.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tsoftlinks-3.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tsoftlinks-4.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tsoftlinks-5.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-nodangle-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-nodangle-2.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tgrp_comments.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tsoftlinks-nodangle-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/thlinks-nodangle-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tgroup.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tgroup-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tgroup-2.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tgroup-3.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/thlink-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tloop-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tmultifile.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tnestcomp-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tnestcomp-2.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tnestcomp-3.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tnestcomp-4.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tsaf.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tslink-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tstr-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tudlink-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tvldtypes1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tvldtypes2le.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tvldtypes2be.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/tdset_idx.ls
+"
+
+
+# RUNSERIAL is used. Check if it can return exit code from executalbe correctly.
+if [ -n "$RUNSERIAL_NOEXITCODE" ]; then
+    echo "***Warning*** Serial Exit Code is not passed back to shell corretly."
+    echo "***Warning*** Exit code checking is skipped."
+    h5haveexitcode=no
+fi
+
+#
+# copy test files and expected output files from source dirs to test dir
+#
+COPY_TESTFILES="$LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES $LIST_OTHER_TEST_FILES"
+
+COPY_TESTFILES_TO_TESTDIR()
+{
+    # copy test files. Used -f to make sure get a new copy
+    for tstfile in $COPY_TESTFILES
+    do
+        # ignore '#' comment
+        echo $tstfile | tr -d ' ' | grep '^#' > /dev/null
+        RET=$?
+        if [ $RET -eq 1 ]; then
+            # skip cp if srcdir is same as destdir
+            # this occurs when build/test performed in source dir and
+            # make cp fail
+            SDIR=`$DIRNAME $tstfile`
+            INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+            INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $TESTDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+            if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then
+    	        $CP -f $tstfile $TESTDIR
+                if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                    echo "Error: FAILED to copy $tstfile ."
+                
+                    # Comment out this to CREATE expected file
+                    exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+                fi
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+CLEAN_TESTFILES_AND_TESTDIR()
+{
+    # skip rm if srcdir is same as destdir
+    # this occurs when build/test performed in source dir and
+    # make cp fail
+    SDIR=$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES
+    INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+    INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $TESTDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+    if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then
+        $RM $TESTDIR
+    fi
+}
+
+# Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
+# beginning with the word "Testing".
+TESTING() {
+    SPACES="                                                               "
+    echo "Testing $* $SPACES" |cut -c1-70 |tr -d '\012'
+}
+
+# Source in the output filter function definitions.
+. $srcdir/../../../bin/output_filter.sh
+
+# Run a test and print PASS or *FAIL*. For now, if h5ls can complete
+# with exit status 0, consider it pass. If a test fails then increment
+# the `nerrors' global variable and (if $verbose is set) display up to $NLINS
+# lines of the actual output from the tool test.  The actual output is not
+# removed if $HDF5_NOCLEANUP has a non-zero value.
+# Arguemnts:
+# $1 -- actual output filename to use
+# $2 and on -- argument for the h5ls tool
+TOOLTEST() {
+    expect="$TESTDIR/$1"
+    actual="$TESTDIR/`basename $1 .ls`.out"
+    actual_err="$TESTDIR/`basename $1 .ls`.err"
+    actual_sav=${actual}-sav
+    actual_err_sav=${actual_err}-sav
+    shift
+    retvalexpect=$1
+    shift
+
+    # Run test.
+    # Stderr is included in stdout so that the diff can detect
+    # any unexpected output from that stream too.
+    TESTING $H5LS $@
+    (
+	cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5LS_BIN "$@"
+    ) >$actual 2>$actual_err 
+    
+    exitcode=$?
+    # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
+    cp $actual $actual_sav
+    STDOUT_FILTER $actual
+    cp $actual_err $actual_err_sav
+    STDERR_FILTER $actual_err
+    cat $actual_err >> $actual
+    if [ $h5haveexitcode = 'yes' -a $exitcode -ne $retvalexpect ]; then
+	echo "*FAILED*"
+	nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+	if [ yes = "$verbose" ]; then
+	    echo "test returned with exit code $exitcode"
+	    echo "test output: (up to $NLINES lines)"
+	    head -$NLINES $actual
+	    echo "***end of test output***"
+	    echo ""
+	fi
+    elif [ ! -f $expect ]; then
+	# Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+    elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
+        echo " PASSED"
+    else
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+	echo "    Expected result differs from actual result"
+	nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+	test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+    fi
+
+    # Clean up output file
+    if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
+	rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav
+    fi
+}
+
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+###			  T H E   T E S T S                                ###
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+# prepare for test
+COPY_TESTFILES_TO_TESTDIR
+
+# Toss in a bunch of tests.  Not sure if they are the right kinds.
+# test the help syntax
+TOOLTEST help-1.ls 0 -w80 -h
+TOOLTEST help-2.ls 0 -w80 -help
+TOOLTEST help-3.ls 0 -w80 -?
+
+# test simple command
+TOOLTEST tall-1.ls 0 -w80 tall.h5
+TOOLTEST tall-2.ls 0 -w80 -r -d tall.h5
+TOOLTEST tgroup.ls 0 -w80 tgroup.h5
+TOOLTEST tgroup-3.ls 0 -w80 tgroup.h5/g1
+
+# test for displaying groups
+# The following combination of arguments is expected to return an error message
+# and return value 1
+TOOLTEST tgroup-1.ls 1 -w80 -r -g tgroup.h5
+TOOLTEST tgroup-2.ls 0 -w80 -g tgroup.h5/g1
+
+# test for files with groups that have long comments
+TOOLTEST tgrp_comments.ls 0 -w80 -v -g tgrp_comments.h5/glongcomment
+
+# test for displaying simple space datasets
+TOOLTEST tdset-1.ls 0 -w80 -r -d tdset.h5
+
+# test for displaying soft links
+TOOLTEST tslink-1.ls 0 -w80 -r tslink.h5
+
+# test for displaying more soft links with --follow-symlinks
+TOOLTEST tsoftlinks-1.ls 0 --follow-symlinks tsoftlinks.h5
+TOOLTEST tsoftlinks-2.ls 0 --follow-symlinks -r tsoftlinks.h5
+TOOLTEST tsoftlinks-3.ls 0 --follow-symlinks tsoftlinks.h5/group1
+TOOLTEST tsoftlinks-4.ls 0 --follow-symlinks -r tsoftlinks.h5/group1
+TOOLTEST tsoftlinks-5.ls 0 --follow-symlinks tsoftlinks.h5/soft_dset1
+
+# test for displaying external and user-defined links with --follow-symlinks
+TOOLTEST textlink-1.ls 0 -w80 -r textlink.h5
+TOOLTEST textlinksrc-1.ls 0 -w80 --follow-symlinks -r textlinksrc.h5
+TOOLTEST textlinksrc-2.ls 0 -w80 --follow-symlinks -rv textlinksrc.h5/ext_link5
+TOOLTEST textlinksrc-3.ls 0 -w80 --follow-symlinks -r textlinksrc.h5/ext_link1
+TOOLTEST textlinksrc-4.ls 0 -w80 -r textlinksrc.h5
+TOOLTEST textlinksrc-5.ls 0 -w80 -r textlinksrc.h5/ext_link1
+TOOLTEST textlinksrc-6.ls 0 -w80 --follow-symlinks textlinksrc.h5
+TOOLTEST textlinksrc-7.ls 0 -w80 --follow-symlinks textlinksrc.h5/ext_link1
+TOOLTEST tudlink-1.ls 0 -w80 -r tudlink.h5
+
+# test for displaying external links with -E
+# the option -E will be depriciated but keep it for backward compatibility
+TOOLTEST textlinksrc-1-old.ls 0 -w80 -Er textlinksrc.h5
+TOOLTEST textlinksrc-2-old.ls 0 -w80 -Erv textlinksrc.h5/ext_link5
+TOOLTEST textlinksrc-3-old.ls 0 -w80 -Er textlinksrc.h5/ext_link1
+TOOLTEST textlinksrc-6-old.ls 0 -w80 -E textlinksrc.h5
+TOOLTEST textlinksrc-7-old.ls 0 -w80 -E textlinksrc.h5/ext_link1
+
+# tests for no-dangling-links 
+# if this option is given on dangling link, h5ls should return exit code 1
+# when used alone , expect to print out help and return exit code 1
+TOOLTEST textlinksrc-nodangle-1.ls 1 -w80 --no-dangling-links textlinksrc.h5
+# external dangling link - expected exit code 1
+TOOLTEST textlinksrc-nodangle-2.ls 1 -w80 --follow-symlinks --no-dangling-links textlinksrc.h5
+# soft dangling link - expected exit code 1
+TOOLTEST tsoftlinks-nodangle-1.ls 1 -w80 --follow-symlinks --no-dangling-links tsoftlinks.h5
+# when used file with no dangling links - expected exit code 0
+TOOLTEST thlinks-nodangle-1.ls 0 -w80 --follow-symlinks --no-dangling-links thlink.h5
+
+# test for wildcards in filename (does not work with cmake)
+# this h5ls test script does not pass the filename properly like the h5dump test script???
+#TOOLTEST tstarfile.ls 0 -w80 t*link.h5
+#TOOLTEST tqmarkfile.ls 0 -w80 t?link.h5
+TOOLTEST tmultifile.ls 0 -w80 thlink.h5 tslink.h5
+
+# tests for hard links
+TOOLTEST thlink-1.ls 0 -w80 thlink.h5
+
+# tests for compound data types
+TOOLTEST tcomp-1.ls 0 -w80 -r -d tcompound.h5
+
+#test for the nested compound type
+TOOLTEST tnestcomp-1.ls 0 -w80 -r -d tnestedcomp.h5
+
+TOOLTEST tnestcomp-2.ls 0 -w80 -r -d -S tnestedcomp.h5
+
+TOOLTEST tnestcomp-3.ls 0 -w80 -r -d -l tnestedcomp.h5
+
+TOOLTEST tnestcomp-4.ls 0 -w80 -r -d -l -S tnestedcomp.h5
+
+# test for loop detection
+TOOLTEST tloop-1.ls 0 -w80 -r -d tloop.h5
+
+# test for string 
+TOOLTEST tstr-1.ls 0 -w80 -r -d tstr.h5
+
+# test test file created from lib SAF team
+TOOLTEST tsaf.ls 0 -w80 -r -d tsaf.h5
+
+# test for variable length data types
+TOOLTEST tvldtypes1.ls 0 -w80 -r -d tvldtypes1.h5
+
+# test for array data types
+TOOLTEST tarray1.ls 0 -w80 -r -d tarray1.h5
+
+# test for empty data
+TOOLTEST tempty.ls 0 -w80 -d tempty.h5
+
+# test for all dataset types written to attributes
+# enable -S for avoiding printing NATIVE types
+TOOLTEST tattr2.ls 0 -w80 -v -S tattr2.h5
+
+# test for attribute with region references without verbose mode
+# ( HDFFV-7838, )
+if test $WORDS_BIGENDIAN != "yes"; then
+TOOLTEST tattrreg_le.ls 0 -w80 -v -d tattrreg.h5
+else
+TOOLTEST tattrreg_be.ls 0 -w80 -v -d tattrreg.h5
+fi
+
+# tests for error handling.
+# test for non-existing file
+TOOLTEST nosuchfile.ls 1 nosuchfile.h5
+
+# test for variable length data types in verbose mode 
+if test $WORDS_BIGENDIAN != "yes"; then
+ TOOLTEST tvldtypes2le.ls 0 -v tvldtypes1.h5
+else
+ TOOLTEST tvldtypes2be.ls 0 -v tvldtypes1.h5
+fi 
+
+
+# test for dataset region references data types in verbose mode 
+if test $WORDS_BIGENDIAN != "yes"; then
+ TOOLTEST tdataregle.ls 0 -v tdatareg.h5
+else
+ TOOLTEST tdataregbe.ls 0 -v tdatareg.h5
+fi 
+
+# test for file with datasets that use Fixed Array chunk indices
+#echo "***skip testing tdset_idx.h5"
+TOOLTEST tdset_idx.ls 0 -w80 -d tdset_idx.h5
+
+# Clean up temporary files/directories
+CLEAN_TESTFILES_AND_TESTDIR
+
+if test $nerrors -eq 0 ; then
+    echo "All $TESTNAME tests passed."
+    exit $EXIT_SUCCESS
+else
+    echo "$TESTNAME tests failed with $nerrors errors."
+    exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+fi
diff --git a/tools/test/h5ls/testh5lsvds.sh.in b/tools/test/h5ls/testh5lsvds.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5c6aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5ls/testh5lsvds.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,258 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright by The HDF Group.
+# Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including
+# terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in
+# the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root
+# of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the
+# root level of an installed copy of the electronic HDF5 document set and
+# is linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at
+# http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have
+# access to either file, you may request a copy from help@hdfgroup.org.
+#
+# Tests for the h5ls tool
+
+srcdir=@srcdir@
+
+TESTNAME=h5ls
+EXIT_SUCCESS=0
+EXIT_FAILURE=1
+
+H5LS=../../src/h5ls/h5ls               # The tool name
+H5LS_BIN=`pwd`/$H5LS    # The path of the tool binary
+
+RM='rm -rf'
+CMP='cmp -s'
+DIFF='diff -c'
+CP='cp'
+NLINES=20          # Max. lines of output to display if test fails
+DIRNAME='dirname'
+LS='ls'
+AWK='awk'
+
+WORDS_BIGENDIAN="@WORDS_BIGENDIAN@"
+
+nerrors=0
+verbose=yes
+h5haveexitcode=yes      # default is yes
+
+# source dirs
+SRC_TOOLS="$srcdir/../.."
+SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/testfiles"
+
+# testfiles source dirs for tools
+SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES"
+SRC_H5DUMP_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES"
+SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/test/h5diff/testfiles"
+SRC_H5COPY_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/test/h5copy/testfiles"
+SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/test/h5repack/testfiles"
+SRC_H5JAM_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/test/h5jam/testfiles"
+SRC_H5STAT_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/test/h5stat/testfiles"
+SRC_H5IMPORT_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/test/h5import/testfiles"
+
+TEST_P_DIR=./testfiles
+TESTDIR=./testfiles/vds
+test -d $TEST_P_DIR || mkdir -p $TEST_P_DIR
+test -d $TESTDIR || mkdir $TESTDIR
+
+######################################################################
+# test files
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# All the test files copy from source directory to test directory
+# NOTE: Keep this framework to add/remove test files.
+#       Any test files from other tools can be used in this framework.
+#       This list are also used for checking exist.
+#       Comment '#' without space can be used.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES="
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/1_a.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/1_b.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/1_c.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/1_d.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/1_e.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/1_f.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/1_vds.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/2_a.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/2_b.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/2_c.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/2_d.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/2_e.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/2_vds.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/3_1_vds.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/3_2_vds.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/4_0.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/4_1.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/4_2.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/4_vds.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/5_a.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/5_b.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/5_c.h5
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/5_vds.h5
+"
+
+LIST_OTHER_TEST_FILES="
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/tvds-1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/tvds-2.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/tvds-3_1.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/tvds-3_2.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/tvds-4.ls
+$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds/tvds-5.ls
+"
+
+
+# RUNSERIAL is used. Check if it can return exit code from executalbe correctly.
+if [ -n "$RUNSERIAL_NOEXITCODE" ]; then
+    echo "***Warning*** Serial Exit Code is not passed back to shell corretly."
+    echo "***Warning*** Exit code checking is skipped."
+    h5haveexitcode=no
+fi
+
+#
+# copy test files and expected output files from source dirs to test dir
+#
+COPY_TESTFILES="$LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES $LIST_OTHER_TEST_FILES"
+
+COPY_TESTFILES_TO_TESTDIR()
+{
+    # copy test files. Used -f to make sure get a new copy
+    for tstfile in $COPY_TESTFILES
+    do
+        # ignore '#' comment
+        echo $tstfile | tr -d ' ' | grep '^#' > /dev/null
+        RET=$?
+        if [ $RET -eq 1 ]; then
+            # skip cp if srcdir is same as destdir
+            # this occurs when build/test performed in source dir and
+            # make cp fail
+            SDIR=`$DIRNAME $tstfile`
+            INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+            INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $TESTDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+            if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then
+              $CP -f $tstfile $TESTDIR
+                if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                    echo "Error: FAILED to copy $tstfile ."
+
+                    # Comment out this to CREATE expected file
+                    exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+                fi
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+CLEAN_TESTFILES_AND_TESTDIR()
+{
+    # skip rm if srcdir is same as destdir
+    # this occurs when build/test performed in source dir and
+    # make cp fail
+    SDIR=$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES/vds
+    INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+    INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $TESTDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+    if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then
+        $RM $TESTDIR
+    fi
+}
+
+# Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
+# beginning with the word "Testing".
+TESTING() {
+    SPACES="                                                               "
+    echo "Testing $* $SPACES" |cut -c1-70 |tr -d '\012'
+}
+
+# Source in the output filter function definitions.
+. $srcdir/../../../bin/output_filter.sh
+
+# Run a test and print PASS or *FAIL*. For now, if h5ls can complete
+# with exit status 0, consider it pass. If a test fails then increment
+# the `nerrors' global variable and (if $verbose is set) display up to $NLINS
+# lines of the actual output from the tool test.  The actual output is not
+# removed if $HDF5_NOCLEANUP has a non-zero value.
+# Arguemnts:
+# $1 -- actual output filename to use
+# $2 and on -- argument for the h5ls tool
+TOOLTEST() {
+    expect="$TESTDIR/$1"
+    actual="$TESTDIR/`basename $1 .ls`.out"
+    actual_err="$TESTDIR/`basename $1 .ls`.err"
+    actual_sav=${actual}-sav
+    actual_err_sav=${actual_err}-sav
+    shift
+    retvalexpect=$1
+    shift
+
+    # Run test.
+    # Stderr is included in stdout so that the diff can detect
+    # any unexpected output from that stream too.
+    TESTING $H5LS $@
+    (
+  cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5LS_BIN "$@"
+    ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
+
+    exitcode=$?
+    # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
+    cp $actual $actual_sav
+    STDOUT_FILTER $actual
+    cp $actual_err $actual_err_sav
+    STDERR_FILTER $actual_err
+    cat $actual_err >> $actual
+    if [ $h5haveexitcode = 'yes' -a $exitcode -ne $retvalexpect ]; then
+  echo "*FAILED*"
+  nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+  if [ yes = "$verbose" ]; then
+      echo "test returned with exit code $exitcode"
+      echo "test output: (up to $NLINES lines)"
+      head -$NLINES $actual
+      echo "***end of test output***"
+      echo ""
+  fi
+    elif [ ! -f $expect ]; then
+  # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+    elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
+        echo " PASSED"
+    else
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+  echo "    Expected result differs from actual result"
+  nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+  test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+    fi
+
+    # Clean up output file
+    if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
+  rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav
+    fi
+}
+
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+###			  T H E   T E S T S                                ###
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+# prepare for test
+COPY_TESTFILES_TO_TESTDIR
+
+####### test for dataset vds ######
+
+TOOLTEST tvds-1.ls 0 -w80 -v -S 1_vds.h5
+TOOLTEST tvds-2.ls 0 -w80 -v -S 2_vds.h5
+TOOLTEST tvds-3_1.ls 0 -w80 -v -S 3_1_vds.h5
+TOOLTEST tvds-3_2.ls 0 -w80 -v -S 3_2_vds.h5
+TOOLTEST tvds-4.ls 0 -w80 -v -S 4_vds.h5
+TOOLTEST tvds-5.ls 0 -w80 -v -S 5_vds.h5
+
+# Clean up temporary files/directories
+CLEAN_TESTFILES_AND_TESTDIR
+
+if test $nerrors -eq 0 ; then
+    echo "All $TESTNAME tests passed."
+    exit $EXIT_SUCCESS
+else
+    echo "$TESTNAME tests failed with $nerrors errors."
+    exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+fi