Update h5ls help and rework dump_mem routines for attrs

14 files changed, 248 insertions, 303 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools.c b/tools/lib/h5tools.c
index 9504b55..b9c4085 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools.c
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ int
 render_bin_output_region_data_blocks(hid_t region_id, FILE *stream,
     hid_t container, unsigned ndims, hid_t type_id, hsize_t nblocks, hsize_t *ptdata)
 {
-    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED);
+    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED)
     hsize_t     *dims1 = NULL;
     hsize_t     *start = NULL;
     hsize_t     *count = NULL;
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ render_bin_output_region_data_points(hid_t region_space, hid_t region_id,
         FILE *stream, hid_t container,
         unsigned ndims, hid_t type_id, hsize_t npoints)
 {
-    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED);
+    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED)
     hsize_t *dims1 = NULL;
     size_t   type_size;
     hid_t    mem_space = -1;
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_dump.c b/tools/lib/h5tools_dump.c
index 595b387..c43b281 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_dump.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_dump.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ h5tools_dump_simple_data(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, hid_t contai
                          h5tools_context_t *ctx,    /* in,out */
                          unsigned flags, hsize_t nelmts, hid_t type, void *_mem)
 {
-    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED);
+    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED)
     unsigned char *mem = (unsigned char*) _mem;
     hsize_t        i;               /* element counter  */
     size_t         size;            /* size of each datum  */
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ h5tools_print_region_data_blocks(hid_t region_id,
         h5tools_str_t *buffer,    /* string into which to render */
         size_t ncols, unsigned ndims, hid_t type_id, hsize_t nblocks, hsize_t *ptdata)
 {
-    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED);
+    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED)
     hbool_t      dimension_break = TRUE;
     hsize_t     *dims1 = NULL;
     hsize_t     *start = NULL;
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ h5tools_print_region_data_points(hid_t region_space, hid_t region_id,
         h5tools_str_t *buffer, size_t ncols,
         unsigned ndims, hid_t type_id, hsize_t npoints, hsize_t *ptdata)
 {
-    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED);
+    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED)
     hbool_t  dimension_break = TRUE;
     hsize_t *dims1 = NULL;
     hsize_t  elmtno; /* elemnt index  */
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ h5tools_dump_simple_dset(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, h5tools_cont
     if (ctx->ndims > 0) {
         for (i = ctx->ndims; i > 0; --i) {
             hsize_t size = H5TOOLS_BUFSIZE / sm_nbytes;
-            if ( size == 0) /* datum size > H5TOOLS_BUFSIZE */
+            if (size == 0) /* datum size > H5TOOLS_BUFSIZE */
                 size = 1;
             sm_size[i - 1] = MIN(total_size[i - 1], size);
             sm_nbytes *= sm_size[i - 1];
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ h5tools_dump_simple_dset(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, h5tools_cont
                 }
             }
             else
-                H5TOOLS_ERROR(FAIL, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "H5Dread failed");
+                H5TOOLS_ERROR(H5E_tools_g, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "H5Dread failed");
 
             ctx->continuation++;
             H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "stripmine read loop:%d complete", i);
@@ -1817,17 +1817,27 @@ CATCH
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
-h5tools_dump_simple_mem(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, h5tools_context_t *ctx, hid_t obj_id,
-                        hid_t type, hid_t space, void *mem)
+h5tools_dump_simple_mem(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, h5tools_context_t *ctx,
+                        hid_t attr_id, hid_t p_type)
 {
     H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(herr_t, SUCCEED)
-    int            sndims; /* rank of dataspace */
-    unsigned       i;      /*counters  */
-    hsize_t        nelmts; /*total selected elmts */
+    hid_t          f_space = H5I_INVALID_HID;    /* file data space */
+    hsize_t        alloc_size;
+    int            sndims;                       /* rank of dataspace */
+    unsigned       i;                            /* counters  */
+    hsize_t        total_size[H5S_MAX_RANK];     /* total size of dataset*/
+    hsize_t        p_nelmts;                     /* total selected elmts */
+    unsigned char  *buf = NULL;                  /* buffer for raw data */
+
+    /* VL data special information */
+    unsigned int        vl_data = 0; /* contains VL datatypes */
 
     H5TOOLS_PUSH_STACK();
     H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "enter");
-    sndims = H5Sget_simple_extent_ndims(space);
+    if (FAIL == (f_space = H5Aget_space(attr_id)))
+        H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR(FAIL, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "H5Dget_space failed");
+
+    sndims = H5Sget_simple_extent_ndims(f_space);
     if(sndims < 0)
         H5TOOLS_THROW(FAIL, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "H5Dget_simple_extent_ndims failed");
     ctx->ndims = (unsigned)sndims;
@@ -1837,30 +1847,54 @@ h5tools_dump_simple_mem(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, h5tools_conte
         H5TOOLS_THROW(FAIL, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "ctx->ndims > NELMTS(ctx->p_min_idx) failed");
 
     /* Assume entire data space to be printed */
-    for (i = 0; i < ctx->ndims; i++)
-        ctx->p_min_idx[i] = 0;
+    if (ctx->ndims > 0)
+        for (i = 0; i < (size_t)ctx->ndims; i++)
+            ctx->p_min_idx[i] = 0;
 
-    H5Sget_simple_extent_dims(space, ctx->p_max_idx, NULL);
+    H5Sget_simple_extent_dims(f_space, total_size, NULL);
 
-    for (i = 0, nelmts = 1; ctx->ndims != 0 && i < ctx->ndims; i++)
-        nelmts *= ctx->p_max_idx[i] - ctx->p_min_idx[i];
+    /* calculate the number of elements we're going to print */
+    p_nelmts = 1;
 
-    if (nelmts == 0)
-        H5_LEAVE(SUCCEED); /* nothing to print */
     if (ctx->ndims > 0) {
-        HDassert(ctx->p_max_idx[ctx->ndims - 1] == (hsize_t) ((int) ctx->p_max_idx[ctx->ndims - 1]));
-        ctx->size_last_dim = ctx->p_max_idx[ctx->ndims - 1];
+        for (i = 0; i < ctx->ndims; i++)
+            p_nelmts *= total_size[i];
+        ctx->size_last_dim = (total_size[ctx->ndims - 1]);
     } /* end if */
     else
         ctx->size_last_dim = 0;
 
-    if (ctx->ndims > 0)
-        init_acc_pos(ctx, ctx->p_max_idx);
-    H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "ctx->ndims:%d", ctx->ndims);
+    if (p_nelmts == 0)
+        H5_LEAVE(SUCCEED); /* nothing to print */
+
+    /* Check if we have VL data in the dataset's datatype */
+    if (h5tools_detect_vlen(p_type) == TRUE)
+        vl_data = TRUE;
 
-    if(h5tools_dump_simple_data(stream, info, obj_id, ctx, START_OF_DATA | END_OF_DATA, nelmts, type, mem) < 0)
-        H5TOOLS_ERROR(H5E_tools_g, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "h5tools_dump_simple_data failed");
+    alloc_size = p_nelmts * H5Tget_size(p_type);
+    HDassert(alloc_size == (hsize_t)((size_t)alloc_size)); /*check for overflow*/
+    if (NULL != (buf = (unsigned char *)HDmalloc((size_t)alloc_size))) {
+        if (ctx->ndims > 0)
+            init_acc_pos(ctx, total_size);
+        H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "ctx->ndims:%d", ctx->ndims);
 
+        H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Read the data");
+        /* Read the data */
+        if (H5Aread(attr_id, p_type, buf) >= 0) {
+            if(h5tools_dump_simple_data(stream, info, attr_id, ctx, START_OF_DATA | END_OF_DATA, p_nelmts, p_type, buf) < 0)
+                H5TOOLS_ERROR(H5E_tools_g, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "h5tools_dump_simple_data failed");
+
+            /* Reclaim any VL memory, if necessary */
+            if (vl_data)
+                H5Treclaim(p_type, f_space, H5P_DEFAULT, buf);
+        }
+        else
+            H5TOOLS_ERROR(H5E_tools_g, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "H5Aread failed");
+        HDfree(buf);
+    } /* if (NULL != (buf...)) */
+done:
+    if(f_space >= 0 && H5Sclose(f_space) < 0)
+        H5TOOLS_ERROR(H5E_tools_g, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "H5Sclose failed");
 CATCH
     H5TOOLS_ENDDEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "exit");
     H5TOOLS_POP_STACK();
@@ -1888,11 +1922,11 @@ CATCH
 int
 h5tools_dump_dset(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, h5tools_context_t *ctx, hid_t dset)
 {
-    hid_t     f_space = -1;
-    hid_t     p_type = -1;
-    hid_t     f_type = -1;
+    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED)
+    hid_t     f_space = H5I_INVALID_HID;
+    hid_t     p_type = H5I_INVALID_HID;
+    hid_t     f_type = H5I_INVALID_HID;
     H5S_class_t space_type;
-    int       status = FAIL;
     h5tool_format_t info_dflt;
     /* Use default values */
     if (!stream)
@@ -1929,13 +1963,13 @@ h5tools_dump_dset(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, h5tools_context_t *
     /* Print the data */
     if (space_type == H5S_SIMPLE || space_type == H5S_SCALAR) {
         if(!ctx->sset)
-            status = h5tools_dump_simple_dset(rawdatastream, info, ctx, dset, p_type);
+            ret_value = h5tools_dump_simple_dset(rawdatastream, info, ctx, dset, p_type);
         else
-            status = h5tools_dump_simple_subset(rawdatastream, info, ctx, dset, p_type);
+            ret_value = h5tools_dump_simple_subset(rawdatastream, info, ctx, dset, p_type);
     }
     else {
         /* space is H5S_NULL */
-        status = SUCCEED;
+        ret_value = SUCCEED;
     }
 done:
     if (f_type > 0)
@@ -1945,7 +1979,7 @@ done:
     if (f_space > 0)
         H5Sclose(f_space);
 
-    return status;
+    return ret_value;
 }
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1960,10 +1994,12 @@ done:
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 int
-h5tools_dump_mem(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, h5tools_context_t *ctx,
-                hid_t obj_id, hid_t type, hid_t space, void *mem)
+h5tools_dump_mem(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, h5tools_context_t *ctx, hid_t attr_id)
 {
     H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED)
+    hid_t     f_space = H5I_INVALID_HID;
+    hid_t     p_type = H5I_INVALID_HID;
+    hid_t     f_type = H5I_INVALID_HID;
     h5tool_format_t    info_dflt;
 
     /* Use default values */
@@ -1975,13 +2011,42 @@ h5tools_dump_mem(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, h5tools_context_t *c
         info = &info_dflt;
     }
 
+    f_type = H5Aget_type(attr_id);
+    if (f_type < 0)
+        goto done;
+
+    if (info->raw || bin_form == 1)
+        p_type = H5Tcopy(f_type);
+    else if (bin_form == 2)
+        p_type = h5tools_get_little_endian_type(f_type);
+    else if (bin_form == 3)
+        p_type = h5tools_get_big_endian_type(f_type);
+    else
+        p_type = H5Tget_native_type(f_type, H5T_DIR_DEFAULT);
+
+    if (p_type < 0)
+        goto done;
+
     /* Check the data space */
-    if (H5Sis_simple(space) <= 0)
-        H5TOOLS_THROW(FAIL, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "H5Sis_simple failed")
+    f_space = H5Aget_space(attr_id);
+    if (f_space < 0)
+        goto done;
 
-     H5_LEAVE(h5tools_dump_simple_mem(rawattrstream, info, ctx, obj_id, type, space, mem))
+    /* Check the data space */
+    if (H5Sis_simple(f_space) <= 0) {
+        H5TOOLS_ERROR(H5E_tools_g, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "H5Sis_simple failed");
+    }
+    else {
+        ret_value = h5tools_dump_simple_mem(rawattrstream, info, ctx, attr_id, p_type);
+    }
+done:
+    if (f_type > 0)
+        H5Tclose(f_type);
+    if (p_type > 0)
+        H5Tclose(p_type);
+    if (f_space > 0)
+        H5Sclose(f_space);
 
-CATCH
     return ret_value;
 }
 
@@ -3901,22 +3966,17 @@ h5tools_dump_subsetting_header(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, h5tool
 void
 h5tools_dump_data(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, h5tools_context_t *ctx, hid_t obj_id, int obj_data)
 {
-    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED);
+    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED)
     H5S_class_t space_type;
     int         ndims;
     size_t      i;
     hid_t       space = H5I_INVALID_HID;
-    hid_t       p_type = H5I_INVALID_HID;
     hid_t       f_type = H5I_INVALID_HID;
     hid_t       new_obj_id = H5I_INVALID_HID;
     hid_t       new_obj_sid = H5I_INVALID_HID;
     hsize_t     total_size[H5S_MAX_RANK];
-    hsize_t     size[64];
-    hsize_t     alloc_size;
-    hsize_t     nelmts = 1;
     hsize_t     elmt_counter = 0;  /*counts the # elements printed. */
     int         status = -1;
-    void       *buf = NULL;
     hbool_t            dimension_break;
     h5tools_str_t      buffer;          /* string into which to render   */
     hsize_t            curr_pos = 0;    /* total data element position   */
@@ -4205,140 +4265,62 @@ h5tools_dump_data(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, h5tools_context_t *
         }
     }
     else {
+        h5tools_context_t datactx = *ctx;            /* print context  */
         H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Print all the values");
+        string_dataformat = *info;
+        if((datactx.display_char && H5Tget_size(f_type) == 1) && (H5Tget_class(f_type) == H5T_INTEGER)) {
+            H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Print 1-byte integer data as an ASCII character string");
+            /*
+            * Print 1-byte integer data as an ASCII character string
+            * instead of integers if the `-r' or `--string' command-line
+            * option was given.
+            *
+            * We don't want to modify the global dataformat, so make a
+            * copy of it instead.
+            */
+            string_dataformat.idx_fmt = "\"";
+            datactx.indent_level++;
+            datactx.need_prefix = TRUE;
+            h5tools_simple_prefix(stream, &string_dataformat, &datactx, (hsize_t)0, 0);
+
+            string_dataformat.line_multi_new = 1;
+            string_dataformat.str_repeat = 8;
+            string_dataformat.ascii = TRUE;
+            string_dataformat.elmt_suf1 = "";
+            string_dataformat.elmt_suf2 = "";
+            string_dataformat.line_suf = "\"";
+        }
+        else {
+            datactx.need_prefix = TRUE;
+        }
 
         /* Print all the values. */
         if(obj_data) {
-            h5tools_context_t datactx = *ctx;            /* print context  */
-            string_dataformat = *info;
-
-            H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Print all the dataset values file=%p", (void*)stream);
-            if((datactx.display_char && H5Tget_size(f_type) == 1) && (H5Tget_class(f_type) == H5T_INTEGER)) {
-                H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Print 1-byte integer data as an ASCII character string");
-                /*
-                * Print 1-byte integer data as an ASCII character string
-                * instead of integers if the `-r' or `--string' command-line
-                * option was given.
-                *
-                * We don't want to modify the global dataformat, so make a
-                * copy of it instead.
-                */
-                string_dataformat.idx_fmt = "\"";
-                datactx.indent_level++;
-                datactx.need_prefix = TRUE;
-                h5tools_simple_prefix(stream, &string_dataformat, &datactx, (hsize_t)0, 0);
-
-                string_dataformat.line_multi_new = 1;
-                string_dataformat.str_repeat = 8;
-                string_dataformat.ascii = TRUE;
-                string_dataformat.elmt_suf1 = "";
-                string_dataformat.elmt_suf2 = "";
-                string_dataformat.line_suf = "\"";
-            }
-            else {
-                datactx.need_prefix = TRUE;
-            }
             H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "h5tools_dump_dset");
             status = h5tools_dump_dset(stream, &string_dataformat, &datactx, obj_id);
-            if((datactx.display_char && H5Tget_size(f_type) == 1) && (H5Tget_class(f_type) == H5T_INTEGER)) {
-                H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Print 1-byte integer data as an ASCII character string eol=%s",string_dataformat.line_suf);
-                datactx.need_prefix = FALSE;
-                string_dataformat.arr_linebreak = 0;
-                string_dataformat.idx_fmt = "";
-                string_dataformat.line_multi_new = 0;
-                string_dataformat.line_suf = "";
-                h5tools_str_reset(&buffer);
-                h5tools_str_append(&buffer, "\"");
-                h5tools_render_element(stream, &string_dataformat, &datactx, &buffer, &curr_pos, (size_t)ncols, (hsize_t)0, (hsize_t)0);
-            }
         }
         else {
-            H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Print all the attribute values");
-
-            h5tools_context_t datactx = *ctx;            /* print context  */
             /* need to call h5tools_dump_mem for the attribute data */
             space_type = H5Sget_simple_extent_type(space);
             if(space_type == H5S_NULL || space_type == H5S_NO_CLASS) {
                 status = SUCCEED;
             }
             else {
-                /* VL data special information */
-                unsigned int        vl_data = 0; /* contains VL datatypes */
-
-                p_type = H5Tget_native_type(f_type, H5T_DIR_DEFAULT);
-
-                ndims = H5Sget_simple_extent_dims(space, size, NULL);
-
-                /* Check if we have VL data in the dataset's datatype */
-                if (h5tools_detect_vlen(p_type) == TRUE)
-                    vl_data = TRUE;
-
-                for (i = 0; i < ndims; i++)
-                    nelmts *= size[i];
-
-                alloc_size = nelmts * MAX(H5Tget_size(f_type), H5Tget_size(p_type));
-                HDassert(alloc_size == (hsize_t)((size_t)alloc_size)); /*check for overflow*/
-
-                if (alloc_size) {
-                    buf = HDmalloc((size_t)alloc_size);
-                    HDassert(buf);
-
-                    if (H5Aread(obj_id, p_type, buf) >= 0) {
-                        string_dataformat = *info;
-                        if (datactx.display_char && H5Tget_size(f_type) == 1 && H5Tget_class(f_type) == H5T_INTEGER) {
-                            H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Print 1-byte integer data as an ASCII character string");
-                            /*
-                            * Print 1-byte integer data as an ASCII character string
-                            * instead of integers if the `-r' or `--string' command-line
-                            * option was given.
-                            *
-                            * We don't want to modify the global dataformat, so make a
-                            * copy of it instead.
-                            */
-                            string_dataformat.idx_fmt = "\"";
-                            datactx.indent_level++;
-                            datactx.need_prefix = TRUE;
-                            h5tools_simple_prefix(stream, &string_dataformat, &datactx, (hsize_t)0, 0);
-
-                            string_dataformat.line_multi_new = 1;
-                            string_dataformat.str_repeat = 8;
-                            string_dataformat.ascii = TRUE;
-                            string_dataformat.elmt_suf1 = "";
-                            string_dataformat.elmt_suf2 = "";
-                            string_dataformat.line_suf = "\"";
-                        }
-                        else
-                            datactx.need_prefix = TRUE;
-
-                        H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "call h5tools_dump_mem");
-                        status = h5tools_dump_mem(stream, &string_dataformat, &datactx, obj_id, p_type, space, buf);
-                        if (datactx.display_char && H5Tget_size(f_type) == 1 && H5Tget_class(f_type) == H5T_INTEGER) {
-                            H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Print 1-byte integer data as an ASCII character string eol=%s",string_dataformat.line_suf);
-                            datactx.need_prefix = FALSE;
-                            string_dataformat.arr_linebreak = 0;
-                            string_dataformat.idx_fmt = "";
-                            string_dataformat.line_multi_new = 0;
-                            string_dataformat.line_suf = "";
-                            h5tools_str_reset(&buffer);
-                            h5tools_str_append(&buffer, "\"");
-                            h5tools_render_element(stream, &string_dataformat, &datactx, &buffer, &curr_pos, (size_t)ncols, (hsize_t)0, (hsize_t)0);
-                        }
-                    }
-                    else
-                        H5TOOLS_ERROR(H5E_tools_g, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "H5Aread failed");
-
-                    /* Reclaim any VL memory, if necessary */
-                    if (vl_data)
-                        H5Treclaim(p_type, space, H5P_DEFAULT, buf);
-
-                    HDfree(buf);
-                }
-                else {
-                    status = SUCCEED;
-                } /* end if (alloc_size) */
-                H5Tclose(p_type);
+                H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "call h5tools_dump_mem");
+                status = h5tools_dump_mem(stream, &string_dataformat, &datactx, obj_id);
             }
         }
+        if (datactx.display_char && H5Tget_size(f_type) == 1 && H5Tget_class(f_type) == H5T_INTEGER) {
+            H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Print 1-byte integer data as an ASCII character string eol=%s",string_dataformat.line_suf);
+            datactx.need_prefix = FALSE;
+            string_dataformat.arr_linebreak = 0;
+            string_dataformat.idx_fmt = "";
+            string_dataformat.line_multi_new = 0;
+            string_dataformat.line_suf = "";
+            h5tools_str_reset(&buffer);
+            h5tools_str_append(&buffer, "\"");
+            h5tools_render_element(stream, &string_dataformat, &datactx, &buffer, &curr_pos, (size_t)ncols, (hsize_t)0, (hsize_t)0);
+        }
         H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Print all the values Complete");
 
         if (status == FAIL) {
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_dump.h b/tools/lib/h5tools_dump.h
index 5275565..2cd0bc1 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_dump.h
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_dump.h
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ H5TOOLS_DLL void    h5tools_dump_init(void);
 H5TOOLS_DLL int     h5tools_dump_dset(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info,
                             h5tools_context_t *ctx/*in,out*/, hid_t dset);
 H5TOOLS_DLL int     h5tools_dump_mem(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info,
-                            h5tools_context_t *ctx/*in,out*/, hid_t obj_id,
-                            hid_t type, hid_t space, void *mem);
+                            h5tools_context_t *ctx/*in,out*/, hid_t obj_id);
 H5TOOLS_DLL int     h5tools_dump_simple_data(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, hid_t container,
                             h5tools_context_t *ctx/*in,out*/, unsigned flags,
                             hsize_t nelmts, hid_t type, void *_mem);
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c b/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c
index 23b7a0e..672e314 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ char *
 h5tools_str_sprint(h5tools_str_t *str, const h5tool_format_t *info, hid_t container,
                    hid_t type, void *vp, h5tools_context_t *ctx)
 {
-    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(char*, NULL);
+    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(char*, NULL)
     size_t         nsize, offset, size=0, nelmts, start;
     H5T_sign_t     nsign;
     char          *name = NULL;
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ void
 h5tools_str_sprint_reference(h5tools_str_t *str, const h5tool_format_t *info,
         hid_t container, H5R_ref_t *ref_vp)
 {
-    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED);
+    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(int, SUCCEED)
     ssize_t  buf_size, status;
 
     H5TOOLS_PUSH_STACK();
diff --git a/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump.c b/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump.c
index 507a62f..0222c8b 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump.c
@@ -1703,6 +1703,8 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 
     /* To Do:  clean up XML table */
 
+    H5Eset_auto2(H5E_DEFAULT, func, edata);
+
     leave(h5tools_getstatus());
 
 done:
diff --git a/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump_xml.c b/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump_xml.c
index 8c84c4c..640eaaf 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump_xml.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump_xml.c
@@ -1880,47 +1880,17 @@ xml_dump_data(hid_t obj_id, int obj_data, struct subset_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *sset,
             status = xml_print_strs(obj_id, ATTRIBUTE_DATA);
         }
         else {  /* all other data */
-            /* VL data special information */
-            unsigned int vl_data = 0; /* contains VL datatypes */
-
-            p_type = H5Tget_native_type(type, H5T_DIR_DEFAULT);
-
-            /* Check if we have VL data in the dataset's datatype */
-            if (h5tools_detect_vlen(p_type) == TRUE)
-                vl_data = TRUE;
-
-            H5Tclose(type);
-
             space = H5Aget_space(obj_id);
             if(space == H5S_NULL || space == H5S_NO_CLASS) {
                 status = SUCCEED;
             }
             else {
-                ndims = H5Sget_simple_extent_dims(space, size, NULL);
-
-                for (i = 0; i < ndims; i++)
-                    nelmts *= size[i];
-
-                if((buf = HDmalloc((size_t)(nelmts * MAX(H5Tget_size(type), H5Tget_size(p_type))))) == NULL)  {
-                    error_msg("unable to allocate buffer\n");
-                    h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
-                    status = FAIL;
-                }
-                else {
-                    if (H5Aread(obj_id, p_type, buf) >= 0) {
-                        h5tools_context_t datactx;
-                        HDmemset(&datactx, 0, sizeof(datactx));
-                        datactx.need_prefix = TRUE;
-                        datactx.indent_level = ctx.indent_level;
-                        datactx.cur_column = ctx.cur_column;
-                        status = h5tools_dump_mem(rawoutstream, outputformat, &datactx, obj_id, p_type, space, buf);
-                    }
-                    /* Reclaim any VL memory, if necessary */
-                    if (vl_data)
-                        H5Treclaim(p_type, space, H5P_DEFAULT, buf);
-
-                    HDfree(buf);
-                }
+                h5tools_context_t datactx;
+                HDmemset(&datactx, 0, sizeof(datactx));
+                datactx.need_prefix = TRUE;
+                datactx.indent_level = ctx.indent_level;
+                datactx.cur_column = ctx.cur_column;
+                status = h5tools_dump_mem(rawoutstream, outputformat, &datactx, obj_id);
             }
             H5Tclose(p_type);
             H5Sclose(space);
diff --git a/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c b/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
index 378b4a0..0a43344 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ static hbool_t  no_dangling_link_g = FALSE; /* treat dangling link is error */
 static hbool_t  follow_elink_g = FALSE;   /* follow external links */
 static hbool_t  grp_literal_g = FALSE;    /* list group, not contents */
 static hbool_t  hexdump_g = FALSE;        /* show data as raw hexadecimal */
-static hbool_t  show_errors_g = FALSE;    /* print HDF5 error messages */
 static hbool_t  simple_output_g = FALSE;  /* make output more machine-readable */
 static hbool_t  show_file_name_g = FALSE; /* show file name for full names */
 static hbool_t  no_line_wrap_g = FALSE;   /* show data content without line wrap */
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ usage (void)
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "   --no-dangling-links\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "                   Must be used with --follow-symlinks option;\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "                   otherwise, h5ls shows error message and returns an exit\n");
-    PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "                   code of 1. \n");
+    PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "                   code of 1.\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "                   Check for any symbolic links (soft links or external links)\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "                   that do not resolve to an existing object (dataset, group,\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "                   or named datatype).\n");
@@ -230,11 +229,8 @@ usage (void)
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "    \"%%05d\" to open a file family.\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "  Deprecated Options\n");
-    PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "    The following options have been deprecated in HDF5. While they remain\n");
-    PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "    available, they have been superseded as indicated and may be removed\n");
-    PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "    from HDF5 in the future. Use the indicated replacement option in all\n");
-    PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "    new work; where possible, existing scripts, et cetera, should also be\n");
-    PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "    updated to use the replacement option.\n");
+    PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "    The following options have been removed in HDF5 1.12. Use the indicated\n");
+    PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "    replacement option in all work.\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "   -E or --external   Follow external links.\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "                      Replaced by --follow-symlinks.\n");
@@ -1533,6 +1529,7 @@ dump_dataset_values(hid_t dset)
 {
     H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(herr_t, SUCCEED)
     hid_t               f_type = H5I_INVALID_HID;
+    hid_t               space = H5I_INVALID_HID;
     hid_t               new_obj_id = H5I_INVALID_HID;
     hid_t               new_obj_sid = H5I_INVALID_HID;
     hsize_t             total_size[H5S_MAX_RANK];
@@ -1540,7 +1537,6 @@ dump_dataset_values(hid_t dset)
     hsize_t             elmt_counter = 0;  /*counts the # elements printed. */
     int                 ndims;
     size_t              i;
-    size_t              size;
     char                string_prefix[64];
     static char         fmt_double[16];
     static char         fmt_float[16];
@@ -1556,7 +1552,7 @@ dump_dataset_values(hid_t dset)
     H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "enter");
 
     f_type = H5Dget_type(dset);
-    size = H5Tget_size(f_type);
+    space = H5Dget_space(dset);
 
     HDmemset(&ctx, 0, sizeof(ctx));
     HDmemset(&buffer, 0, sizeof(h5tools_str_t));
@@ -1626,7 +1622,7 @@ dump_dataset_values(hid_t dset)
          * command line switch was given. */
         outputformat.raw = TRUE;
     }
-    else if (string_g && 1 == size && H5T_INTEGER == H5Tget_class(f_type)) {
+    else if (string_g && H5Tget_size(f_type) == 1 && (H5Tget_class(f_type) == H5T_INTEGER)) {
         /* Print 1-byte integer data as an ASCI character string instead of
          * integers if the `-s' or `--string' command-line option was given. */
         outputformat.ascii = TRUE;
@@ -1643,13 +1639,14 @@ dump_dataset_values(hid_t dset)
     /* Print all the values. */
     h5tools_str_reset(&buffer);
     h5tools_str_append(&buffer, "    Data:\n");
+
     h5tools_render_element(rawoutstream, info, &ctx, &buffer, &curr_pos, (size_t)info->line_ncols, (hsize_t)0, (hsize_t)0);
+
     ctx.need_prefix = TRUE;
     ctx.cur_column = (size_t)curr_pos;
     if (vfd_swmr_poll_g)
         H5Drefresh(dset);
     if (H5Tget_class(f_type) == H5T_REFERENCE) {
-        hid_t space = H5Dget_space(dset);
         H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "reference class type");
         if (!H5Tequal(f_type, H5T_STD_REF) && !H5Tequal(f_type, H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG) && !H5Tequal(f_type, H5T_STD_REF_OBJ)) {
             HGOTO_DONE(SUCCEED);
@@ -1664,13 +1661,12 @@ dump_dataset_values(hid_t dset)
                 ctx.p_min_idx[i] = 0;
 
         H5Sget_simple_extent_dims(space, total_size, NULL);
-        H5Sclose(space);
         if (ctx.ndims > 0)
             init_acc_pos(&ctx, total_size);
         ctx.need_prefix = TRUE;
 
         if (NULL != (ref_buf = (H5R_ref_t *)HDcalloc(MAX(sizeof(unsigned), sizeof(H5R_ref_t)), ndims))) {
-            H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR(FAIL, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "H5Dread reference read");
+            H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_id_g, "H5Dread reference read");
             if(H5Dread(dset, H5T_STD_REF, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, ref_buf) < 0) {
                 HDfree(ref_buf);
                 H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR(FAIL, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "H5Dread reference failed");
@@ -1687,6 +1683,7 @@ dump_dataset_values(hid_t dset)
         }
     }
 done:
+    H5Sclose(space);
     H5Tclose(f_type);
 
     h5tools_str_close(&buffer);
@@ -1848,10 +1845,11 @@ dump_attribute_values(hid_t attr, const char *attr_name)
         H5Sget_simple_extent_dims(space, total_size, NULL);
         if (ctx.ndims > 0)
             init_acc_pos(&ctx, total_size);
+        ctx.need_prefix = TRUE;
 
         if (NULL != (ref_buf = (H5R_ref_t *)HDcalloc(MAX(sizeof(unsigned), sizeof(H5R_ref_t)), ndims))) {
-            H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Attribute reference read");
-            if(H5Aread(attr, H5T_STD_REF, ref_buf) >= 0) {
+            H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "H5Aread reference read");
+            if(H5Aread(attr, H5T_STD_REF, ref_buf) < 0) {
                 HDfree(ref_buf);
                 H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR(FAIL, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "H5Aread reference failed");
             }
@@ -1863,40 +1861,13 @@ dump_attribute_values(hid_t attr, const char *attr_name)
     }
     else {
         H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Attribute data read");
-        if (hexdump_g)
-            p_type = H5Tcopy(f_type);
-        else
-            p_type = H5Tget_native_type(f_type, H5T_DIR_DEFAULT);
-
-        if (p_type >= 0) {
-            /* VL data special information */
-            unsigned int        vl_data = 0; /* contains VL datatypes */
-
-            /* Check if we have VL data in the dataset's datatype */
-            if (h5tools_detect_vlen(p_type) == TRUE)
-                vl_data = TRUE;
-
-            temp_need = nelmts * MAX(H5Tget_size(f_type), H5Tget_size(p_type));
-            need = (size_t)temp_need;
-            if((buf = HDmalloc(need)) != NULL) {
-                if(H5Aread(attr, p_type, buf) >= 0) {
-                    ctx.indent_level++;
-                    if (h5tools_dump_mem(rawoutstream, info, &ctx, attr, p_type, space, buf) < 0) {
-                        h5tools_str_reset(&buffer);
-                        h5tools_str_append(&buffer, "        Unable to print data.");
-                        h5tools_render_element(rawoutstream, info, &ctx, &buffer, &curr_pos, (size_t)info->line_ncols, (hsize_t)0, (hsize_t)0);
-                    }
-                    ctx.indent_level--;
-                }
-
-                /* Reclaim any VL memory, if necessary */
-                if (vl_data)
-                    H5Treclaim(p_type, space, H5P_DEFAULT, buf);
-
-                HDfree(buf);
-            }
-            H5Tclose(p_type);
-        } /* end if */
+        ctx.indent_level++;
+        if (h5tools_dump_mem(rawoutstream, info, &ctx, attr) < 0) {
+            h5tools_str_reset(&buffer);
+            h5tools_str_append(&buffer, "        Unable to print data.");
+            h5tools_render_element(rawoutstream, info, &ctx, &buffer, &curr_pos, (size_t)info->line_ncols, (hsize_t)0, (hsize_t)0);
+        }
+        ctx.indent_level--;
         H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Attribute data read complete");
     }
 done:
@@ -1924,7 +1895,7 @@ static herr_t
 list_attr(hid_t obj, const char *attr_name, const H5A_info_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *ainfo,
     void H5_ATTR_UNUSED *op_data)
 {
-    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(herr_t, SUCCEED);
+    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(herr_t, SUCCEED)
     hid_t               attr = H5I_INVALID_HID;
     hid_t               space = H5I_INVALID_HID;
     hid_t               type = H5I_INVALID_HID;
@@ -1957,7 +1928,7 @@ list_attr(hid_t obj, const char *attr_name, const H5A_info_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *ain
     print_string(&buffer, attr_name, TRUE);
 
     H5TOOLS_DEBUG(H5E_tools_min_dbg_id_g, "Attribute name:%s", attr_name);
-    if ((attr = H5Aopen(obj, attr_name, H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0) {
+    if ((attr = H5Aopen(obj, attr_name, H5P_DEFAULT)) >= 0) {
         space = H5Aget_space(attr);
         type = H5Aget_type(attr);
 
@@ -2349,7 +2320,7 @@ datatype_list2(hid_t type, const char H5_ATTR_UNUSED *name)
 static herr_t
 list_obj(const char *name, const H5O_info_t *oinfo, const char *first_seen, void *_iter)
 {
-    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(herr_t, SUCCEED);
+    H5TOOLS_ERR_INIT(herr_t, SUCCEED)
     H5O_type_t          obj_type = oinfo->type;          /* Type of the object */
     iter_t             *iter = (iter_t*)_iter;
     hsize_t             curr_pos = 0;    /* total data element position   */
@@ -2898,6 +2869,10 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     int err_exit = 0;
     uint64_t poll_nanosecs = 1000;
     hid_t       fapl_id = H5P_DEFAULT;
+    H5E_auto2_t         func;
+    H5E_auto2_t         tools_func;
+    void               *edata;
+    void               *tools_edata;
 
 #ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     /* default "anonymous" s3 configuration */
@@ -2925,9 +2900,17 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     h5tools_setprogname(PROGRAMNAME);
     h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 
+    /* Disable error reporting */
+    H5Eget_auto2(H5E_DEFAULT, &func, &edata);
+    H5Eset_auto2(H5E_DEFAULT, NULL, NULL);
+
     /* Initialize h5tools lib */
     h5tools_init();
 
+    /* Disable tools error reporting */
+    H5Eget_auto2(H5tools_ERR_STACK_g, &tools_func, &tools_edata);
+    H5Eset_auto2(H5tools_ERR_STACK_g, NULL, NULL);
+
     /* Build object display table */
     DISPATCH(H5O_TYPE_GROUP, "Group", NULL, NULL);
     DISPATCH(H5O_TYPE_DATASET, "Dataset", dataset_list1, dataset_list2);
@@ -2954,11 +2937,11 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
             data_g = TRUE;
         }
         else if (!HDstrcmp(argv[argno], "--enable-error-stack")) {
-            show_errors_g = TRUE;
+            enable_error_stack = 1;
         /* deprecated --errors */
         }
         else if (!HDstrcmp(argv[argno], "--errors")) {
-            show_errors_g = TRUE;
+            enable_error_stack = 1;
         }
         else if (!HDstrcmp(argv[argno], "--follow-symlinks")) {
             follow_symlink_g = TRUE;
@@ -3219,7 +3202,7 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 
                     /* deprecated -e */
                     case 'e': /* --errors */
-                        show_errors_g = TRUE;
+                        enable_error_stack = 1;
                         break;
 
                     case 'E': /* --external */
@@ -3335,10 +3318,10 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
         }
     } /* preferred_driver defined */
 
-    /* Turn off HDF5's automatic error printing unless you're debugging h5ls */
-    if(!show_errors_g)
-        H5Eset_auto2(H5E_DEFAULT, NULL, NULL);
-
+    if (enable_error_stack > 0) {
+        H5Eset_auto2(H5E_DEFAULT, func, edata);
+        H5Eset_auto2(H5tools_ERR_STACK_g, tools_func, tools_edata);
+    }
 
     /* Each remaining argument is an hdf5 file followed by an optional slash
      * and object name.
@@ -3406,6 +3389,7 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
             x = oname;
             if (NULL == (oname = HDstrdup(oname))) {
                 HDfprintf(rawerrorstream, "memory allocation failed\n");
+                H5Eset_auto2(H5E_DEFAULT, func, edata);
                 leave(EXIT_FAILURE);
             }
             *x = '\0';
@@ -3450,6 +3434,7 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
                 h5tools_str_reset(&buffer);
                 print_obj_name(&buffer, &iter, oname, "**NOT FOUND**");
                 h5tools_render_element(rawoutstream, info, &ctx, &buffer, &curr_pos, (size_t)info->line_ncols, (hsize_t)0, (hsize_t)0);
+                H5Eset_auto2(H5E_DEFAULT, func, edata);
                 leave(EXIT_FAILURE);
             } /* end if */
         } /* end if */
@@ -3464,8 +3449,10 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
             }
             /* Open the object and display it's information */
             if (li.type == H5L_TYPE_HARD) {
-                if (visit_obj(file, oname, &iter) < 0)
+                if (visit_obj(file, oname, &iter) < 0) {
+                    H5Eset_auto2(H5E_DEFAULT, func, edata);
                     leave(EXIT_FAILURE);
+                }
             } /* end if(li.type == H5L_TYPE_HARD) */
             else {
                 /* Specified name is not for object -- list that link */
@@ -3498,10 +3485,12 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     if (fapl_id != H5P_DEFAULT) {
         if (0 < H5Pclose(fapl_id)) {
             HDfprintf(rawerrorstream, "Error: Unable to set close fapl entry\n\n");
+            H5Eset_auto2(H5E_DEFAULT, func, edata);
             leave(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
     }
 
+    H5Eset_auto2(H5E_DEFAULT, func, edata);
     if (err_exit)
         leave(EXIT_FAILURE);
     else
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/help-1.ls b/tools/testfiles/help-1.ls
index 74db27b..0ea01e4 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/help-1.ls
+++ b/tools/testfiles/help-1.ls
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ usage: h5ls [OPTIONS] file[/OBJECT] [file[/[OBJECT]...]
    --no-dangling-links
                    Must be used with --follow-symlinks option;
                    otherwise, h5ls shows error message and returns an exit
-                   code of 1. 
+                   code of 1.
                    Check for any symbolic links (soft links or external links)
                    that do not resolve to an existing object (dataset, group,
                    or named datatype).
@@ -57,11 +57,8 @@ usage: h5ls [OPTIONS] file[/OBJECT] [file[/[OBJECT]...]
     "%05d" to open a file family.
 
   Deprecated Options
-    The following options have been deprecated in HDF5. While they remain
-    available, they have been superseded as indicated and may be removed
-    from HDF5 in the future. Use the indicated replacement option in all
-    new work; where possible, existing scripts, et cetera, should also be
-    updated to use the replacement option.
+    The following options have been removed in HDF5 1.12. Use the indicated
+    replacement option in all work.
 
    -E or --external   Follow external links.
                       Replaced by --follow-symlinks.
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/help-2.ls b/tools/testfiles/help-2.ls
index 74db27b..0ea01e4 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/help-2.ls
+++ b/tools/testfiles/help-2.ls
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ usage: h5ls [OPTIONS] file[/OBJECT] [file[/[OBJECT]...]
    --no-dangling-links
                    Must be used with --follow-symlinks option;
                    otherwise, h5ls shows error message and returns an exit
-                   code of 1. 
+                   code of 1.
                    Check for any symbolic links (soft links or external links)
                    that do not resolve to an existing object (dataset, group,
                    or named datatype).
@@ -57,11 +57,8 @@ usage: h5ls [OPTIONS] file[/OBJECT] [file[/[OBJECT]...]
     "%05d" to open a file family.
 
   Deprecated Options
-    The following options have been deprecated in HDF5. While they remain
-    available, they have been superseded as indicated and may be removed
-    from HDF5 in the future. Use the indicated replacement option in all
-    new work; where possible, existing scripts, et cetera, should also be
-    updated to use the replacement option.
+    The following options have been removed in HDF5 1.12. Use the indicated
+    replacement option in all work.
 
    -E or --external   Follow external links.
                       Replaced by --follow-symlinks.
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/help-3.ls b/tools/testfiles/help-3.ls
index 74db27b..0ea01e4 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/help-3.ls
+++ b/tools/testfiles/help-3.ls
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ usage: h5ls [OPTIONS] file[/OBJECT] [file[/[OBJECT]...]
    --no-dangling-links
                    Must be used with --follow-symlinks option;
                    otherwise, h5ls shows error message and returns an exit
-                   code of 1. 
+                   code of 1.
                    Check for any symbolic links (soft links or external links)
                    that do not resolve to an existing object (dataset, group,
                    or named datatype).
@@ -57,11 +57,8 @@ usage: h5ls [OPTIONS] file[/OBJECT] [file[/[OBJECT]...]
     "%05d" to open a file family.
 
   Deprecated Options
-    The following options have been deprecated in HDF5. While they remain
-    available, they have been superseded as indicated and may be removed
-    from HDF5 in the future. Use the indicated replacement option in all
-    new work; where possible, existing scripts, et cetera, should also be
-    updated to use the replacement option.
+    The following options have been removed in HDF5 1.12. Use the indicated
+    replacement option in all work.
 
    -E or --external   Follow external links.
                       Replaced by --follow-symlinks.
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/tattrreg_be.ls b/tools/testfiles/tattrreg_be.ls
index 3962c93..0c9dc18 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/tattrreg_be.ls
+++ b/tools/testfiles/tattrreg_be.ls
@@ -2,10 +2,19 @@ Opened "tattrreg.h5" with sec2 driver.
 Dataset1                 Dataset {NULL}
     Attribute: Attribute1 {4}
         Type:      dataset region reference
-        Data:  DSET-/Dataset2 {Blk0: (2,2)-(7,7)}
-               DSET-/Dataset2 {Pt0: (6,9), Pt1: (2,2), Pt2: (8,4), Pt3: (1,6),
-                Pt4: (2,8), Pt5: (3,2), Pt6: (0,4), Pt7: (9,0), Pt8: (7,1),
-                Pt9: (3,3)}
+        Data:
+               DATASET tattrreg.h5/Dataset2 {
+                  REGION_TYPE BLOCK  Blk0: (2,2)-(7,7)
+                  DATATYPE  H5T_STD_U8BE
+                  DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 10, 10 ) / ( 10, 10 ) }
+               }
+               DATASET tattrreg.h5/Dataset2 {
+                  REGION_TYPE POINT  Pt0: (6,9), Pt1: (2,2), Pt2: (8,4),
+                    Pt3: (1,6), Pt4: (2,8), Pt5: (3,2), Pt6: (0,4),
+                    Pt7: (9,0), Pt8: (7,1), Pt9: (3,3)
+                  DATATYPE  H5T_STD_U8BE
+                  DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 10, 10 ) / ( 10, 10 ) }
+               }
               NULL
               NULL
     Location:  1:1400
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/tattrreg_le.ls b/tools/testfiles/tattrreg_le.ls
index 13fb320..d44b7ed 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/tattrreg_le.ls
+++ b/tools/testfiles/tattrreg_le.ls
@@ -2,10 +2,19 @@ Opened "tattrreg.h5" with sec2 driver.
 Dataset1                 Dataset {NULL}
     Attribute: Attribute1 {4}
         Type:      dataset region reference
-        Data:  DSET-/Dataset2 {Blk0: (2,2)-(7,7)}
-               DSET-/Dataset2 {Pt0: (6,9), Pt1: (2,2), Pt2: (8,4), Pt3: (1,6),
-                Pt4: (2,8), Pt5: (3,2), Pt6: (0,4), Pt7: (9,0), Pt8: (7,1),
-                Pt9: (3,3)}
+        Data:
+               DATASET tattrreg.h5/Dataset2 {
+                  REGION_TYPE BLOCK  Blk0: (2,2)-(7,7)
+                  DATATYPE  H5T_STD_U8BE
+                  DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 10, 10 ) / ( 10, 10 ) }
+               }
+               DATASET tattrreg.h5/Dataset2 {
+                  REGION_TYPE POINT  Pt0: (6,9), Pt1: (2,2), Pt2: (8,4),
+                    Pt3: (1,6), Pt4: (2,8), Pt5: (3,2), Pt6: (0,4),
+                    Pt7: (9,0), Pt8: (7,1), Pt9: (3,3)
+                  DATATYPE  H5T_STD_U8BE
+                  DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 10, 10 ) / ( 10, 10 ) }
+               }
               NULL
               NULL
     Location:  1:1400
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/textlinksrc-nodangle-1.ls b/tools/testfiles/textlinksrc-nodangle-1.ls
index 74db27b..0ea01e4 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/textlinksrc-nodangle-1.ls
+++ b/tools/testfiles/textlinksrc-nodangle-1.ls
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ usage: h5ls [OPTIONS] file[/OBJECT] [file[/[OBJECT]...]
    --no-dangling-links
                    Must be used with --follow-symlinks option;
                    otherwise, h5ls shows error message and returns an exit
-                   code of 1. 
+                   code of 1.
                    Check for any symbolic links (soft links or external links)
                    that do not resolve to an existing object (dataset, group,
                    or named datatype).
@@ -57,11 +57,8 @@ usage: h5ls [OPTIONS] file[/OBJECT] [file[/[OBJECT]...]
     "%05d" to open a file family.
 
   Deprecated Options
-    The following options have been deprecated in HDF5. While they remain
-    available, they have been superseded as indicated and may be removed
-    from HDF5 in the future. Use the indicated replacement option in all
-    new work; where possible, existing scripts, et cetera, should also be
-    updated to use the replacement option.
+    The following options have been removed in HDF5 1.12. Use the indicated
+    replacement option in all work.
 
    -E or --external   Follow external links.
                       Replaced by --follow-symlinks.
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/tgroup-1.ls b/tools/testfiles/tgroup-1.ls
index 74db27b..0ea01e4 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/tgroup-1.ls
+++ b/tools/testfiles/tgroup-1.ls
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ usage: h5ls [OPTIONS] file[/OBJECT] [file[/[OBJECT]...]
    --no-dangling-links
                    Must be used with --follow-symlinks option;
                    otherwise, h5ls shows error message and returns an exit
-                   code of 1. 
+                   code of 1.
                    Check for any symbolic links (soft links or external links)
                    that do not resolve to an existing object (dataset, group,
                    or named datatype).
@@ -57,11 +57,8 @@ usage: h5ls [OPTIONS] file[/OBJECT] [file[/[OBJECT]...]
     "%05d" to open a file family.
 
   Deprecated Options
-    The following options have been deprecated in HDF5. While they remain
-    available, they have been superseded as indicated and may be removed
-    from HDF5 in the future. Use the indicated replacement option in all
-    new work; where possible, existing scripts, et cetera, should also be
-    updated to use the replacement option.
+    The following options have been removed in HDF5 1.12. Use the indicated
+    replacement option in all work.
 
    -E or --external   Follow external links.
                       Replaced by --follow-symlinks.