[svn-r8286] Purpose:

bug fix continuation

Description:
the atof return value on a hexadecimal input is different
 on some systems; before checking for the atof return value
 do  a character check for the first 2 characters of the string input



Solution:

Platforms tested:
linux
solaris

Misc. update:

2 files changed, 72 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/tools/testfiles/h5diff_606.txt b/tools/testfiles/h5diff_606.txt
index d20f2a9..fe5308c 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/h5diff_606.txt
+++ b/tools/testfiles/h5diff_606.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,39 @@
 #############################
 Expected output for 'h5diff file1.h5 file2.h5 -d 0x1 g1/dset3 g1/dset4'
 #############################
-position        dset3           dset4           difference          
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 ]          100.000000      110.000000      10.000000      
-[ 0 1 ]          110.000000      100.000000      10.000000      
-[ 1 0 ]          100.000000      90.000000       10.000000      
-[ 1 1 ]          100.000000      80.000000       20.000000      
-[ 2 0 ]          100.000000      140.000000      40.000000      
-[ 2 1 ]          100.000000      200.000000      100.000000     
+<-d 0x1> is not a valid option
+Usage: h5diff file1 file2 [OPTIONS] [obj1[obj2]] 
+
+file1             File name of the first HDF5 file
+file2             File name of the second HDF5 file
+[obj1]            Name of an HDF5 object, in absolute path
+[obj2]            Name of an HDF5 object, in absolute path
+[OPTIONS] are:
+[-h]              Print out this information
+[-v]              Verbose mode
+[-r]              Print only what objects differ, not the differences
+[-n count]        Print difference up to count number
+[-d delta]        Print difference when it is greater than limit delta
+[-p relative]     Print difference when it is greater than a relative limit
+
+Items in [] are optional
+[obj1] and [obj2] are HDF5 objects (datasets, groups or datatypes)
+The 'count' value must be a positive integer
+The 'delta' and 'relative' values must be positive numbers
+The -d compare criteria is |a - b| > delta
+The -p compare criteria is |1 - b/a| > relative
+
+Examples:
+
+1) h5diff file1 file2 /a/b /a/c
+
+   Compares object '/a/b' in file1 with '/a/c' in file2
+
+2) h5diff file1 file2 /a/b
+
+   Compares object '/a/b' in both files
+
+3) h5diff file1 file2
+
+   Compares all objects in both files
+
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/h5diff_615.txt b/tools/testfiles/h5diff_615.txt
index 0519153..2f19008 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/h5diff_615.txt
+++ b/tools/testfiles/h5diff_615.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,39 @@
 #############################
 Expected output for 'h5diff file1.h5 file2.h5 -p 0x1 g1/dset3 g1/dset4'
 #############################
+<-p 0x1> is not a valid option
+Usage: h5diff file1 file2 [OPTIONS] [obj1[obj2]] 
+
+file1             File name of the first HDF5 file
+file2             File name of the second HDF5 file
+[obj1]            Name of an HDF5 object, in absolute path
+[obj2]            Name of an HDF5 object, in absolute path
+[OPTIONS] are:
+[-h]              Print out this information
+[-v]              Verbose mode
+[-r]              Print only what objects differ, not the differences
+[-n count]        Print difference up to count number
+[-d delta]        Print difference when it is greater than limit delta
+[-p relative]     Print difference when it is greater than a relative limit
+
+Items in [] are optional
+[obj1] and [obj2] are HDF5 objects (datasets, groups or datatypes)
+The 'count' value must be a positive integer
+The 'delta' and 'relative' values must be positive numbers
+The -d compare criteria is |a - b| > delta
+The -p compare criteria is |1 - b/a| > relative
+
+Examples:
+
+1) h5diff file1 file2 /a/b /a/c
+
+   Compares object '/a/b' in file1 with '/a/c' in file2
+
+2) h5diff file1 file2 /a/b
+
+   Compares object '/a/b' in both files
+
+3) h5diff file1 file2
+
+   Compares all objects in both files
+