Merge remote-tracking branch 'hdffv/develop' into rebased-fprintf-experiment

author: David Young <dyoung@hdfgroup.org> 2020-09-03 21:13:47 (GMT)
committer: David Young <dyoung@hdfgroup.org> 2020-09-03 21:13:47 (GMT)
commit: d85cd245d29d72990ded9fdf60a2b849a85b1912 (patch)
tree: 83aaf2f0b9acc06c1d69af4c843fa23927822efb /tools
parent: 651facc1446c36e6d77cc328682dac397bae27e3 (diff)
parent: b3a89155b986bca9c436d4ff6c229a68ac23f1ef (diff)
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diff --git a/tools/lib/h5diff_attr.c b/tools/lib/h5diff_attr.c
index b7ec2e8..48663e2 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5diff_attr.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5diff_attr.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ hsize_t diff_attr_data(hid_t attr1_id, hid_t attr2_id,
     hsize_t    dims1[H5S_MAX_RANK];    /* dimensions of dataset */
     hsize_t    dims2[H5S_MAX_RANK];    /* dimensions of dataset */
     hsize_t    nfound = 0;
-    int        j;
+    size_t     sz;
     diff_err_t ret_value = opts->err_stat;
 
     H5TOOLS_START_DEBUG(" - errstat:%d", opts->err_stat);
@@ -384,19 +384,19 @@ hsize_t diff_attr_data(hid_t attr1_id, hid_t attr2_id,
 
     H5TOOLS_DEBUG("attr_names: %s - %s", name1, name2);
     if (name1) {
-        j = (int)HDstrlen(name1);
-        H5TOOLS_DEBUG("attr1_name: %s - %d", name1, j);
-        if (j > 0) {
-            opts->obj_name[0] = (char *)HDmalloc((size_t)j + 1);
-            HDstrncpy(opts->obj_name[0], name1, (size_t)j + 1);
+        sz = HDstrlen(name1);
+        H5TOOLS_DEBUG("attr1_name: %s - %d", name1, sz);
+        if (sz > 0) {
+            opts->obj_name[0] = (char *)HDmalloc(sz + 1);
+            HDstrncpy(opts->obj_name[0], name1, sz + 1);
         }
     }
     if (name2) {
-        j = (int)HDstrlen(name2);
-        H5TOOLS_DEBUG("attr2_name: %s - %d", name2, j);
-        if (j > 0) {
-            opts->obj_name[1] = (char *)HDmalloc((size_t)j + 1);
-            HDstrncpy(opts->obj_name[1], name2, (size_t)j + 1);
+        sz = HDstrlen(name2);
+        H5TOOLS_DEBUG("attr2_name: %s - %d", name2, sz);
+        if (sz > 0) {
+            opts->obj_name[1] = (char *)HDmalloc(sz + 1);
+            HDstrncpy(opts->obj_name[1], name2, sz + 1);
         }
     }
     H5TOOLS_DEBUG("attr_names: %s - %s", opts->obj_name[0], opts->obj_name[1]);
@@ -404,6 +404,9 @@ hsize_t diff_attr_data(hid_t attr1_id, hid_t attr2_id,
     /* pass dims1 and dims2 for maxdims as well since attribute's maxdims
     * are always same */
     if(diff_can_type(ftype1_id, ftype2_id, rank1, rank2, dims1, dims2, dims1, dims2, opts, 0) == 1) {
+
+        int j;
+
         /*-----------------------------------------------------------------
         * "upgrade" the smaller memory size
         *------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -461,22 +464,18 @@ hsize_t diff_attr_data(hid_t attr1_id, hid_t attr2_id,
 
         H5TOOLS_DEBUG("attr_names: %s - %s : %s - %s", name1, name2, path1, path2);
         if (name1) {
-            j = (int)HDstrlen(name1) + (int)HDstrlen(path1) + 7;
-            H5TOOLS_DEBUG("attr1_name: %s - %d", name1, j);
-            if (j > 0) {
-                opts->obj_name[0] = (char *)HDcalloc((size_t)j + 1, sizeof(char));
-                HDsnprintf(opts->obj_name[0], j, "%s of <%s>", name1, path1);
-                opts->obj_name[0][j] = '\0';
-            }
+            sz = HDstrlen(name1) + HDstrlen(path1) + 7;
+            H5TOOLS_DEBUG("attr1_name: %s - %d", name1, sz);
+            opts->obj_name[0] = (char *)HDcalloc(sz + 1, sizeof(char));
+            HDsnprintf(opts->obj_name[0], sz, "%s of <%s>", name1, path1);
+            opts->obj_name[0][sz] = '\0';
         }
         if (name2) {
-            j = (int)HDstrlen(name2) + (int)HDstrlen(path2) + 7;
-            H5TOOLS_DEBUG("attr2_name: %s - %d", name2, j);
-            if (j > 0) {
-                opts->obj_name[1] = (char *)HDcalloc((size_t)j + 1, sizeof(char));
-                HDsnprintf(opts->obj_name[1], j, "%s of <%s>", name2, path2);
-                opts->obj_name[1][j] = '\0';
-            }
+            sz = HDstrlen(name2) + HDstrlen(path2) + 7;
+            H5TOOLS_DEBUG("attr2_name: %s - %d", name2, sz);
+            opts->obj_name[1] = (char *)HDcalloc(sz + 1, sizeof(char));
+            HDsnprintf(opts->obj_name[1], sz, "%s of <%s>", name2, path2);
+            opts->obj_name[1][sz] = '\0';
         }
 
         /*---------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools.h b/tools/lib/h5tools.h
index 152ec1a..7d3f40a 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools.h
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke <matzke@llnl.gov>
+ * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
  *              Thursday, July 23, 1998
  *
  * Purpose:     Support functions for the various tools.
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_str.h b/tools/lib/h5tools_str.h
index 074e86d..65446ee 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_str.h
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_str.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling <wendling@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
+ * Programmer:  Bill Wendling
  *              Monday, 19. February 2001
  */
 #ifndef H5TOOLS_STR_H__
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c b/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c
index 1a1c2db..6167dd9 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ tmpfile(void)
  *  link_info->trg_path must be freed out of this function
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 int
-H5tools_get_symlink_info(hid_t file_id, const char * linkpath, h5tool_link_info_t *link_info, hbool_t get_obj_type)
+H5tools_get_symlink_info(hid_t file_id, const char *linkpath, h5tool_link_info_t *link_info, hbool_t get_obj_type)
 {
     htri_t l_ret;
     H5O_info2_t trg_oinfo;
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.h b/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.h
index 42144cc..07069cc 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.h
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling <wendling@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
+ * Programmer:  Bill Wendling
  *              Tuesday, 6. March 2001
  *
  * Purpose:     Support functions for the various tools.
diff --git a/tools/libtest/h5tools_test_utils.c b/tools/libtest/h5tools_test_utils.c
index 12360a7..244fd43 100644
--- a/tools/libtest/h5tools_test_utils.c
+++ b/tools/libtest/h5tools_test_utils.c
@@ -1003,6 +1003,7 @@ test_set_configured_fapl(void)
 
     hid_t            fapl_id = H5I_INVALID_HID;
     other_fa_t       wrong_fa = {0x432, 0xf82, 0x9093};
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     H5FD_ros3_fapl_t ros3_anon_fa = {1, FALSE, "", "", ""};
     H5FD_ros3_fapl_t ros3_auth_fa = {
         1,                            /* fapl version           */
@@ -1011,6 +1012,8 @@ test_set_configured_fapl(void)
         "12345677890abcdef",          /* simulate access key ID */
         "oiwnerwe9u0234nJw0-aoj+dsf", /* simulate secret key    */
     };
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t hdfs_fa = {
         1,    /* fapl version          */
         "",   /* namenode name         */
@@ -1019,6 +1022,7 @@ test_set_configured_fapl(void)
         "",   /* user name             */
         2048, /* stream buffer size    */
     };
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
     unsigned         n_cases = 7; /* number of common testcases */
     testcase         cases[] = {
         {   "(common) should fail: no fapl id",
diff --git a/tools/src/h5copy/h5copy.c b/tools/src/h5copy/h5copy.c
index 5b19ae7..a6e4d4e 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5copy/h5copy.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5copy/h5copy.c
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ main (int argc, const char *argv[])
     unsigned     flag = 0;
     unsigned     verbose = 0;
     unsigned     parents = 0;
-    hid_t        ocpl_id = (-1);          /* Object copy property list */
-    hid_t        lcpl_id = (-1);          /* Link creation property list */
+    hid_t        ocpl_id = H5I_INVALID_HID;          /* Object copy property list */
+    hid_t        lcpl_id = H5I_INVALID_HID;          /* Link creation property list */
     int          opt;
     int          li_ret;
     h5tool_link_info_t linkinfo;
diff --git a/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_common.c b/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_common.c
index a02ad5a..8ed2d37 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_common.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_common.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ static void check_options(diff_opt_t* opts)
     }
 }
 
+#if TRILABS-227
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function:    parse_hsize_list
  *
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ parse_subset_params(const char *dset)
 
     return s;
 }
-
+#endif
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: parse_command_line
@@ -479,10 +480,13 @@ void parse_command_line(int argc, const char* argv[], const char** fname1, const
     /*
      * TRILABS-227 is complete except for an issue with printing indices
      * the following calls will enable subsetting
+    */
+#if TRILABS-227
     opts->sset[0] = parse_subset_params(*objname1);
 
     opts->sset[1] = parse_subset_params(*objname2);
-    */
+#endif
+
     H5TOOLS_ENDDEBUG("");
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_main.c b/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_main.c
index 33d6570..e14447d 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_main.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_main.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * Return: An  exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some
  *   differences were found.
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
  *
  * Date: May 9, 2003
  *
diff --git a/tools/src/h5diff/ph5diff_main.c b/tools/src/h5diff/ph5diff_main.c
index c473c8b..2336378 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5diff/ph5diff_main.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5diff/ph5diff_main.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static void ph5diff_worker(int );
  * Return: An exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some
  *   differences were found.
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
  *
  * Date: May 9, 2003
  *
diff --git a/tools/src/h5format_convert/h5format_convert.c b/tools/src/h5format_convert/h5format_convert.c
index d63f36f..e60097b 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5format_convert/h5format_convert.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5format_convert/h5format_convert.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static struct long_options l_opts[] = {
         { NULL, 0, '\0' }
 };
 
-
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: usage
  *
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ error:
     return(-1); ;
 } /* parse_command_line() */
 
-
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: leave
  *
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ error:
     return -1;
 } /* end convert_dsets_cb() */
 
-
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: main
  *
diff --git a/tools/src/h5import/h5import.c b/tools/src/h5import/h5import.c
index 4a642e0..4221eec 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5import/h5import.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5import/h5import.c
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ static int readFloatData(FILE *strm, struct Input *in)
  *
  * Return: 0, ok, -1 no
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@hdfgroup.org
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
  *
  * Date: July, 26, 2007
  *
diff --git a/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c b/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
index 1b294da..0a641eb 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke <matzke@llnl.gov>
+ * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
  *              Monday, March 23, 1998
  */
 
diff --git a/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack.h b/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack.h
index caa1166..b124fdb 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack.h
+++ b/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack.h
@@ -101,25 +101,27 @@ typedef struct {
 
 /* all the above, ready to go to the hrepack call */
 typedef struct {
-    pack_opttbl_t   *op_tbl;        /*table with all -c and -f options */
-    int             all_layout;     /*apply the layout to all objects */
-    int             all_filter;     /*apply the filter to all objects */
+    pack_opttbl_t   *op_tbl;           /* table with all -c and -f options */
+    int             all_layout;        /* apply the layout to all objects */
+    int             all_filter;        /* apply the filter to all objects */
     filter_info_t   filter_g[H5_REPACK_MAX_NFILTERS];    /*global filter array for the ALL case */
-    int             n_filter_g;     /*number of global filters */
-    chunk_info_t    chunk_g;        /*global chunk INFO for the ALL case */
-    H5D_layout_t    layout_g;       /*global layout information for the ALL case */
-    int             verbose;        /*verbose mode */
-    hsize_t         min_comp;       /*minimum size to compress, in bytes */
-    int             use_native;     /*use a native type in write */
-    hbool_t         latest;         /*pack file with the latest file format */
-    H5F_libver_t    low_bound;      /* The file's low bound as in H5Fset_libver_bounds() */
-    H5F_libver_t    high_bound;     /* The file's high bound as in H5Fset_libver_bounds() */
-    hid_t           fin_fapl;       /* FAPL to use for opening the input file */
-    hid_t           fout_fapl;      /* FAPL to use for opening/creating the output file */
-    int             grp_compact;    /* Set the maximum number of links to store as header messages in the group */
-    int             grp_indexed;    /* Set the minimum number of links to store in the indexed format */
-    int             msg_size[8];    /* Minimum size of shared messages: dataspace,
-                                       datatype, fill value, filter pipleline, attribute */
+    int             n_filter_g;        /* number of global filters */
+    chunk_info_t    chunk_g;           /* global chunk INFO for the ALL case */
+    H5D_layout_t    layout_g;          /* global layout information for the ALL case */
+    int             verbose;           /* verbose mode */
+    hbool_t         merge;             /* Merge external file. */
+    hbool_t         prune;             /* Don't follow external file. */
+    hsize_t         min_comp;          /* minimum size to compress, in bytes */
+    int             use_native;        /* use a native type in write */
+    hbool_t         latest;            /* pack file with the latest file format */
+    H5F_libver_t    low_bound;         /* The file's low bound as in H5Fset_libver_bounds() */
+    H5F_libver_t    high_bound;        /* The file's high bound as in H5Fset_libver_bounds() */
+    hid_t           fin_fapl;          /* FAPL to use for opening the input file */
+    hid_t           fout_fapl;         /* FAPL to use for opening/creating the output file */
+    int             grp_compact;       /* Set the maximum number of links to store as header messages in the group */
+    int             grp_indexed;       /* Set the minimum number of links to store in the indexed format */
+    int             msg_size[8];       /* Minimum size of shared messages: dataspace,
+                                          datatype, fill value, filter pipleline, attribute */
     const char      *ublock_filename;  /* user block file name */
     hsize_t         ublock_size;       /* user block size */
     hsize_t         meta_block_size;   /* metadata aggregation block size (for H5Pset_meta_block_size) */
diff --git a/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_copy.c b/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_copy.c
index b1d6ab4..8f3496f 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_copy.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_copy.c
@@ -594,6 +594,8 @@ do_copy_objects(hid_t fidin, hid_t fidout, trav_table_t *travt,
     hid_t f_space_id = H5I_INVALID_HID; /* file space ID */
     hid_t ftype_id = H5I_INVALID_HID; /* file type ID */
     hid_t wtype_id = H5I_INVALID_HID; /* read/write type ID */
+    hid_t ocpl_id = H5I_INVALID_HID;  /* property to pass copy options */
+    hid_t lcpl_id = H5I_INVALID_HID;  /* link creation property list */
     named_dt_t *named_dt_head = NULL; /* Pointer to the stack of named datatypes copied */
     size_t msize;        /* size of type */
     hsize_t nelmts;      /* number of elements in dataset */
@@ -610,6 +612,7 @@ do_copy_objects(hid_t fidin, hid_t fidout, trav_table_t *travt,
     int req_filter;      /* there was a request for a filter */
     int req_obj_layout = 0; /* request layout to current object */
     unsigned crt_order_flags; /* group creation order flag */
+    h5tool_link_info_t linkinfo;
     unsigned i;
     unsigned u;
     int ifil;
@@ -619,6 +622,9 @@ do_copy_objects(hid_t fidin, hid_t fidout, trav_table_t *travt,
     hsize_t size_dset;
     int ret_value = 0;
 
+    /* init linkinfo struct */
+    HDmemset(&linkinfo, 0, sizeof(h5tool_link_info_t));
+
     /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
      * copy the supplied object list
      *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1137,26 +1143,25 @@ do_copy_objects(hid_t fidin, hid_t fidout, trav_table_t *travt,
                  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  */
                 else {
-                    hid_t pid = H5I_INVALID_HID;
-
                     /* create property to pass copy options */
-                    if ((pid = H5Pcreate(H5P_OBJECT_COPY)) < 0)
+                    if ((ocpl_id = H5Pcreate(H5P_OBJECT_COPY)) < 0)
                         H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR((-1), "H5Pcreate failed");
 
                     /* set options for object copy */
-                    if (H5Pset_copy_object(pid, H5O_COPY_WITHOUT_ATTR_FLAG) < 0)
+                    if (H5Pset_copy_object(ocpl_id, H5O_COPY_WITHOUT_ATTR_FLAG) < 0)
                         H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR((-1), "H5Pset_copy_object failed");
 
                     if (H5Ocopy(fidin, /* Source file or group identifier */
                             travt->objs[i].name, /* Name of the source object to be copied */
                             fidout, /* Destination file or group identifier  */
                             travt->objs[i].name, /* Name of the destination object  */
-                            pid, /* Properties which apply to the copy   */
+                            ocpl_id, /* Properties which apply to the copy   */
                             H5P_DEFAULT) < 0) /* Properties which apply to the new hard link */
                         H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR((-1), "H5Ocopy failed");
 
-                    if (H5Pclose(pid) < 0)
+                    if (H5Pclose(ocpl_id) < 0)
                         H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR((-1), "H5Pclose failed");
+                    ocpl_id = H5I_INVALID_HID;
 
                     /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      * Copy attrs manually
@@ -1228,11 +1233,61 @@ do_copy_objects(hid_t fidin, hid_t fidout, trav_table_t *travt,
                 if (options->verbose)
                     HDprintf(FORMAT_OBJ, "link", travt->objs[i].name);
 
-                if (H5Lcopy(fidin, travt->objs[i].name, fidout, travt->objs[i].name, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0)
-                    H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR((-1), "H5Lcopy failed");
+                /* Check -X option. */
+                if (options->merge) {
+                    if (H5tools_get_symlink_info(fidin, travt->objs[i].name, &linkinfo, 1) == 0) {
+                        /* dangling link */
+                        if (options->prune) {
+                            HDprintf("Pruned %s.\n", travt->objs[i].name);
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            if (H5Lcopy(fidin, travt->objs[i].name, fidout, travt->objs[i].name, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0)
+                                H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR((-1), "H5Lcopy failed");
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        /* valid link */
+                        /* create property to pass copy options */
+                        if ((ocpl_id = H5Pcreate(H5P_OBJECT_COPY)) < 0)
+                            H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR((-1), "H5Pcreate create property failed");
 
-                if (options->verbose)
-                    HDprintf(FORMAT_OBJ, "link", travt->objs[i].name);
+                        /* set options for object copy */
+                        if (H5Pset_copy_object(ocpl_id, H5O_COPY_EXPAND_EXT_LINK_FLAG) < 0)
+                            H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR((-1), "H5Pset_copy_object failed");
+
+                        /* Create link creation property list */
+                        if((lcpl_id = H5Pcreate(H5P_LINK_CREATE)) < 0) {
+                            H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR((-1), "H5Pcreate link creation property failed");
+                        }
+
+                        /* Set flag for intermediate group creation */
+                        if (H5Pset_create_intermediate_group(lcpl_id, TRUE) < 0)
+                            H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR((-1), "H5Pset_create_intermediate_group failed");
+
+                        if (H5Ocopy(fidin, travt->objs[i].name, fidout, travt->objs[i].name, ocpl_id, lcpl_id) < 0)
+                            H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR((-1), "H5Ocopy failed");
+
+                        if (H5Pclose(lcpl_id) < 0)
+                            H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR((-1), "H5Pclose failed");
+
+                        if (H5Pclose(ocpl_id) < 0)
+                            H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR((-1), "H5Pclose failed");
+                    }
+
+                    /* free link info path */
+                    if (linkinfo.trg_path)
+                        HDfree(linkinfo.trg_path);
+                    linkinfo.trg_path = NULL;
+                } /* options->merge */
+                else {
+                    if (options->prune) {
+                        HDprintf("Pruned %s.\n", travt->objs[i].name);
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        if (H5Lcopy(fidin, travt->objs[i].name, fidout, travt->objs[i].name, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0)
+                            H5TOOLS_GOTO_ERROR((-1), "H5Lcopy failed");
+                    }
+                }
                 break;
 
             default:
@@ -1249,15 +1304,22 @@ done:
         if (named_datatype_free(&named_dt_head, 0) < 0)
             H5TOOLS_ERROR((-1), "named_datatype_free failed");
     }
-    else
+    else {
         H5E_BEGIN_TRY {
             named_datatype_free(&named_dt_head, 1);
         } H5E_END_TRY;
+    }
+
+    /* free link info path */
+    if (linkinfo.trg_path)
+        HDfree(linkinfo.trg_path);
 
     H5E_BEGIN_TRY
     {
         H5Gclose(grp_in);
         H5Gclose(grp_out);
+        H5Pclose(lcpl_id);
+        H5Pclose(ocpl_id);
         H5Pclose(dcpl_in);
         H5Pclose(gcpl_in);
         H5Pclose(gcpl_out);
diff --git a/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_main.c b/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_main.c
index 0ad61c0..cf0c611 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_main.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_main.c
@@ -32,36 +32,38 @@ const char *outfile = NULL;
  * Command-line options: The user can specify short or long-named
  * parameters.
  */
-static const char *s_opts = "hVvf:l:m:e:nLj:k:c:d:s:u:b:M:t:a:i:o:S:P:T:G:q:z:E";
+static const char *s_opts = "a:b:c:d:e:f:hi:j:k:l:m:no:q:s:t:u:vz:EG:LM:P:S:T:VXW1:2:3:4:5:6:";
 static struct long_options l_opts[] = {
-    { "help",                no_arg,      'h' },
-    { "version",             no_arg,      'V' },
-    { "verbose",             no_arg,      'v' },
+    { "alignment",           require_arg, 'a' },
+    { "block",               require_arg, 'b' },
+    { "compact",             require_arg, 'c' },
+    { "indexed",             require_arg, 'd' },
+    { "file",                require_arg, 'e' },
     { "filter",              require_arg, 'f' },
+    { "help",                no_arg,      'h' },
+    { "infile",              require_arg, 'i' }, /* for backward compability */
+    { "low",                 require_arg, 'j' },
+    { "high",                require_arg, 'k' },
     { "layout",              require_arg, 'l' },
     { "minimum",             require_arg, 'm' },
-    { "file",                require_arg, 'e' },
     { "native",              no_arg,      'n' },
-    { "latest",              no_arg,      'L' },
-    { "low",                 require_arg, 'j' },
-    { "high",                require_arg, 'k' },
-    { "compact",             require_arg, 'c' },
-    { "indexed",             require_arg, 'd' },
+    { "outfile",             require_arg, 'o' }, /* for backward compability */
+    { "sort_by",             require_arg, 'q' },
     { "ssize",               require_arg, 's' },
+    { "threshold",           require_arg, 't' },
     { "ublock",              require_arg, 'u' },
-    { "block",               require_arg, 'b' },
+    { "verbose",             no_arg,      'v' },
+    { "sort_order",          require_arg, 'z' },
+    { "enable-error-stack",  no_arg,      'E' },
+    { "fs_pagesize",         require_arg, 'G' },
+    { "latest",              no_arg,      'L' },
     { "metadata_block_size", require_arg, 'M' },
-    { "threshold",           require_arg, 't' },
-    { "alignment",           require_arg, 'a' },
-    { "infile",              require_arg, 'i' }, /* for backward compability */
-    { "outfile",             require_arg, 'o' }, /* for backward compability */
-    { "fs_strategy",         require_arg, 'S' },
     { "fs_persist",          require_arg, 'P' },
+    { "fs_strategy",         require_arg, 'S' },
     { "fs_threshold",        require_arg, 'T' },
-    { "fs_pagesize",         require_arg, 'G' },
-    { "sort_by",             require_arg, 'q' },
-    { "sort_order",          require_arg, 'z' },
-    { "enable-error-stack",  no_arg,      'E' },
+    { "version",             no_arg,      'V' },
+    { "merge",               no_arg,      'X' },
+    { "prune",               no_arg,      'W' },
     { "src-vol-value",       require_arg, '1' },
     { "src-vol-name",        require_arg, '2' },
     { "src-vol-info",        require_arg, '3' },
@@ -113,6 +115,9 @@ static void usage(const char *prog) {
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "   --high=BOUND            The high bound for library release versions to use\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "                           when creating objects in the file\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "                           (default is H5F_LIBVER_LATEST)\n");
+    PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "   --merge                 Follow external soft link recursively and merge data\n");
+    PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "   --prune                 Do not follow external soft links and remove link\n");
+    PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "   --merge --prune         Follow external link, merge data and remove dangling link\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "   -c L1, --compact=L1     Maximum number of links in header messages\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "   -d L2, --indexed=L2     Minimum number of links in the indexed format\n");
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "   -s S[:F], --ssize=S[:F] Shared object header message minimum size\n");
@@ -545,6 +550,14 @@ int parse_command_line(int argc, const char **argv, pack_opt_t* options)
                 options->high_bound = bound;
                 break;
 
+            case 'X':
+                options->merge = TRUE;
+                break;
+
+            case 'W':
+                options->prune = TRUE;
+                break;
+
             case 'c':
                 options->grp_compact = HDatoi( opt_arg );
                 if (options->grp_compact > 0)
diff --git a/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_parse.c b/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_parse.c
index 95cacc1..50ccd7a 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_parse.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_parse.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ obj_list_t* parse_filter(const char *str, unsigned *n_objs, filter_info_t *filt,
  * Example:
  * "AA,B,CDE:CHUNK=10X10"
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
  *
  * Date: December 30, 2003
  *
diff --git a/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_refs.c b/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_refs.c
index 2685823..5baabb6 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_refs.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_refs.c
@@ -537,7 +537,6 @@ static int copy_refs_attr(hid_t loc_in,
                KY 2020-02-07
             */
             is_ref_comp = (ref_comp_field_n > 0);
-
         }
 
 
diff --git a/tools/src/misc/h5debug.c b/tools/src/misc/h5debug.c
index f986354..6fa8b5f 100644
--- a/tools/src/misc/h5debug.c
+++ b/tools/src/misc/h5debug.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *
  * Created:             debug.c
  *                      Jul 18 1997
- *                      Robb Matzke <matzke@llnl.gov>
+ *                      Robb Matzke
  *
  * Purpose:             Debugs an existing HDF5 file at a low level.
  *
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ get_H5FA_class(const uint8_t *sig)
  *              Failure:        exit (non-zero)
  *
  * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              matzke@llnl.gov
  *              Jul 18 1997
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tools/src/misc/h5mkgrp.c b/tools/src/misc/h5mkgrp.c
index 4d2d2b8..ad3b7b8 100644
--- a/tools/src/misc/h5mkgrp.c
+++ b/tools/src/misc/h5mkgrp.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ typedef struct mkgrp_opt_t {
 
 mkgrp_opt_t params_g;           /* Command line parameter settings */
 
-
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function:    leave
  *
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ leave(int ret)
     HDexit(ret);
 } /* end leave() */
 
-
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: usage
  *
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ usage(const char *prog)
     PRINTVALSTREAM(rawoutstream, "\n");
 } /* end usage() */
 
-
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function:    parse_command_line
  *
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *argv[], mkgrp_opt_t *options)
     return 0;
 } /* parse_command_line() */
 
-
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: main
  *
diff --git a/tools/src/misc/h5repart.c b/tools/src/misc/h5repart.c
index d516fa0..371cf2c 100644
--- a/tools/src/misc/h5repart.c
+++ b/tools/src/misc/h5repart.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke <matzke@llnl.gov>
+ * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
  *              Wednesday, May 13, 1998
  *
  * Purpose:    Repartitions a file family.  This program can be used to
diff --git a/tools/test/h5copy/testh5copy.sh.in b/tools/test/h5copy/testh5copy.sh.in
index 2440ca4..ebbcb6c 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5copy/testh5copy.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/h5copy/testh5copy.sh.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #
 # Tests for the h5copy tool
 #
-# Pedro Vicente Nunes (pvn@hdfgroup.org), Albert Cheng (acheng@hdfgroup.org)
+# Pedro Vicente Nunes, Albert Cheng
 # Thursday, July 20, 2006
 #
 
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ TOOLTEST()
         fi
         runh5diff=no
     fi
+
     if [ "$3" = -o ]; then
         outputfile=$4
     else
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ TOOLTEST()
         $RUNSERIAL $H5COPY_BIN $@
     ) > $actualout 2> $actualerr
     RET=$?
+
     if [ $RET != 0 ]; then
         echo "*FAILED*"
         echo "failed result is:"
@@ -268,6 +270,7 @@ TOOLTEST_PREFILL()
         $RUNSERIAL $H5COPY_BIN  -i $inputfile -o $outputfile -v -s $grp_name -d $grp_name2
     ) > $actualout 2> $actualerr
     RET=$?
+
     if [ $RET != 0 ]; then
         echo "*FAILED*"
         echo "failed result is:"
@@ -282,6 +285,7 @@ TOOLTEST_PREFILL()
             $RUNSERIAL $H5COPY_BIN  -i $inputfile -o $outputfile -v -s $obj_name -d $obj_name2
         ) > $actualout 2> $actualerr
         RET=$?
+
         if [ $RET != 0 ]; then
             echo "*FAILED*"
             echo "failed result is:"
@@ -313,6 +317,7 @@ TOOLTEST_SAME()
     else
         runh5diff=no
     fi
+
     if [ "$3" = -o ]; then
         outputfile=$4
     else
@@ -330,6 +335,7 @@ TOOLTEST_SAME()
         $RUNSERIAL $H5COPY_BIN  -i $inputfile -o $outputfile -v -s $grp_name -d $grp_name
     ) > $actualout 2> $actualerr
     RET=$?
+
     if [ $RET != 0 ]; then
         echo "*FAILED*"
         echo "failed result is:"
@@ -344,6 +350,7 @@ TOOLTEST_SAME()
             $RUNSERIAL $H5COPY_BIN  -i $outputfile -o $outputfile -v -s $grp_name -d $grp_name2
         ) > $actualout 2> $actualerr
         RET=$?
+
         if [ $RET != 0 ]; then
             echo "*FAILED*"
             echo "failed result is:"
@@ -406,6 +413,7 @@ TOOLTEST_FAIL()
     if [ "$1" = -i ]; then
         inputfile=$2
     fi
+
     if [ "$3" = -o ]; then
         outputfile=$4
     fi
@@ -417,8 +425,8 @@ TOOLTEST_FAIL()
         #echo "#############################"
         $RUNSERIAL $H5COPY_BIN $@
     ) > $actualout 2> $actualerr
-
     RET=$?
+
     # save actualout and actualerr in case they are needed later.
     cp $actualout $actualout_sav
     STDOUT_FILTER $actualout
diff --git a/tools/test/h5diff/CMakeTests.cmake b/tools/test/h5diff/CMakeTests.cmake
index 74e3929..4e8e8d1 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5diff/CMakeTests.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5diff/CMakeTests.cmake
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5DIFF_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5diff_80.txt
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5DIFF_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5diff_800.txt
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5DIFF_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5diff_801.txt
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5DIFF_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5diff_830.txt
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5DIFF_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5diff_90.txt
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5DIFF_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5diff_8625.txt
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5DIFF_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5diff_8639.txt
@@ -341,9 +342,10 @@
   # Overwrite system dependent files (Windows) and not VS2015
   #
   set (COPY_WINDOWS_FILES false)
-  if (MINGW)
-    set (COPY_WINDOWS_FILES true)
-  endif ()
+  # MinGW tests may depend on host system
+  #if (MINGW)
+  #  set (COPY_WINDOWS_FILES true)
+  #endif ()
   if (WIN32 AND MSVC_VERSION LESS 1900)
     set (COPY_WINDOWS_FILES true)
   endif ()
@@ -918,6 +920,8 @@
           h5diff_800.out.err
           h5diff_801.out
           h5diff_801.out.err
+          h5diff_830.out
+          h5diff_830.out.err
           h5diff_8625.out
           h5diff_8625.out.err
           h5diff_8639.out
@@ -1543,6 +1547,11 @@ ADD_H5_TEST (h5diff_800 1 -v ${FILE7} ${FILE8} /g1/array /g1/array)
 ADD_H5_TEST (h5diff_801 1 -v ${FILE7} ${FILE8A} /g1/array /g1/array)
 
 # ##############################################################################
+# # dataset subsets
+# ##############################################################################
+#TRILABS-227 ADD_H5_TEST (h5diff_830 1 --enable-error-stack -v ${FILE7} ${FILE8} /g1/array3D[0,0,0;2,2,1;2,2,2;] /g1/array3D[0,0,0;2,2,1;2,2,2;])
+
+# ##############################################################################
 # # VDS tests
 # ##############################################################################
 ADD_H5_TEST (h5diff_v1 0 -v ${FILEV1} ${FILEV2})
diff --git a/tools/test/h5diff/h5diff_plugin.sh.in b/tools/test/h5diff/h5diff_plugin.sh.in
index 341cba5..ffc43da 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5diff/h5diff_plugin.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/h5diff/h5diff_plugin.sh.in
@@ -135,24 +135,24 @@ CLEAN_TESTFILES_AND_TESTDIR()
 #   -h   print help page
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     case "$1" in
-    -p)    # reset the tool name and bin to run ph5diff tests
-    TESTNAME=ph5diff
-    H5DIFF=../../src/h5diff/ph5diff  # The tool name
-    H5DIFF_BIN=`pwd`/$H5DIFF    # The path of the tool binary
-    pmode=yes
-    shift
-    ;;
+    -p) # reset the tool name and bin to run ph5diff tests
+        TESTNAME=ph5diff
+        H5DIFF=../../src/h5diff/ph5diff  # The tool name
+        H5DIFF_BIN=`pwd`/$H5DIFF    # The path of the tool binary
+        pmode=yes
+        shift
+        ;;
     -h) # print help page
-    echo "$0 [-p] [-h]"
-    echo "    -p   run ph5diff tests"
-    echo "    -h   print help page"
-    shift
-    exit 0
-    ;;
+        echo "$0 [-p] [-h]"
+        echo "    -p   run ph5diff tests"
+        echo "    -h   print help page"
+        shift
+        exit 0
+        ;;
     *)  # unknown option
         echo "$0: Unknown option ($1)"
-    exit 1
-    ;;
+        exit 1
+        ;;
     esac
 done
 
@@ -218,19 +218,21 @@ TOOLTEST() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $H5DIFF $@
     (
-    #echo "#############################"
-    #echo "Expected output for '$H5DIFF $@'"
-    #echo "#############################"
-    cd $TESTDIR
-    eval $ENVCMD $RUNCMD $H5DIFF_BIN "$@"
+        #echo "#############################"
+        #echo "Expected output for '$H5DIFF $@'"
+        #echo "#############################"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        eval $ENVCMD $RUNCMD $H5DIFF_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
     EXIT_CODE=$?
+
     # 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
+
     # don't add exit code check in pmode, as it causes failure. (exit code
     # is from mpirun not tool)
     # if any problem occurs relate to an exit code, it will be caught in
@@ -260,27 +262,29 @@ TOOLTEST() {
         actual_sorted=actual_sorted
         sort $expect -o $expect_sorted
         sort $actual -o $actual_sorted
+
         # remove "EXIT CODE:" line from expect file. test for exit code
         # is done by serial mode.
         grep -v "EXIT CODE:" $expect_sorted > $expect_sorted.noexit
         mv $expect_sorted.noexit $expect_sorted
-    if $CMP $expect_sorted $actual_sorted; then
-        echo " PASSED"
-    else
-        echo "*FAILED*"
-        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-        if test yes = "$verbose"; then
-        echo "====Expected result ($expect_sorted) differs from actual result ($actual_sorted)"
-        $DIFF $expect_sorted $actual_sorted |sed 's/^/    /'
-        echo "====The actual output ($actual_sav)"
-        sed 's/^/    /' < $actual_sav
-        echo "====The actual stderr ($actual_err_sav)"
-        sed 's/^/    /' < $actual_err_sav
-        echo "====End of actual stderr ($actual_err_sav)"
-        echo ""
+
+        if $CMP $expect_sorted $actual_sorted; then
+            echo " PASSED"
+        else
+            echo "*FAILED*"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+            if test yes = "$verbose"; then
+                echo "====Expected result ($expect_sorted) differs from actual result ($actual_sorted)"
+                $DIFF $expect_sorted $actual_sorted |sed 's/^/    /'
+                echo "====The actual output ($actual_sav)"
+                sed 's/^/    /' < $actual_sav
+                echo "====The actual stderr ($actual_err_sav)"
+                sed 's/^/    /' < $actual_err_sav
+                echo "====End of actual stderr ($actual_err_sav)"
+                echo ""
+            fi
         fi
     fi
-    fi
 
     # Clean up output file
     if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
@@ -306,18 +310,20 @@ TOOLTEST_ERR() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $H5DIFF $@
     (
-    #echo "#############################"
-    #echo "Expected output for '$H5DIFF $@'"
-    #echo "#############################"
-    cd $TESTDIR
-    eval $ENVCMD $RUNCMD $H5DIFF_BIN "$@"
+        #echo "#############################"
+        #echo "Expected output for '$H5DIFF $@'"
+        #echo "#############################"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        eval $ENVCMD $RUNCMD $H5DIFF_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
     EXIT_CODE=$?
+
     # 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
+
     # don't add exit code check in pmode, as it causes failure. (exit code
     # is from mpirun not tool)
     # if any problem occurs relate to an exit code, it will be caught in
@@ -348,23 +354,24 @@ TOOLTEST_ERR() {
         sort $expect_err -o $expect_sorted
         sort $actual_err -o $actual_sorted
         mv $expect_sorted.noexit $expect_sorted
-    if $CMP $expect_sorted $actual_sorted; then
-        echo " PASSED"
-    else
-        echo "*FAILED*"
-        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-        if test yes = "$verbose"; then
-        echo "====Expected result ($expect_sorted) differs from actual result ($actual_sorted)"
-        $DIFF $expect_sorted $actual_sorted |sed 's/^/    /'
-        echo "====The actual output ($actual_sav)"
-        sed 's/^/    /' < $actual_sav
-        echo "====The actual stderr ($actual_err_sav)"
-        sed 's/^/    /' < $actual_err_sav
-        echo "====End of actual stderr ($actual_err_sav)"
-        echo ""
+
+        if $CMP $expect_sorted $actual_sorted; then
+            echo " PASSED"
+        else
+            echo "*FAILED*"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+            if test yes = "$verbose"; then
+                echo "====Expected result ($expect_sorted) differs from actual result ($actual_sorted)"
+                $DIFF $expect_sorted $actual_sorted |sed 's/^/    /'
+                echo "====The actual output ($actual_sav)"
+                sed 's/^/    /' < $actual_sav
+                echo "====The actual stderr ($actual_err_sav)"
+                sed 's/^/    /' < $actual_err_sav
+                echo "====End of actual stderr ($actual_err_sav)"
+                echo ""
+            fi
         fi
     fi
-    fi
 
     # Clean up output file
     if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
diff --git a/tools/test/h5diff/h5diffgentest.c b/tools/test/h5diff/h5diffgentest.c
index bdc2ddc..173a5ce 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5diff/h5diffgentest.c
+++ b/tools/test/h5diff/h5diffgentest.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ size_t H5TOOLS_MALLOCSIZE = (128 * 1024 * 1024);
  *
  * Purpose: generate files for h5diff testing
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
  *
  * Date: November 12, 2003
  *
@@ -8035,7 +8035,6 @@ void test_double_epsilon(const char *fname1, const char *fname2)
 {
     hid_t    fid1 = H5I_INVALID_HID, fid2 = H5I_INVALID_HID;
     hsize_t  dims1[2] = { 4, 7 };
-    hsize_t  dims2[2] = { 4, 7 };
     double   wdata[4][7];
     int i, j;
 
diff --git a/tools/test/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_830.txt b/tools/test/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_830.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f00d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_830.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+dataset: </g1/array3D> and </g1/array3D>
+size:           [4x3x2]           [4x3x2]
+position        array3D         array3D         difference          
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[ 0 0 0 ]          1               0               1              
+[ 0 0 0 ]          2               0               2              
+[ 0 0 0 ]          3               0               3              
+[ 0 0 1 ]          4               0               4              
+[ 0 0 1 ]          5               0               5              
+[ 0 0 1 ]          6               0               6              
+[ 0 2 0 ]          13              0               13             
+[ 0 2 0 ]          14              0               14             
+[ 0 2 0 ]          15              0               15             
+[ 0 2 1 ]          16              0               16             
+[ 0 2 1 ]          17              0               17             
+[ 0 2 1 ]          18              0               18             
+[ 2 0 0 ]          37              0               37             
+[ 2 0 0 ]          38              0               38             
+[ 2 0 0 ]          39              0               39             
+[ 2 0 1 ]          40              0               40             
+[ 2 0 1 ]          41              0               41             
+[ 2 0 1 ]          42              0               42             
+[ 2 2 0 ]          49              0               49             
+[ 2 2 0 ]          50              0               50             
+[ 2 2 0 ]          51              0               51             
+[ 2 2 1 ]          52              0               52             
+[ 2 2 1 ]          53              0               53             
+[ 2 2 1 ]          54              0               54             
+24 differences found
+EXIT CODE: 1
diff --git a/tools/test/h5diff/testh5diff.sh.in b/tools/test/h5diff/testh5diff.sh.in
index 4e622ee..587c340 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5diff/testh5diff.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/h5diff/testh5diff.sh.in
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ $SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES/h5diff_710.txt
 $SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES/h5diff_80.txt
 $SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES/h5diff_800.txt
 $SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES/h5diff_801.txt
+$SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES/h5diff_830.txt
 $SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES/h5diff_90.txt
 $SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES/h5diff_8625.txt
 $SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES/h5diff_8639.txt
@@ -500,18 +501,20 @@ TOOLTEST() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $H5DIFF $@
     (
-    #echo "#############################"
-    #echo "Expected output for '$H5DIFF $@'"
-    #echo "#############################"
-    cd $TESTDIR
-    eval $RUNCMD $H5DIFF_BIN "$@"
+        #echo "#############################"
+        #echo "Expected output for '$H5DIFF $@'"
+        #echo "#############################"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        eval $RUNCMD $H5DIFF_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
     EXIT_CODE=$?
+
     # 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
+
     # don't add exit code check in pmode, as it causes failure. (exit code
     # is from mpirun not tool)
     # if any problem occurs relate to an exit code, it will be caught in
@@ -545,23 +548,24 @@ TOOLTEST() {
         # is done by serial mode.
         grep -v "EXIT CODE:" $expect_sorted > $expect_sorted.noexit
         mv $expect_sorted.noexit $expect_sorted
-    if $CMP $expect_sorted $actual_sorted; then
-        echo " PASSED"
-    else
-        echo "*FAILED*"
-        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-        if test yes = "$verbose"; then
-        echo "====Expected result ($expect_sorted) differs from actual result ($actual_sorted)"
-        $DIFF $expect_sorted $actual_sorted |sed 's/^/    /'
-        echo "====The actual output ($actual_sav)"
-        sed 's/^/    /' < $actual_sav
-        echo "====The actual stderr ($actual_err_sav)"
-        sed 's/^/    /' < $actual_err_sav
-        echo "====End of actual stderr ($actual_err_sav)"
-        echo ""
+
+        if $CMP $expect_sorted $actual_sorted; then
+            echo " PASSED"
+        else
+            echo "*FAILED*"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+            if test yes = "$verbose"; then
+            echo "====Expected result ($expect_sorted) differs from actual result ($actual_sorted)"
+            $DIFF $expect_sorted $actual_sorted |sed 's/^/    /'
+            echo "====The actual output ($actual_sav)"
+            sed 's/^/    /' < $actual_sav
+            echo "====The actual stderr ($actual_err_sav)"
+            sed 's/^/    /' < $actual_err_sav
+            echo "====End of actual stderr ($actual_err_sav)"
+            echo ""
+            fi
         fi
     fi
-    fi
 
     # Clean up output file
     if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
@@ -1199,6 +1203,11 @@ TOOLTEST h5diff_800.txt -v h5diff_dset1.h5 h5diff_dset2.h5 /g1/array /g1/array
 TOOLTEST h5diff_801.txt -v h5diff_dset1.h5 h5diff_dset3.h5 /g1/array /g1/array
 
 # ##############################################################################
+# # dataset subsets
+# ##############################################################################
+#TRILABS-227 TOOLTEST h5diff_830.txt --enable-error-stack -v h5diff_dset1.h5 h5diff_dset2.h5 /g1/array3D[0,0,0;2,2,1;2,2,2;] /g1/array3D[0,0,0;2,2,1;2,2,2;]
+
+# ##############################################################################
 # VDS tests
 # ##############################################################################
 TOOLTEST h5diff_v1.txt -v 1_vds.h5 2_vds.h5
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/h5dump_plugin.sh.in b/tools/test/h5dump/h5dump_plugin.sh.in
index 6a00a16..d940ab3 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/h5dump_plugin.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/h5dump_plugin.sh.in
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ TOOLTEST() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $H5DUMP $@
     (
-    cd $TESTDIR
-      $ENVCMD $RUNSERIAL $H5DUMP_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $ENVCMD $RUNSERIAL $H5DUMP_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
@@ -192,24 +192,24 @@ TOOLTEST() {
     STDERR_FILTER $actual_err
     cat $actual_err >> $actual
 
-  if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+    if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     elif $CMP $expect $actual > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-     echo " PASSED"
+        echo " PASSED"
     else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $caseless $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $caseless $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 $actual_ext
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav $actual_ext
     fi
 
 }
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c b/tools/test/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c
index 731e233..3bb6604 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c
@@ -3964,7 +3964,7 @@ static void gent_char(void)
  *
  * Return: void
  *
- * Programmer: pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
  *
  * Date: May 28, 2003
  *
@@ -4404,7 +4404,7 @@ static void write_attr_in(hid_t loc_id,
  *
  * Return: void
  *
- * Programmer: pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
  *
  * Date: May 28, 2003
  *
@@ -4854,7 +4854,7 @@ static void write_dset_in(hid_t loc_id,
  *
  * Return: void
  *
- * Programmer: pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
  *
  * Date: May 19, 2003
  *
@@ -4923,7 +4923,7 @@ static void gent_attr_all(void)
  *
  * Purpose: utility function to write an attribute
  *
- * Programmer: pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
  *
  * Date: May 19, 2003
  *
@@ -4962,7 +4962,7 @@ int write_attr(hid_t loc_id, int rank, hsize_t *dims, const char *attr_name,
  *
  * Return:
  *
- * Programmer: pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
  *
  * Date: May 27, 2003
  *
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dump.sh.in b/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dump.sh.in
index 53c8927..b69346e 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dump.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dump.sh.in
@@ -465,14 +465,14 @@ TESTING() {
 TOOLTEST() {
     # check if caseless compare and diff requested
     if [ "$1" = ignorecase ]; then
-    caseless="-i"
-    # replace cmp with diff which runs much longer.
-    xCMP="$DIFF -i"
-    shift
+        caseless="-i"
+        # replace cmp with diff which runs much longer.
+        xCMP="$DIFF -i"
+        shift
     else
-    caseless=""
-    # stick with faster cmp if ignorecase is not requested.
-    xCMP="$CMP"
+        caseless=""
+        # stick with faster cmp if ignorecase is not requested.
+        xCMP="$CMP"
     fi
 
     expect="$TESTDIR/$1"
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ TOOLTEST() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-    cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
@@ -495,24 +495,24 @@ TOOLTEST() {
     cp $actual_err $actual_err_sav
     STDERR_FILTER $actual_err
 
-  if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+    if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     elif $xCMP $expect $actual > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-     echo " PASSED"
+        echo " PASSED"
     else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $caseless $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $caseless $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 $actual_ext
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav $actual_ext
     fi
 
 }
@@ -534,41 +534,41 @@ TOOLTEST2() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-    elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-      if [ ! -f $expectdata ]; then
-      # Create the expect data file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
         echo " CREATED"
-        cp $actualdata $expectdata
-        echo "    Expected data (*.exp) missing"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
         nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-      elif $CMP $expectdata $actualdata; then
-        echo " PASSED"
-      else
+    elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
+        if [ ! -f $expectdata ]; then
+            # Create the expect data file if it doesn't yet exist.
+            echo " CREATED"
+            cp $actualdata $expectdata
+            echo "    Expected data (*.exp) missing"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        elif $CMP $expectdata $actualdata; then
+            echo " PASSED"
+        else
+            echo "*FAILED*"
+            echo "    Expected datafile (*.exp) differs from actual datafile (*.txt)"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+            test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expectdata $actualdata |sed 's/^/    /'
+        fi
+    else
         echo "*FAILED*"
-        echo "    Expected datafile (*.exp) differs from actual datafile (*.txt)"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
         nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-        test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expectdata $actualdata |sed 's/^/    /'
-      fi
-    else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
     fi
 
     # Clean up output file
     if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
-     rm -f $actual $actualdata $actual_err
+        rm -f $actual $actualdata $actual_err
     fi
 
 }
@@ -592,56 +592,55 @@ TOOLTEST2A() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-    elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-      if [ ! -f $expectdata ]; then
-      # Create the expect data file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
         echo " CREATED"
-        cp $actualdata $expectdata
-        echo "    Expected data (*.exp) missing"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
         nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-      elif $DIFF $expectdata $actualdata; then
-        if [ ! -f $expectmeta ]; then
-        # Create the expect meta file if it doesn't yet exist.
-          echo " CREATED"
-          cp $actualmeta $expectmeta
-          echo "    Expected metafile (*.ddl) missing"
-          nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-        elif $CMP $expectmeta $actualmeta; then
-          echo " PASSED"
+    elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
+        if [ ! -f $expectdata ]; then
+            # Create the expect data file if it doesn't yet exist.
+            echo " CREATED"
+            cp $actualdata $expectdata
+            echo "    Expected data (*.exp) missing"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        elif $DIFF $expectdata $actualdata; then
+            if [ ! -f $expectmeta ]; then
+                # Create the expect meta file if it doesn't yet exist.
+                echo " CREATED"
+                cp $actualmeta $expectmeta
+                echo "    Expected metafile (*.ddl) missing"
+                nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+            elif $CMP $expectmeta $actualmeta; then
+                echo " PASSED"
+            else
+                echo "*FAILED*"
+                echo "    Expected metafile (*.ddl) differs from actual metafile (*.txt)"
+                nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+                test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expectmeta $actualmeta |sed 's/^/    /'
+            fi
         else
-          echo "*FAILED*"
-          echo "    Expected metafile (*.ddl) differs from actual metafile (*.txt)"
-          nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-          test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expectmeta $actualmeta |sed 's/^/    /'
+            echo "*FAILED*"
+            echo "    Expected datafile (*.exp) differs from actual datafile (*.txt)"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+            test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expectdata $actualdata |sed 's/^/    /'
         fi
-      else
+    else
         echo "*FAILED*"
-        echo "    Expected datafile (*.exp) differs from actual datafile (*.txt)"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
         nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-        test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expectdata $actualdata |sed 's/^/    /'
-      fi
-    else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
     fi
 
     # Clean up output file
     if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
-     rm -f $actual $actualdata $actual_err $actualmeta
+        rm -f $actual $actualdata $actual_err $actualmeta
     fi
-
 }
 
 # same as TOOLTEST2 but only compares the generated data file to the expected data file
@@ -658,28 +657,28 @@ TOOLTEST2B() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     if [ ! -f $expectdata ]; then
-    # Create the expect data file if it doesn't yet exist.
-      echo " CREATED"
-      cp $actualdata $expectdata
-      echo "    Expected data (*.exp) missing"
-      nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        # Create the expect data file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actualdata $expectdata
+        echo "    Expected data (*.exp) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     elif $CMP $expectdata $actualdata; then
-      echo " PASSED"
+        echo " PASSED"
     else
-      echo "*FAILED*"
-      echo "    Expected datafile (*.exp) differs from actual datafile (*.txt)"
-      nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-      test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expectdata $actualdata |sed 's/^/    /'
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected datafile (*.exp) differs from actual datafile (*.txt)"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expectdata $actualdata |sed 's/^/    /'
     fi
 
     # Clean up output file
     if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
-     rm -f $actual $actualdata $actual_err
+        rm -f $actual $actualdata $actual_err
     fi
 
 }
@@ -699,8 +698,8 @@ TOOLTEST3() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
@@ -719,23 +718,23 @@ TOOLTEST3() {
      $actual_err > $actual_ext
 
     if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-     echo " PASSED"
+        echo " PASSED"
     else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+        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
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav
     fi
 
 }
@@ -757,8 +756,8 @@ TOOLTEST4() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $ENVCMD $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $ENVCMD $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
@@ -777,30 +776,30 @@ TOOLTEST4() {
      $actual_err > $actual_ext
 
     if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-     if $CMP $expect_err $actual_ext; then
-      echo " PASSED"
-     else
-      echo "*FAILED*"
-      echo "    Expected result (*.err) differs from actual result (*.oerr)"
-      nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-      test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect_err $actual_ext |sed 's/^/    /'
-     fi
+        if $CMP $expect_err $actual_ext; then
+            echo " PASSED"
+        else
+            echo "*FAILED*"
+            echo "    Expected result (*.err) differs from actual result (*.oerr)"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+            test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect_err $actual_ext |sed 's/^/    /'
+        fi
     else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+        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
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav
     fi
 
 }
@@ -822,8 +821,8 @@ TOOLTEST5() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $ENVCMD $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $ENVCMD $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
@@ -842,33 +841,33 @@ TOOLTEST5() {
      $actual_err > $actual_ext
 
     if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-     if $CMP $expect_err $actual_ext; then
-      echo " PASSED"
-     else
-      echo "*FAILED*"
-      echo "    Expected result (*.err) differs from actual result (*.oerr)"
-      nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-      test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect_err $actual_ext |sed 's/^/    /'
-     fi
+        if $CMP $expect_err $actual_ext; then
+            echo " PASSED"
+        else
+            echo "*FAILED*"
+            echo "    Expected result (*.err) differs from actual result (*.oerr)"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+            test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect_err $actual_ext |sed 's/^/    /'
+        fi
     else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+        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
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav
     fi
-
 }
+
 # ADD_HELP_TEST
 TOOLTEST_HELP() {
 
@@ -880,27 +879,27 @@ TOOLTEST_HELP() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     if [ ! -f $expectdata ]; then
-    # Create the expect data file if it doesn't yet exist.
-      echo " CREATED"
-      cp $actual $expect-CREATED
-      echo "    Expected output (*.txt) missing"
-      nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        # Create the expect data file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect-CREATED
+        echo "    Expected output (*.txt) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-      echo " PASSED"
+        echo " PASSED"
     else
-      echo "*FAILED*"
-      echo "    Expected output (*.txt) differs from actual output (*.out)"
-      nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected output (*.txt) differs from actual output (*.out)"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     fi
 
     # Clean up output file
     if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
-     rm -f $actual $actual_err
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err
     fi
 
 }
@@ -920,14 +919,16 @@ GREPTEST()
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER -p $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $ENVCMD $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN -p "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $ENVCMD $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN -p "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
+
     if [ "$txttype" = "ERRTXT" ]; then
         $GREP "$expectdata" $actual_err > /dev/null
     else
         $GREP "$expectdata" $actual > /dev/null
     fi
+
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
         echo " PASSED"
     else
@@ -937,7 +938,7 @@ GREPTEST()
 
     # Clean up output file
     if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
-     rm -f $actual $actual_err
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err
     fi
 }
 
@@ -956,14 +957,16 @@ GREPTEST2()
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER -p $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $ENVCMD $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN -p "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $ENVCMD $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN -p "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
+
     if [ "$txttype" = "ERRTXT" ]; then
         $GREP "$expectdata" $actual_err > /dev/null
     else
         $GREP "$expectdata" $actual > /dev/null
     fi
+
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
         echo " PASSED"
     else
@@ -973,21 +976,21 @@ GREPTEST2()
 
     # Clean up output file
     if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
-     rm -f $actual $actual_err
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err
     fi
 }
 
 # Print a "SKIP" message
 SKIP() {
-   TESTING $DUMPER $@
+    TESTING $DUMPER $@
     echo  " -SKIP-"
 }
 
 # Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
 #
 PRINT_H5DIFF() {
- SPACES="                                                               "
- echo " Running h5diff $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
+    SPACES="                                                               "
+    echo " Running h5diff $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
 }
 
 
@@ -997,10 +1000,11 @@ DIFFTEST()
 {
     PRINT_H5DIFF  $@
     (
-  cd $TESTDIR
-  $RUNSERIAL $H5DIFF_BIN "$@" -q
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5DIFF_BIN "$@" -q
     )
     RET=$?
+
     if [ $RET != 0 ] ; then
          echo "*FAILED*"
          nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
@@ -1014,8 +1018,8 @@ DIFFTEST()
 # beginning with the word "Verifying".
 #
 PRINT_H5IMPORT() {
- SPACES="                                                               "
- echo " Running h5import $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
+    SPACES="                                                               "
+    echo " Running h5import $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
 }
 
 # Call the h5import tool
@@ -1025,15 +1029,16 @@ IMPORTTEST()
     # remove the output hdf5 file if it exists
     hdf5_file="$TESTDIR/$5"
     if [ -f $hdf5_file ]; then
-     rm -f $hdf5_file
+        rm -f $hdf5_file
     fi
 
     PRINT_H5IMPORT  $@
     (
-  cd $TESTDIR
-  $RUNSERIAL $H5IMPORT_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5IMPORT_BIN "$@"
     )
     RET=$?
+
     if [ $RET != 0 ] ; then
          echo "*FAILED*"
          nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
@@ -1138,9 +1143,9 @@ TOOLTEST tcomp-4.ddl --enable-error-stack tcompound_complex.h5
 TOOLTEST tcompound_complex2.ddl --enable-error-stack tcompound_complex2.h5
 # tests for bitfields and opaque data types
 if test $WORDS_BIGENDIAN != "yes"; then
-TOOLTEST tbitnopaque_le.ddl --enable-error-stack tbitnopaque.h5
+    TOOLTEST tbitnopaque_le.ddl --enable-error-stack tbitnopaque.h5
 else
-TOOLTEST tbitnopaque_be.ddl --enable-error-stack tbitnopaque.h5
+    TOOLTEST tbitnopaque_be.ddl --enable-error-stack tbitnopaque.h5
 fi
 
 #test for the nested compound type
@@ -1318,12 +1323,12 @@ TOOLTEST tallfilters.ddl --enable-error-stack -H -p -d all  tfilters.h5
 TOOLTEST tuserfilter.ddl --enable-error-stack -H  -p -d myfilter  tfilters.h5
 
 if test $USE_FILTER_DEFLATE = "yes" ; then
-  # data read internal filters
-  TOOLTEST treadintfilter.ddl --enable-error-stack -d deflate -d shuffle -d fletcher32 -d nbit -d scaleoffset tfilters.h5
-  if test $USE_FILTER_SZIP = "yes"; then
-    # data read
-    TOOLTEST treadfilter.ddl --enable-error-stack -d all -d szip tfilters.h5
-  fi
+    # data read internal filters
+    TOOLTEST treadintfilter.ddl --enable-error-stack -d deflate -d shuffle -d fletcher32 -d nbit -d scaleoffset tfilters.h5
+    if test $USE_FILTER_SZIP = "yes"; then
+        # data read
+        TOOLTEST treadfilter.ddl --enable-error-stack -d all -d szip tfilters.h5
+    fi
 fi
 
 # test for displaying objects with very long names
@@ -1380,9 +1385,9 @@ TOOLTEST   tbin4.ddl --enable-error-stack -d double  -b FILE -o out4.bin    tbin
 
 # Clean up binary output files
 if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
- rm -f out[1-4].bin
- rm -f out1.h5
- rm -f out3.h5
+    rm -f out[1-4].bin
+    rm -f out1.h5
+    rm -f out3.h5
 fi
 
 # test for dataset region references
@@ -1394,7 +1399,7 @@ TOOLTEST2 tbinregR.exp --enable-error-stack -d /Dataset1 -s 0 -R -y -o tbinregR.
 
 # Clean up text output files
 if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
- rm -f tbinregR.txt
+    rm -f tbinregR.txt
 fi
 
 # tests for group creation order
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumppbits.sh.in b/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumppbits.sh.in
index febce2c..ff0659a 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumppbits.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumppbits.sh.in
@@ -236,26 +236,25 @@ TOOLTEST() {
     cp $actual_err $actual_err_sav
     STDERR_FILTER $actual_err
 
-  if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+    if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-     echo " PASSED"
+        echo " PASSED"
     else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-   nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-   test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+        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 $actual_ext
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav $actual_ext
     fi
-
 }
 
 
@@ -274,36 +273,36 @@ TOOLTEST2() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-    elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-      if [ ! -f $expectdata ]; then
-      # Create the expect data file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
         echo " CREATED"
-        cp $actualdata $expectdata
-        echo "    Expected data (*.exp) missing"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
         nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-      elif $CMP $expectdata $actualdata; then
-        echo " PASSED"
-      else
+    elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
+        if [ ! -f $expectdata ]; then
+            # Create the expect data file if it doesn't yet exist.
+            echo " CREATED"
+            cp $actualdata $expectdata
+            echo "    Expected data (*.exp) missing"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        elif $CMP $expectdata $actualdata; then
+            echo " PASSED"
+        else
+            echo "*FAILED*"
+            echo "    Expected datafile (*.exp) differs from actual datafile (*.txt)"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+            test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expectdata $actualdata |sed 's/^/    /'
+        fi
+    else
         echo "*FAILED*"
-        echo "    Expected datafile (*.exp) differs from actual datafile (*.txt)"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
         nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-        test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expectdata $actualdata |sed 's/^/    /'
-      fi
-    else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
     fi
 
     # Clean up output file
@@ -328,8 +327,8 @@ TOOLTEST3() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
@@ -348,23 +347,23 @@ TOOLTEST3() {
      $actual_err > $actual_ext
 
     if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-     echo " PASSED"
+        echo " PASSED"
     else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+        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
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav
     fi
 
 }
@@ -385,8 +384,8 @@ TOOLTEST4() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
@@ -405,30 +404,30 @@ TOOLTEST4() {
      $actual_err > $actual_ext
 
     if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-     if $CMP $expect_err $actual_ext; then
-      echo " PASSED"
-     else
-      echo "*FAILED*"
-      echo "    Expected result (*.err) differs from actual result (*.oerr)"
-      nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-      test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect_err $actual_ext |sed 's/^/    /'
-     fi
+        if $CMP $expect_err $actual_ext; then
+            echo " PASSED"
+        else
+            echo "*FAILED*"
+            echo "    Expected result (*.err) differs from actual result (*.oerr)"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+            test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect_err $actual_ext |sed 's/^/    /'
+        fi
     else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+        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
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav
     fi
 
 }
@@ -442,8 +441,8 @@ SKIP() {
 # Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
 #
 PRINT_H5DIFF() {
- SPACES="                                                               "
- echo " Running h5diff $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
+    SPACES="                                                               "
+    echo " Running h5diff $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
 }
 
 
@@ -453,10 +452,11 @@ DIFFTEST()
 {
     PRINT_H5DIFF  $@
     (
-  cd $TESTDIR
-  $RUNSERIAL $H5DIFF_BIN "$@" -q
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5DIFF_BIN "$@" -q
     )
     RET=$?
+
     if [ $RET != 0 ] ; then
          echo "*FAILED*"
          nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
@@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ DIFFTEST()
 # beginning with the word "Verifying".
 #
 PRINT_H5IMPORT() {
- SPACES="                                                               "
- echo " Running h5import $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
+    SPACES="                                                               "
+    echo " Running h5import $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
 }
 
 # Call the h5import tool
@@ -481,22 +481,22 @@ IMPORTTEST()
     # remove the output hdf5 file if it exists
     hdf5_file="$TESTDIR/$5"
     if [ -f $hdf5_file ]; then
-     rm -f $hdf5_file
+        rm -f $hdf5_file
     fi
 
     PRINT_H5IMPORT  $@
     (
-  cd $TESTDIR
-  $RUNSERIAL $H5IMPORT_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5IMPORT_BIN "$@"
     )
     RET=$?
+
     if [ $RET != 0 ] ; then
          echo "*FAILED*"
          nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     else
          echo " PASSED"
     fi
-
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumpvds.sh.in b/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumpvds.sh.in
index f89234e..29ff238 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumpvds.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumpvds.sh.in
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ TOOLTEST() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-    cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
@@ -216,26 +216,25 @@ TOOLTEST() {
     STDERR_FILTER $actual_err
     cat $actual_err >> $actual
 
-  if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+    if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-     echo " PASSED"
+        echo " PASSED"
     else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-   nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-   test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+        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 $actual_ext
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav $actual_ext
     fi
-
 }
 
 
@@ -254,42 +253,42 @@ TOOLTEST2() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
     cat $actual_err >> $actual
 
     if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-    elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-      if [ ! -f $expectdata ]; then
-      # Create the expect data file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
         echo " CREATED"
-        cp $actualdata $expectdata
-        echo "    Expected data (*.exp) missing"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
         nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-      elif $CMP $expectdata $actualdata; then
-        echo " PASSED"
-      else
+    elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
+        if [ ! -f $expectdata ]; then
+            # Create the expect data file if it doesn't yet exist.
+            echo " CREATED"
+            cp $actualdata $expectdata
+            echo "    Expected data (*.exp) missing"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        elif $CMP $expectdata $actualdata; then
+            echo " PASSED"
+        else
+            echo "*FAILED*"
+            echo "    Expected datafile (*.exp) differs from actual datafile (*.txt)"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+            test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expectdata $actualdata |sed 's/^/    /'
+        fi
+    else
         echo "*FAILED*"
-        echo "    Expected datafile (*.exp) differs from actual datafile (*.txt)"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
         nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-        test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expectdata $actualdata |sed 's/^/    /'
-      fi
-    else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
     fi
 
     # Clean up output file
     if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
-     rm -f $actual $actualdata $actual_err
+        rm -f $actual $actualdata $actual_err
     fi
 
 }
@@ -309,8 +308,8 @@ TOOLTEST3() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
@@ -326,27 +325,27 @@ TOOLTEST3() {
         -e 's/[1-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*[^)]*/version (number)/' \
         -e 's/H5Eget_auto[1-2]*/H5Eget_auto(1 or 2)/' \
         -e 's/H5Eset_auto[1-2]*/H5Eset_auto(1 or 2)/' \
-     $actual_err > $actual_ext
+        $actual_err > $actual_ext
     cat $actual_ext >> $actual
 
     if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-     echo " PASSED"
+        echo " PASSED"
     else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+        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
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav
     fi
 
 }
@@ -367,8 +366,8 @@ TOOLTEST4() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
     # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
@@ -384,47 +383,46 @@ TOOLTEST4() {
         -e 's/[1-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*[^)]*/version (number)/' \
         -e 's/H5Eget_auto[1-2]*/H5Eget_auto(1 or 2)/' \
         -e 's/H5Eset_auto[1-2]*/H5Eset_auto(1 or 2)/' \
-     $actual_err > $actual_ext
+        $actual_err > $actual_ext
     #cat $actual_ext >> $actual
 
     if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-     echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
     elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-     if $CMP $expect_err $actual_ext; then
-      echo " PASSED"
-    else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.err) differs from actual result (*.oerr)"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect_err $actual_ext |sed 's/^/    /'
-    fi
+        if $CMP $expect_err $actual_ext; then
+            echo " PASSED"
+        else
+            echo "*FAILED*"
+            echo "    Expected result (*.err) differs from actual result (*.oerr)"
+            nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+            test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect_err $actual_ext |sed 's/^/    /'
+        fi
     else
-     echo "*FAILED*"
-     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+        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
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav
     fi
-
 }
 
 # Print a "SKIP" message
 SKIP() {
-   TESTING $DUMPER $@
+    TESTING $DUMPER $@
     echo  " -SKIP-"
 }
 
 # Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
 #
 PRINT_H5DIFF() {
- SPACES="                                                               "
- echo " Running h5diff $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
+    SPACES="                                                               "
+    echo " Running h5diff $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
 }
 
 
@@ -434,25 +432,25 @@ DIFFTEST()
 {
     PRINT_H5DIFF  $@
     (
-  cd $TESTDIR
-  $RUNSERIAL $H5DIFF_BIN "$@" -q
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5DIFF_BIN "$@" -q
     )
     RET=$?
+
     if [ $RET != 0 ] ; then
          echo "*FAILED*"
          nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     else
          echo " PASSED"
     fi
-
 }
 
 # Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
 # beginning with the word "Verifying".
 #
 PRINT_H5IMPORT() {
- SPACES="                                                               "
- echo " Running h5import $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
+    SPACES="                                                               "
+    echo " Running h5import $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
 }
 
 # Call the h5import tool
@@ -462,22 +460,22 @@ IMPORTTEST()
     # remove the output hdf5 file if it exists
     hdf5_file="$TESTDIR/$5"
     if [ -f $hdf5_file ]; then
-     rm -f $hdf5_file
+        rm -f $hdf5_file
     fi
 
     PRINT_H5IMPORT  $@
     (
-  cd $TESTDIR
-  $RUNSERIAL $H5IMPORT_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5IMPORT_BIN "$@"
     )
     RET=$?
+
     if [ $RET != 0 ] ; then
          echo "*FAILED*"
          nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
     else
          echo " PASSED"
     fi
-
 }
 
 
@@ -491,7 +489,7 @@ COPY_TESTFILES_TO_TESTDIR
 
 ####### test for dataset vds ######
 
-  # Data read
+# Data read
 if test $USE_FILTER_DEFLATE = "yes" ; then
     TOOLTEST tvds-1.ddl --enable-error-stack 1_vds.h5
     TOOLTEST tvds-2.ddl --enable-error-stack 2_vds.h5
@@ -504,7 +502,7 @@ if test $USE_FILTER_DEFLATE = "yes" ; then
     TOOLTEST vds-gap2.ddl --vds-gap-size=2 --enable-error-stack vds-eiger.h5
 fi
 
-  # Layout read
+# Layout read
 if test $USE_FILTER_DEFLATE = "yes" ; then
     TOOLTEST tvds_layout-1.ddl -p --enable-error-stack 1_vds.h5
     TOOLTEST tvds_layout-2.ddl -p --enable-error-stack 2_vds.h5
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumpxml.sh.in b/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumpxml.sh.in
index f7af300..52a13c2 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumpxml.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumpxml.sh.in
@@ -262,36 +262,35 @@ TOOLTEST() {
     # Run test.
     TESTING $DUMPER $@
     (
-    cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
 
-
    if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-    echo " CREATED"
-     cp $actual $expect
-     echo "    Expected result (*.xml) missing"
-     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.xml) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
    elif  $CMP $expect $actual; then
-      echo " PASSED"
+        echo " PASSED"
    else
-      echo "*FAILED*"
-      echo "    Expected result (*.xml) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-      nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-      test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.xml) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+        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
+        rm -f $actual $actual_err
    fi
 }
 
 # Print a "SKIP" message
 SKIP() {
-         TESTING $DUMPER $@
-          echo  " -SKIP-"
+    TESTING $DUMPER $@
+    echo  " -SKIP-"
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tools/test/h5jam/tellub.c b/tools/test/h5jam/tellub.c
index e7bb561..453444d 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5jam/tellub.c
+++ b/tools/test/h5jam/tellub.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ parse_command_line (int argc, const char *argv[])
             case 'h':
                 usage (h5tools_getprogname());
                 h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+                break;
             case '?':
             default:
                 usage (h5tools_getprogname());
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ int
 main (int argc, const char *argv[])
 {
     char *ifname;
-    hid_t ifile;
+    hid_t ifile = H5I_INVALID_HID;
     hsize_t usize;
     htri_t testval;
     herr_t status;
@@ -165,7 +166,8 @@ main (int argc, const char *argv[])
 
 done:
     H5Pclose (plist);
-    H5Fclose (ifile);
+    if(ifile >= 0)
+        H5Fclose (ifile);
 
     leave(h5tools_getstatus());
 } /* end main() */
diff --git a/tools/test/h5ls/h5ls_plugin.sh.in b/tools/test/h5ls/h5ls_plugin.sh.in
index c89269d..28370e6 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5ls/h5ls_plugin.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/h5ls/h5ls_plugin.sh.in
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ CLEAN_TESTFILES_AND_TESTDIR()
 # Print a $* message left justified in a field of 70 characters
 #
 MESSAGE() {
-   SPACES="                                                               "
-   echo "$* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
+    SPACES="                                                               "
+    echo "$* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
 }
 
 # Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ TOOLTEST() {
             echo ""
         fi
     elif [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
         echo " CREATED"
         cp $actual $expect
         echo "    Expected result (*.ls) missing"
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/CMakeTests.cmake b/tools/test/h5repack/CMakeTests.cmake
index 4823d07..af73b75 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5repack/CMakeTests.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/CMakeTests.cmake
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_paged_persist.h5
       # h5diff/testfile
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5DIFF_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5diff_attr1.h5
+      # tools/testfiles for external links
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tsoftlinks.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinkfar.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlinktar.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/textlink.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_trg.h5
       # tools/testfiles
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tfamily00000.h5
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/testfiles/tfamily00001.h5
@@ -128,6 +136,13 @@
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/plugin_version_test.h5repack_layout.h5
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/plugin_zero.h5repack_layout.h5
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/plugin_none.h5repack_layout.UD.h5
+      # tools/testfiles for external links
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/tsoftlinks-merge.tsoftlinks.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlinkfar-merge.textlinkfar.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-merge.textlinksrc.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlinktar-merge.textlinktar.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlink-merge.textlink.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-merge.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5
   )
 
   set (LIST_DDL_TEST_FILES
@@ -154,6 +169,25 @@
       # refs
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/attrregion.tattrreg.h5
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/dataregion.tdatareg.h5
+      # tools/testfiles for external links
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlinkfar-base.textlinkfar.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-base.textlinksrc.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlinktar-base.textlinktar.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlink-base.textlink.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/tsoftlinks-base.tsoftlinks.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-base.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlinkfar-prune.textlinkfar.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-prune.textlinksrc.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlinktar-prune.textlinktar.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlink-prune.textlink.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/tsoftlinks-prune.tsoftlinks.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-prune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlinkfar-mergeprune.textlinkfar.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlinksrc-mergeprune.textlinksrc.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlinktar-mergeprune.textlinktar.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/textlink-mergeprune.textlink.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/tsoftlinks-mergeprune.tsoftlinks.h5
+      ${HDF5_TOOLS_TEST_H5REPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-mergeprune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5
   )
 
   foreach (h5_file ${LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES})
@@ -276,7 +310,7 @@
     endif ()
   endmacro ()
 
-  macro (ADD_H5_CMP_TEST testname testfilter testtype resultcode resultfile)
+  macro (ADD_H5_FILTER_TEST testname testfilter testtype resultcode resultfile)
     if ("${testtype}" STREQUAL "SKIP")
       if (NOT HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
         add_test (
@@ -410,6 +444,48 @@
     endif ()
   endmacro ()
 
+  macro (ADD_H5_DIFF_TEST testname testtype resultcode testfile)
+    if ("${testtype}" STREQUAL "SKIP")
+      if (NOT HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+        add_test (
+            NAME H5REPACK_DIFF-${testname}
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "SKIP ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}"
+        )
+        set_property(TEST H5REPACK_DIFF-${testname} PROPERTY DISABLED)
+      endif ()
+    else ()
+      add_test (
+          NAME H5REPACK_DIFF-${testname}-clear-objects
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
+      )
+      set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_DIFF-${testname}-clear-objects PROPERTIES
+          FIXTURES_REQUIRED clear_h5repack
+      )
+      add_test (
+          NAME H5REPACK_DIFF-${testname}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
+      )
+      set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_DIFF-${testname} PROPERTIES
+          DEPENDS H5REPACK_DIFF-${testname}-clear-objects
+      )
+      add_test (
+          NAME H5REPACK_DIFF-${testname}_DFF
+          COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
+              -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-v;--enable-error-stack;${testfile};out-${testname}.${testfile}"
+              -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
+              -D "TEST_OUTPUT=out-${testname}.${testfile}.out"
+              -D "TEST_EXPECT=${resultcode}"
+              -D "TEST_REFERENCE=${testname}.${testfile}.tst"
+              -P "${HDF_RESOURCES_EXT_DIR}/runTest.cmake"
+      )
+      set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_DIFF-${testname}_DFF PROPERTIES
+          DEPENDS H5REPACK_DIFF-${testname}
+      )
+    endif ()
+  endmacro ()
+
   macro (ADD_H5_STAT_TEST testname testtype resultcode statarg resultfile)
     if ("${testtype}" STREQUAL "SKIP")
       if (NOT HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
@@ -1148,7 +1224,7 @@
   if (NOT USE_FILTER_DEFLATE)
     set (TESTTYPE "SKIP")
   endif ()
-  ADD_H5_CMP_TEST (gzip_verbose_filters "O?...ing file[^\n]+\n" ${TESTTYPE} 0 ${arg})
+  ADD_H5_FILTER_TEST (gzip_verbose_filters "O?...ing file[^\n]+\n" ${TESTTYPE} 0 ${arg})
 
 ###########################################################
 # the following tests assume the input files have filters
@@ -1540,6 +1616,44 @@ ADD_H5_EXTERNAL_TEST (ext_int32le_3d "TEST" int32le_3d -l CONTI)
 ADD_H5_EXTERNAL_TEST (ext_uint8be "TEST" uint8be -l CONTI)
 
 ##############################################################################
+###    E X T E R N A L  L I N K  T E S T S
+##############################################################################
+### HDFFV-11128 needs fixed to enable the following test
+#ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (h5copy_extlinks_src-base "TEST" 0 h5copy_extlinks_src.h5 --enable-error-stack)
+ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (tsoftlinks-base "TEST" 0 tsoftlinks.h5 --enable-error-stack)
+ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (textlink-base "TEST" 0 textlink.h5 --enable-error-stack)
+ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (textlinkfar-base "TEST" 0 textlinkfar.h5 --enable-error-stack)
+ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (textlinksrc-base "TEST" 0 textlinksrc.h5 --enable-error-stack)
+ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (textlinktar-base "TEST" 0 textlinktar.h5 --enable-error-stack)
+
+ADD_H5_DIFF_TEST (h5copy_extlinks_src-merge "TEST" 0 h5copy_extlinks_src.h5 --merge)
+ADD_H5_DIFF_TEST (tsoftlinks-merge "TEST" 1 tsoftlinks.h5 --merge)
+ADD_H5_DIFF_TEST (textlink-merge "TEST" 0 textlink.h5 --merge)
+### HDFFV-11128 needs fixed to enable the following test
+#ADD_H5_DIFF_TEST (textlinkfar-merge "TEST" 1 textlinkfar.h5 --merge)
+### HDFFV-11128 needs fixed to enable the following test
+#ADD_H5_DIFF_TEST (textlinksrc-merge "TEST" 1 textlinksrc.h5 --merge)
+### HDFFV-11128 needs fixed to enable the following test
+#ADD_H5_DIFF_TEST (textlinktar-merge "TEST" 1 textlinktar.h5 --merge)
+
+ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (h5copy_extlinks_src-prune "TEST" 0 h5copy_extlinks_src.h5 --prune --enable-error-stack)
+ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (tsoftlinks-prune "TEST" 0 tsoftlinks.h5 --prune --enable-error-stack)
+ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (textlink-prune "TEST" 0 textlink.h5 --prune --enable-error-stack)
+ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (textlinkfar-prune "TEST" 0 textlinkfar.h5 --prune --enable-error-stack)
+ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (textlinksrc-prune "TEST" 0 textlinksrc.h5 --prune --enable-error-stack)
+ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (textlinktar-prune "TEST" 0 textlinktar.h5 --prune --enable-error-stack)
+
+ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (h5copy_extlinks_src-mergeprune "TEST" 0 h5copy_extlinks_src.h5 --merge --prune --enable-error-stack)
+ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (tsoftlinks-mergeprune "TEST" 0 tsoftlinks.h5 --merge --prune --enable-error-stack)
+ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (textlink-mergeprune "TEST" 0 textlink.h5 --merge --prune --enable-error-stack)
+### HDFFV-11128 needs fixed to enable the following test
+#ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (textlinkfar-mergeprune "TEST" 0 textlinkfar.h5 --merge --prune --enable-error-stack)
+### HDFFV-11128 needs fixed to enable the following test
+#ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (textlinksrc-mergeprune "TEST" 0 textlinksrc.h5 --merge --prune --enable-error-stack)
+### HDFFV-11128 needs fixed to enable the following test
+#ADD_H5_DMP_TEST (textlinktar-mergeprune "TEST" 0 textlinktar.h5 --merge --prune --enable-error-stack)
+
+##############################################################################
 ###    P L U G I N  T E S T S
 ##############################################################################
 if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/h5repack.sh.in b/tools/test/h5repack/h5repack.sh.in
index 5a032cb..a95a22e 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5repack/h5repack.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/h5repack.sh.in
@@ -92,10 +92,18 @@ $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_attr_refs.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_deflate.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_early.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_ext.h5
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_f32le.h5
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_f32le_ex.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_fill.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_filters.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_fletcher.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_hlink.h5
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_1d.h5
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_1d_ex.h5
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_2d.h5
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_2d_ex.h5
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_3d.h5
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_3d_ex.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_layout.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_layouto.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_layout2.h5
@@ -109,23 +117,26 @@ $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_refs.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_shuffle.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_soffset.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_szip.h5
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_uint8be.h5
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_uint8be_ex.h5
+########fsm#files########
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_aggr.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_fsm_aggr_nopersist.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_fsm_aggr_persist.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_none.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_paged_nopersist.h5
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_paged_persist.h5
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_f32le.h5
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_f32le_ex.h5
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_1d.h5
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_1d_ex.h5
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_2d.h5
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_2d_ex.h5
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_3d.h5
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_3d_ex.h5
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_uint8be.h5
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_uint8be_ex.h5
+########h5diff/testfile########
 $SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES/h5diff_attr1.h5
+########tools/testfiles#for#external#links########
+$SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/tsoftlinks.h5
+$SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/textlinkfar.h5
+$SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/textlinksrc.h5
+$SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/textlinktar.h5
+$SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/textlink.h5
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5copy_extlinks_src.h5
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5copy_extlinks_trg.h5
+########tools/testfiles########
 $SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/tfamily00000.h5
 $SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/tfamily00001.h5
 $SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/tfamily00002.h5
@@ -138,6 +149,8 @@ $SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/tfamily00008.h5
 $SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/tfamily00009.h5
 $SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/tfamily00010.h5
 $SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/tordergr.h5
+########reference#conversion#files########
+########tools/testfiles/vds########
 $SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/vds/1_a.h5
 $SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/vds/1_b.h5
 $SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/vds/1_c.h5
@@ -168,33 +181,73 @@ $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack-help.txt
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_ext.bin
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/ublock.bin
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack.info
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/crtorder.tordergr.h5.ddl
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/deflate_limit.h5repack_layout.h5.ddl
+########dat#files########
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_f32le_ex-0.dat
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_1d_ex-0.dat
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_1d_ex-1.dat
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_2d_ex-0.dat
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_int32le_3d_ex-0.dat
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_layout.h5.ddl
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_filters.h5-gzip_verbose_filters.tst
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_layout.h5-dset2_chunk_20x10-errstk.tst
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_layout.h5-plugin_test.ddl
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_uint8be_ex-0.dat
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_uint8be_ex-1.dat
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_uint8be_ex-2.dat
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_uint8be_ex-3.dat
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/plugin_test.h5repack_layout.h5.tst
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/1_vds.h5-vds_dset_chunk20x10x5-v.ddl
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/2_vds.h5-vds_chunk3x6x9-v.ddl
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/3_1_vds.h5-vds_chunk2x5x8-v.ddl
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/4_vds.h5-vds_compa-v.ddl
-$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/4_vds.h5-vds_conti-v.ddl
+###############
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/crtorder.tordergr.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/deflate_limit.h5repack_layout.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_layout.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_layout.h5-plugin_test.ddl
+########fsm#files########
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/SP.h5repack_fsm_aggr_nopersist.h5.ddl
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/S.h5repack_fsm_aggr_persist.h5.ddl
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/STG.h5repack_none.h5.ddl
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/GS.h5repack_paged_nopersist.h5.ddl
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/SP.h5repack_paged_persist.h5.ddl
 $SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/SPT.h5repack_aggr.h5.ddl
+########vds#files########
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/1_vds.h5-vds_dset_chunk20x10x5-v.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/2_vds.h5-vds_chunk3x6x9-v.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/3_1_vds.h5-vds_chunk2x5x8-v.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/4_vds.h5-vds_compa-v.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/4_vds.h5-vds_conti-v.ddl
+########refs#files########
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/attrregion.tattrreg.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/dataregion.tdatareg.h5.ddl
+########external#links#files########
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinkfar-base.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-base.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinktar-base.textlinktar.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlink-base.textlink.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/tsoftlinks-base.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5copy_extlinks_src-base.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinkfar-merge.textlinkfar.h5.tst
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-merge.textlinksrc.h5.tst
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinktar-merge.textlinktar.h5.tst
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlink-merge.textlink.h5.tst
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/tsoftlinks-merge.tsoftlinks.h5.tst
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5copy_extlinks_src-merge.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.tst
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinkfar-prune.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-prune.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinktar-prune.textlinktar.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlink-prune.textlink.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/tsoftlinks-prune.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5copy_extlinks_src-prune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinkfar-mergeprune.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-mergeprune.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinktar-mergeprune.textlinktar.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlink-mergeprune.textlink.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/tsoftlinks-mergeprune.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5copy_extlinks_src-mergeprune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
+########tst#files########
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_filters.h5-gzip_verbose_filters.tst
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5repack_layout.h5-dset2_chunk_20x10-errstk.tst
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/plugin_test.h5repack_layout.h5.tst
+########external#links#tst#files########
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/tsoftlinks-merge.tsoftlinks.h5.tst
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinkfar-merge.textlinkfar.h5.tst
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinksrc-merge.textlinksrc.h5.tst
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlinktar-merge.textlinktar.h5.tst
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/textlink-merge.textlink.h5.tst
+$SRC_H5REPACK_TESTFILES/h5copy_extlinks_src-merge.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.tst
 "
 
 #
@@ -271,6 +324,12 @@ SKIP() {
     echo " -SKIP-"
 }
 
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+###           T H E   T E S T S  M A C R O S                               ###
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+
 # Call the h5diff tool
 #
 DIFFTEST()
@@ -620,6 +679,7 @@ VERIFY_INVALIDBOUNDS()
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Expect h5diff to fail
+# Use only by VERIFY_EXTERNAL_CONSOLIDATION
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DIFFFAIL()
 {
@@ -805,6 +865,121 @@ TOOLTESTV()
    rm -f $outfile
 }
 
+# This is same as TOOLTESTV() with comparing display output
+# with actual filename swapped
+#
+TOOLTESTSV()
+{
+    expect="$TESTDIR/$1.$2.tst"
+    actual="$TESTDIR/`basename $2 .ddl`.out"
+    actual_err="$TESTDIR/`basename $2 .ddl`.err"
+
+    infile=$2
+    outfile=out-$1.$2
+    shift
+    shift
+
+    # Run test.
+    TESTING $H5REPACK $@
+    (
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5REPACK_BIN "$@" $infile $outfile
+    ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
+    RET=$?
+    if [ $RET != 0 ] ; then
+    echo "*FAILED*"
+    nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+    else
+    echo " PASSED"
+    VERIFY h5diff equal $@
+    (
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5DIFF_BIN -v $infile $outfile
+    ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
+    RET=$?
+    if [ $RET != 0 ] ; then
+         echo "*FAILED*"
+         nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+    else
+         echo " PASSED"
+    fi
+    fi
+
+    # display output compare
+    STDOUT_FILTER $actual
+    cat $actual_err >> $actual
+
+    VERIFY output from $H5REPACK $@
+    if cmp -s $expect $actual; then
+     echo " PASSED"
+    else
+     echo "*FAILED*"
+     echo "    Expected result (*.tst) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+     test yes = "$verbose" && diff -c $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+    fi
+
+   rm -f $actual $actual_err
+   rm -f $outfile
+}
+
+# This is same as TOOLTESTSV() but expects a diff fail
+#
+TOOLFAILSV()
+{
+    expect="$TESTDIR/$1.$2.tst"
+    actual="$TESTDIR/`basename $2 .ddl`.out"
+    actual_err="$TESTDIR/`basename $2 .ddl`.err"
+
+    infile=$2
+    outfile=out-$1.$2
+    shift
+    shift
+
+    # Run test.
+    TESTING $H5REPACK $@
+    (
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5REPACK_BIN "$@" $infile $outfile
+    ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
+    RET=$?
+    if [ $RET != 0 ] ; then
+    echo "*FAILED*"
+    nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+    else
+    echo " PASSED"
+    VERIFY h5diff unequal $@
+    (
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5DIFF_BIN -v $infile $outfile
+    ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
+    RET=$?
+    if [ $RET == 0 ] ; then
+         echo "*FAILED*"
+         nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+    else
+         echo " PASSED"
+    fi
+    fi
+
+    # display output compare
+    STDOUT_FILTER $actual
+    cat $actual_err >> $actual
+
+    VERIFY output from $H5REPACK $@
+    if cmp -s $expect $actual; then
+     echo " PASSED"
+    else
+     echo "*FAILED*"
+     echo "    Expected result (*.tst) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+     test yes = "$verbose" && diff -c $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+    fi
+
+   rm -f $actual $actual_err
+   rm -f $outfile
+}
+
 # same as TOOLTESTV but filters error stack output and compares to an error file
 # Extract file name, line number, version and thread IDs because they may be different
 # ADD_H5ERR_MASK_TEST
@@ -1356,44 +1531,28 @@ TOOLTEST_STAT SPT $arg
 # layout options (these files have no filters)
 #########################################################
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET dset2_chunk_20x10 h5repack_layout.h5 dset2 CHUNKED --layout dset2:CHUNK=20x10
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_ALL chunk_20x10 h5repack_layout.h5 CHUNKED -l CHUNK=20x10
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET dset2_conti h5repack_layout.h5 dset2 CONTIGUOUS -l dset2:CONTI
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_ALL conti h5repack_layout.h5 CONTIGUOUS -l CONTI
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET dset2_compa h5repack_layout.h5 dset2 COMPACT -l dset2:COMPA
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_ALL compa h5repack_layout.h5 COMPACT -l COMPA
-
 TOOLTESTM dset2_chunk_20x10-errstk h5repack_layout.h5 --layout=dset2:CHUNK=20x10x5 --enable-error-stack
 
 ################################################################
 # layout conversions (file has no filters)
 ###############################################################
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET dset_compa_conti h5repack_layout.h5 dset_compact CONTIGUOUS -l dset_compact:CONTI
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET dset_compa_chunk h5repack_layout.h5 dset_compact CHUNKED -l dset_compact:CHUNK=2x5
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET dset_compa_compa h5repack_layout.h5 dset_compact COMPACT -l dset_compact:COMPA
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET dset_conti_compa h5repack_layout.h5 dset_contiguous COMPACT -l dset_contiguous:COMPA
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET dset_conti_chunk h5repack_layout.h5 dset_contiguous CHUNKED -l dset_contiguous:CHUNK=3x6
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET dset_conti_conti h5repack_layout.h5 dset_contiguous CONTIGUOUS -l dset_contiguous:CONTI
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET chunk_compa h5repack_layout.h5 dset_chunk COMPACT -l dset_chunk:COMPA
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET chunk_conti h5repack_layout.h5 dset_chunk CONTIGUOUS -l dset_chunk:CONTI
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET chunk_18x13 h5repack_layout.h5 dset_chunk CHUNKED -l dset_chunk:CHUNK=18x13
 
 # test convert small size dataset ( < 1k) to compact layout without -m
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET contig_small_compa h5repack_layout2.h5 contig_small COMPACT -l contig_small:COMPA
-
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET contig_small_fixed_compa h5repack_layout2.h5 chunked_small_fixed COMPACT -l chunked_small_fixed:COMPA
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1421,6 +1580,7 @@ VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET chunk2compa h5repack_layout3.h5 chunk_unlimit1 CHUNK -l chunk
 # chunk dim is bigger than dataset dim. ( dset size < 64k )
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET error1 h5repack_layout3.h5 chunk_unlimit1 H5S_UNLIMITED -f chunk_unlimit1:NONE
 # chunk dim is bigger than dataset dim. ( dset size > 64k )
+
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET error2 h5repack_layout3.h5 chunk_unlimit2 H5S_UNLIMITED -f chunk_unlimit2:NONE
 
 # chunk dims are smaller than dataset dims. ( dset size < 64k )
@@ -1435,7 +1595,6 @@ TOOLTEST error4 h5repack_layout3.h5 -f NONE
 # (dset size < 64K) and with unlimited max dims on a condition as follow.
 # (HDFFV-8214)
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 # chunk dim is bigger than dataset dim. should succeed.
 VERIFY_LAYOUT_DSET ckdim_biger h5repack_layout3.h5 chunk_unlimit2 CONTI -l chunk_unlimit2:CONTI
 # chunk dim is smaller than dataset dim. should succeed.
@@ -1466,7 +1625,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 # several global filters
-
 arg="h5repack_layout.h5 --filter GZIP=1 --filter SHUF"
 if test $USE_FILTER_DEFLATE != "yes" ; then
  SKIP $arg
@@ -1562,9 +1720,15 @@ else
  VERIFY_LAYOUT_VDS vds_conti 4_vds.h5 vds_dset CONTIGUOUS -l vds_dset:CONTI
 fi
 
-#########################################################
-# Testing version bounds
-#########################################################
+################################################################
+# reference new api conversions
+###############################################################
+#TOOLTEST_DUMP attrregion tattrreg.h5
+#TOOLTEST_DUMP dataregion tdatareg.h5
+
+##############################################################################
+###    V E R S I O N  B O U N D S  T E S T S
+##############################################################################
 # -j 0 -k 2, superblock will be 0
 VERIFY_SUPERBLOCK 0 2 0 h5repack_layout.h5 -j 0 -k 2 h5repack_layout.h5
 # -j 1 -k 2, superblock will be 2
@@ -1574,11 +1738,49 @@ VERIFY_SUPERBLOCK 2 2 3 h5repack_layout.h5 -j 2 -k 2 h5repack_layout.h5
 # -j 0 -k 1, file cannot be opened
 VERIFY_INVALIDBOUNDS 0 1 bounds_latest_latest.h5
 
-########################################
-# Testing external storage
-########################################
+##############################################################################
+###    E X T E R N A L  S T O R A G E  T E S T S
+##############################################################################
 VERIFY_EXTERNAL_CONSOLIDATION -l CONTI
 
+##############################################################################
+###    E X T E R N A L  L I N K  T E S T S
+##############################################################################
+### HDFFV-11128 needs fixed to enable the following test
+#TOOLTEST_DUMP h5copy_extlinks_src-base h5copy_extlinks_src.h5 --enable-error-stack
+TOOLTEST_DUMP tsoftlinks-base tsoftlinks.h5 --enable-error-stack
+TOOLTEST_DUMP textlink-base textlink.h5 --enable-error-stack
+TOOLTEST_DUMP textlinkfar-base textlinkfar.h5 --enable-error-stack
+TOOLTEST_DUMP textlinksrc-base textlinksrc.h5 --enable-error-stack
+TOOLTEST_DUMP textlinktar-base textlinktar.h5 --enable-error-stack
+
+TOOLTESTSV h5copy_extlinks_src-merge h5copy_extlinks_src.h5 --merge
+TOOLFAILSV tsoftlinks-merge tsoftlinks.h5 --merge
+TOOLTESTSV textlink-merge textlink.h5 --merge
+### HDFFV-11128 needs fixed to enable the following test
+#TOOLFAILSV textlinkfar-merge textlinkfar.h5 --merge
+### HDFFV-11128 needs fixed to enable the following test
+#TOOLFAILSV textlinksrc-merge textlinksrc.h5 --merge
+### HDFFV-11128 needs fixed to enable the following test
+#TOOLFAILSV textlinktar-merge textlinktar.h5 --merge
+
+TOOLTEST_DUMP h5copy_extlinks_src-prune h5copy_extlinks_src.h5 --prune --enable-error-stack
+TOOLTEST_DUMP tsoftlinks-prune tsoftlinks.h5 --prune --enable-error-stack
+TOOLTEST_DUMP textlink-prune textlink.h5 --prune --enable-error-stack
+TOOLTEST_DUMP textlinkfar-prune textlinkfar.h5 --prune --enable-error-stack
+TOOLTEST_DUMP textlinksrc-prune textlinksrc.h5 --prune --enable-error-stack
+TOOLTEST_DUMP textlinktar-prune textlinktar.h5 --prune --enable-error-stack
+
+TOOLTEST_DUMP h5copy_extlinks_src-mergeprune h5copy_extlinks_src.h5 --merge --prune --enable-error-stack
+TOOLTEST_DUMP tsoftlinks-mergeprune tsoftlinks.h5 --merge --prune --enable-error-stack
+TOOLTEST_DUMP textlink-mergeprune textlink.h5 --merge --prune --enable-error-stack
+### HDFFV-11128 needs fixed to enable the following test
+#TOOLTEST_DUMP textlinkfar-mergeprune textlinkfar.h5 --merge --prune --enable-error-stack
+### HDFFV-11128 needs fixed to enable the following test
+#TOOLTEST_DUMP textlinksrc-mergeprune textlinksrc.h5 --merge --prune --enable-error-stack
+### HDFFV-11128 needs fixed to enable the following test
+#TOOLTEST_DUMP textlinktar-mergeprune textlinktar.h5 --merge --prune --enable-error-stack
+
 # Clean up temporary files/directories
 CLEAN_TESTFILES_AND_TESTDIR
 
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/h5repacktst.c b/tools/test/h5repack/h5repacktst.c
index ab0dbb7..2666e95 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5repack/h5repacktst.c
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/h5repacktst.c
@@ -3872,7 +3872,7 @@ out:
 *
 * Purpose: write datasets in LOC_ID
 *
-* Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+* Programmer: Pedro Vicente
 *
 * Date: November 12, 2003
 *
@@ -4736,7 +4736,7 @@ out:
 *
 * Purpose: write attributes in LOC_ID (dataset, group, named datatype)
 *
-* Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+* Programmer: Pedro Vicente
 *
 * Date: November 12, 2003
 *
@@ -5927,7 +5927,7 @@ out:
 *
 * Purpose: utility function to create and write a dataset in LOC_ID
 *
-* Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+* Programmer: Pedro Vicente
 *
 * Date: November 12, 2003
 *
@@ -5963,7 +5963,7 @@ out:
 *
 * Purpose: utility function to create and write a dataset in LOC_ID
 *
-* Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+* Programmer: Pedro Vicente
 *
 * Date: November 12, 2003
 *
@@ -6011,7 +6011,7 @@ out:
 *
 * Purpose: utility function to write an attribute in LOC_ID
 *
-* Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+* Programmer: Pedro Vicente
 *
 * Date: November 12, 2003
 *
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-base.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-base.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad8a320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-base.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+HDF5 "out-h5copy_extlinks_src-mergeprune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   GROUP "group_ext" {
+      DATATYPE "extlink_datatype" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+      DATASET "extlink_dset" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 24
+            OFFSET 2200
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      GROUP "extlink_grp" {
+      }
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-merge.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.tst b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-merge.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.tst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52f215d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-merge.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.tst
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+file1     file2
+---------------------------------------
+    x      x    /              
+    x      x    /group_ext     
+    x      x    /group_ext/extlink_datatype
+    x      x    /group_ext/extlink_dset
+    x      x    /group_ext/extlink_grp
+    x      x    /group_ext/extlink_notyet1
+    x      x    /group_ext/extlink_notyet2
+
+group  : </> and </>
+0 differences found
+group  : </group_ext> and </group_ext>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </group_ext/extlink_datatype> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </group_ext/extlink_datatype> is of type H5G_TYPE
+Not comparable: </group_ext/extlink_dset> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </group_ext/extlink_dset> is of type H5G_DATASET
+Not comparable: </group_ext/extlink_grp> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </group_ext/extlink_grp> is of type H5G_GROUP
+external link: </group_ext/extlink_notyet1> and </group_ext/extlink_notyet1>
+0 differences found
+external link: </group_ext/extlink_notyet2> and </group_ext/extlink_notyet2>
+0 differences found
+--------------------------------
+Some objects are not comparable
+--------------------------------
+Use -c for a list of objects without details of differences.
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-mergeprune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-mergeprune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad8a320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-mergeprune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+HDF5 "out-h5copy_extlinks_src-mergeprune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   GROUP "group_ext" {
+      DATATYPE "extlink_datatype" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+      DATASET "extlink_dset" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 24
+            OFFSET 2200
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      GROUP "extlink_grp" {
+      }
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-prune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-prune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7d7bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-prune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+HDF5 "out-h5copy_extlinks_src-prune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   GROUP "group_ext" {
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src.h5 b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src.h5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b8621e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src.h5
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_trg.h5 b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_trg.h5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a0242d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_trg.h5
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5repack-help.txt b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5repack-help.txt
index 00fae24..e12838d 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5repack-help.txt
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5repack-help.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ usage: h5repack [OPTIONS] file1 file2
    --high=BOUND            The high bound for library release versions to use
                            when creating objects in the file
                            (default is H5F_LIBVER_LATEST)
+   --merge                 Follow external soft link recursively and merge data
+   --prune                 Do not follow external soft links and remove link
+   --merge --prune         Follow external link, merge data and remove dangling link
    -c L1, --compact=L1     Maximum number of links in header messages
    -d L2, --indexed=L2     Minimum number of links in the indexed format
    -s S[:F], --ssize=S[:F] Shared object header message minimum size
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-base.textlink.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-base.textlink.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b87a17d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-base.textlink.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlink-base.textlink.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "extlink1" {
+      TARGETFILE "filename"
+      TARGETPATH "objname"
+   }
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "extlink2" {
+      TARGETFILE "anotherfile"
+      TARGETPATH "anotherobj"
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-merge.textlink.h5.tst b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-merge.textlink.h5.tst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7ff71d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-merge.textlink.h5.tst
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+file1     file2
+---------------------------------------
+    x      x    /              
+    x      x    /extlink1      
+    x      x    /extlink2      
+
+group  : </> and </>
+0 differences found
+external link: </extlink1> and </extlink1>
+0 differences found
+external link: </extlink2> and </extlink2>
+0 differences found
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-mergeprune.textlink.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-mergeprune.textlink.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7206ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-mergeprune.textlink.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlink-mergeprune.textlink.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-prune.textlink.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-prune.textlink.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83db344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-prune.textlink.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlink-prune.textlink.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-base.textlinkfar.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-base.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5eb497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-base.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinkfar-base.textlinkfar.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "src_file" {
+      TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "/"
+         GROUP "/" {
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+               TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+                  DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+                     DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+                     DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+                     STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                        CONTIGUOUS
+                        SIZE 32
+                        OFFSET 2848
+                     }
+                     FILTERS {
+                        NONE
+                     }
+                     FILLVALUE {
+                        FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                        VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                     }
+                     ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                        H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                     }
+                  }
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+               TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+               TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "group"
+                  GROUP "group" {
+                     DATASET "dset" {
+                        DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                        DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                        STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                           CONTIGUOUS
+                           SIZE 24
+                           OFFSET 3136
+                        }
+                        FILTERS {
+                           NONE
+                        }
+                        FILLVALUE {
+                           FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                           VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                        }
+                        ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                           H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                        }
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+                        TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "/"
+                           GROUP "/" {
+                              HARDLINK "/"
+                           }
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+                        TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+                     }
+                     GROUP "subgroup" {
+                        GROUP "link_to_group" {
+                           HARDLINK "/group"
+                        }
+                     }
+                  }
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+               TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "dset"
+                  DATASET "dset" {
+                     DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                     DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                     STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                        CONTIGUOUS
+                        SIZE 24
+                        OFFSET 3160
+                     }
+                     FILTERS {
+                        NONE
+                     }
+                     FILLVALUE {
+                        FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                        VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                     }
+                     ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                        H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                     }
+                  }
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+               TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "type"
+                  DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+               TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+               TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+                  GROUP "empty_group" {
+                  }
+            }
+         }
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-merge.textlinkfar.h5.tst b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-merge.textlinkfar.h5.tst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6673d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-merge.textlinkfar.h5.tst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+file1     file2
+---------------------------------------
+    x      x    /              
+    x      x    /src_file      
+           x    /src_file/ext2soft_link1
+           x    /src_file/ext2softdangle_link1
+           x    /src_file/ext_link1
+           x    /src_file/ext_link2
+           x    /src_file/ext_link3
+           x    /src_file/ext_link4
+           x    /src_file/ext_link5
+
+group  : </> and </>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </src_file> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </src_file> is of type H5G_GROUP
+--------------------------------
+Some objects are not comparable
+--------------------------------
+Use -c for a list of objects without details of differences.
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-mergeprune.textlinkfar.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-mergeprune.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ba3308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-mergeprune.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinkfar-mergeprune.textlinkfar.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   GROUP "src_file" {
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+         TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+            DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+               DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+               DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+               STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                  CONTIGUOUS
+                  SIZE 32
+                  OFFSET 2848
+               }
+               FILTERS {
+                  NONE
+               }
+               FILLVALUE {
+                  FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                  VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+               }
+               ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                  H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+               }
+            }
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+         TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "group"
+            GROUP "group" {
+               DATASET "dset" {
+                  DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                  DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                  STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                     CONTIGUOUS
+                     SIZE 24
+                     OFFSET 3136
+                  }
+                  FILTERS {
+                     NONE
+                  }
+                  FILLVALUE {
+                     FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                     VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                  }
+                  ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                     H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                  }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "/"
+                     GROUP "/" {
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+                           TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+                              DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+                                 HARDLINK "/dset1"
+                              }
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+                           TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "group"
+                              GROUP "group" {
+                                 HARDLINK "/group"
+                              }
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "dset"
+                              DATASET "dset" {
+                                 DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                                 DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                                 STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                                    CONTIGUOUS
+                                    SIZE 24
+                                    OFFSET 3160
+                                 }
+                                 FILTERS {
+                                    NONE
+                                 }
+                                 FILLVALUE {
+                                    FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                                    VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                                 }
+                                 ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                                    H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                                 }
+                              }
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "type"
+                              DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+                              GROUP "empty_group" {
+                              }
+                        }
+                     }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+               }
+               GROUP "subgroup" {
+                  GROUP "link_to_group" {
+                     HARDLINK "/group"
+                  }
+               }
+            }
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "dset"
+            DATASET "dset" {
+               HARDLINK "/dset"
+            }
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "type"
+            DATATYPE "type" HARDLINK "/type"
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+            GROUP "empty_group" {
+               HARDLINK "/empty_group"
+            }
+      }
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-prune.textlinkfar.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-prune.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30f8f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-prune.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinkfar-prune.textlinkfar.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-base.textlinksrc.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-base.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a9a9aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-base.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinksrc-base.textlinksrc.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+      TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+         DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+            DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+            DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+            STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+               CONTIGUOUS
+               SIZE 32
+               OFFSET 2848
+            }
+            FILTERS {
+               NONE
+            }
+            FILLVALUE {
+               FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+               VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+            }
+            ALLOCATION_TIME {
+               H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+            }
+         }
+   }
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+      TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+   }
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+      TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "group"
+         GROUP "group" {
+            DATASET "dset" {
+               DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+               DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+               STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                  CONTIGUOUS
+                  SIZE 24
+                  OFFSET 3136
+               }
+               FILTERS {
+                  NONE
+               }
+               FILLVALUE {
+                  FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                  VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+               }
+               ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                  H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+               }
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+               TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "/"
+                  GROUP "/" {
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+                        TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+                           DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+                              HARDLINK "/dset1"
+                           }
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+                        TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+                        TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "group"
+                           GROUP "group" {
+                              HARDLINK "/group"
+                           }
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+                        TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "dset"
+                           DATASET "dset" {
+                              DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                              DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                              STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                                 CONTIGUOUS
+                                 SIZE 24
+                                 OFFSET 3160
+                              }
+                              FILTERS {
+                                 NONE
+                              }
+                              FILLVALUE {
+                                 FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                                 VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                              }
+                              ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                                 H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                              }
+                           }
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+                        TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "type"
+                           DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+                        TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+                        TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+                           GROUP "empty_group" {
+                           }
+                     }
+                  }
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+               TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+            }
+            GROUP "subgroup" {
+               GROUP "link_to_group" {
+                  HARDLINK "/group"
+               }
+            }
+         }
+   }
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+      TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "dset"
+         DATASET "dset" {
+            HARDLINK "/dset"
+         }
+   }
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+      TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "type"
+         DATATYPE "type" HARDLINK "/type"
+   }
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+      TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+   }
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+      TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+         GROUP "empty_group" {
+            HARDLINK "/empty_group"
+         }
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-merge.textlinksrc.h5.tst b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-merge.textlinksrc.h5.tst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5a5902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-merge.textlinksrc.h5.tst
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+file1     file2
+---------------------------------------
+    x      x    /              
+    x      x    /ext2soft_link1
+    x      x    /ext2softdangle_link1
+    x      x    /ext_link1     
+           x    /ext_link1/dset
+           x    /ext_link1/elink_t1
+           x    /ext_link1/elink_t2
+           x    /ext_link1/subgroup
+           x    /ext_link1/subgroup/link_to_group
+    x      x    /ext_link2     
+    x      x    /ext_link3     
+    x      x    /ext_link4     
+    x      x    /ext_link5     
+
+group  : </> and </>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </ext2soft_link1> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </ext2soft_link1> is of type H5G_DATASET
+external link: </ext2softdangle_link1> and </ext2softdangle_link1>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </ext_link1> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </ext_link1> is of type H5G_GROUP
+Not comparable: </ext_link2> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </ext_link2> is of type H5G_DATASET
+Not comparable: </ext_link3> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </ext_link3> is of type H5G_TYPE
+external link: </ext_link4> and </ext_link4>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </ext_link5> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </ext_link5> is of type H5G_GROUP
+--------------------------------
+Some objects are not comparable
+--------------------------------
+Use -c for a list of objects without details of differences.
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-mergeprune.textlinksrc.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-mergeprune.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b3c740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-mergeprune.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinksrc-mergeprune.textlinksrc.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   DATASET "ext2soft_link1" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2048
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   GROUP "ext_link1" {
+      DATASET "dset" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 24
+            OFFSET 2080
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "/"
+            GROUP "/" {
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+                  TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+                     DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+                        DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+                        DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+                        STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                           CONTIGUOUS
+                           SIZE 32
+                           OFFSET 2848
+                        }
+                        FILTERS {
+                           NONE
+                        }
+                        FILLVALUE {
+                           FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                           VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                        }
+                        ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                           H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                        }
+                     }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+                  TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "group"
+                     GROUP "group" {
+                        DATASET "dset" {
+                           DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                           DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                           STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                              CONTIGUOUS
+                              SIZE 24
+                              OFFSET 3136
+                           }
+                           FILTERS {
+                              NONE
+                           }
+                           FILLVALUE {
+                              FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                              VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                           }
+                           ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                              H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                           }
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "/"
+                              GROUP "/" {
+                                 HARDLINK "/"
+                              }
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+                        }
+                        GROUP "subgroup" {
+                           GROUP "link_to_group" {
+                              HARDLINK "/group"
+                           }
+                        }
+                     }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "dset"
+                     DATASET "dset" {
+                        DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                        DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                        STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                           CONTIGUOUS
+                           SIZE 24
+                           OFFSET 3160
+                        }
+                        FILTERS {
+                           NONE
+                        }
+                        FILLVALUE {
+                           FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                           VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                        }
+                        ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                           H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                        }
+                     }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "type"
+                     DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+                     GROUP "empty_group" {
+                     }
+               }
+            }
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+      }
+      GROUP "subgroup" {
+         GROUP "link_to_group" {
+            HARDLINK "/ext_link1"
+         }
+      }
+   }
+   DATASET "ext_link2" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 24
+         OFFSET 2104
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "ext_link3" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+   GROUP "ext_link5" {
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-prune.textlinksrc.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-prune.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65d35ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-prune.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinksrc-prune.textlinksrc.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-base.textlinktar.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-base.textlinktar.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f02ff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-base.textlinktar.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinktar-base.textlinktar.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   DATASET "dset" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 24
+         OFFSET 2048
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   GROUP "empty_group" {
+   }
+   GROUP "group" {
+      DATASET "dset" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 24
+            OFFSET 2072
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "/"
+            GROUP "/" {
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+                  TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+                     DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+                        DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+                        DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+                        STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                           CONTIGUOUS
+                           SIZE 32
+                           OFFSET 2848
+                        }
+                        FILTERS {
+                           NONE
+                        }
+                        FILLVALUE {
+                           FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                           VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                        }
+                        ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                           H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                        }
+                     }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+                  TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "group"
+                     GROUP "group" {
+                        DATASET "dset" {
+                           DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                           DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                           STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                              CONTIGUOUS
+                              SIZE 24
+                              OFFSET 3136
+                           }
+                           FILTERS {
+                              NONE
+                           }
+                           FILLVALUE {
+                              FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                              VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                           }
+                           ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                              H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                           }
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "/"
+                              GROUP "/" {
+                                 HARDLINK "/"
+                              }
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+                        }
+                        GROUP "subgroup" {
+                           GROUP "link_to_group" {
+                              HARDLINK "/group"
+                           }
+                        }
+                     }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "dset"
+                     DATASET "dset" {
+                        DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                        DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                        STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                           CONTIGUOUS
+                           SIZE 24
+                           OFFSET 3160
+                        }
+                        FILTERS {
+                           NONE
+                        }
+                        FILLVALUE {
+                           FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                           VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                        }
+                        ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                           H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                        }
+                     }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "type"
+                     DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+                     GROUP "empty_group" {
+                     }
+               }
+            }
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+      }
+      GROUP "subgroup" {
+         GROUP "link_to_group" {
+            HARDLINK "/group"
+         }
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-merge.textlinktar.h5.tst b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-merge.textlinktar.h5.tst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccf4f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-merge.textlinktar.h5.tst
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+file1     file2
+---------------------------------------
+    x      x    /              
+    x      x    /dset          
+    x      x    /empty_group   
+    x      x    /group         
+    x      x    /group/dset    
+    x      x    /group/elink_t1
+           x    /group/elink_t1/ext2soft_link1
+           x    /group/elink_t1/ext2softdangle_link1
+           x    /group/elink_t1/ext_link1
+           x    /group/elink_t1/ext_link2
+           x    /group/elink_t1/ext_link3
+           x    /group/elink_t1/ext_link4
+           x    /group/elink_t1/ext_link5
+    x      x    /group/elink_t2
+    x      x    /group/subgroup
+    x      x    /group/subgroup/link_to_group
+    x      x    /type          
+
+group  : </> and </>
+0 differences found
+dataset: </dset> and </dset>
+0 differences found
+group  : </empty_group> and </empty_group>
+0 differences found
+group  : </group> and </group>
+0 differences found
+dataset: </group/dset> and </group/dset>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </group/elink_t1> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </group/elink_t1> is of type H5G_GROUP
+external link: </group/elink_t2> and </group/elink_t2>
+0 differences found
+group  : </group/subgroup> and </group/subgroup>
+0 differences found
+group  : </group/subgroup/link_to_group> and </group/subgroup/link_to_group>
+0 differences found
+datatype: </type> and </type>
+0 differences found
+--------------------------------
+Some objects are not comparable
+--------------------------------
+Use -c for a list of objects without details of differences.
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-mergeprune.textlinktar.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-mergeprune.textlinktar.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c52e34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-mergeprune.textlinktar.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinktar-mergeprune.textlinktar.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   DATASET "dset" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 24
+         OFFSET 2048
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   GROUP "empty_group" {
+   }
+   GROUP "group" {
+      DATASET "dset" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 24
+            OFFSET 2072
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      GROUP "elink_t1" {
+         EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+            TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+            TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+               DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+                  DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+                  DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+                  STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                     CONTIGUOUS
+                     SIZE 32
+                     OFFSET 2848
+                  }
+                  FILTERS {
+                     NONE
+                  }
+                  FILLVALUE {
+                     FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                     VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                  }
+                  ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                     H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                  }
+               }
+         }
+         EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+            TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+            TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+         }
+         EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+            TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+            TARGETPATH "group"
+               GROUP "group" {
+                  DATASET "dset" {
+                     DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                     DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                     STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                        CONTIGUOUS
+                        SIZE 24
+                        OFFSET 3136
+                     }
+                     FILTERS {
+                        NONE
+                     }
+                     FILLVALUE {
+                        FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                        VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                     }
+                     ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                        H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                     }
+                  }
+                  EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+                     TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                     TARGETPATH "/"
+                        GROUP "/" {
+                           EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+                              TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                              TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+                                 DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+                                    HARDLINK "/dset1"
+                                 }
+                           }
+                           EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+                              TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                              TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+                           }
+                           EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+                              TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                              TARGETPATH "group"
+                                 GROUP "group" {
+                                    HARDLINK "/group"
+                                 }
+                           }
+                           EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+                              TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                              TARGETPATH "dset"
+                                 DATASET "dset" {
+                                    DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                                    DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                                    STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                                       CONTIGUOUS
+                                       SIZE 24
+                                       OFFSET 3160
+                                    }
+                                    FILTERS {
+                                       NONE
+                                    }
+                                    FILLVALUE {
+                                       FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                                       VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                                    }
+                                    ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                                       H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                                    }
+                                 }
+                           }
+                           EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+                              TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                              TARGETPATH "type"
+                                 DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+                           }
+                           EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+                              TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                              TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+                           }
+                           EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+                              TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                              TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+                                 GROUP "empty_group" {
+                                 }
+                           }
+                        }
+                  }
+                  EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+                     TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                     TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+                  }
+                  GROUP "subgroup" {
+                     GROUP "link_to_group" {
+                        HARDLINK "/group"
+                     }
+                  }
+               }
+         }
+         EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+            TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+            TARGETPATH "dset"
+               DATASET "dset" {
+                  HARDLINK "/dset"
+               }
+         }
+         EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+            TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+            TARGETPATH "type"
+               DATATYPE "type" HARDLINK "/type"
+         }
+         EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+            TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+            TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+         }
+         EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+            TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+            TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+               GROUP "empty_group" {
+                  HARDLINK "/empty_group"
+               }
+         }
+      }
+      GROUP "subgroup" {
+         GROUP "link_to_group" {
+            HARDLINK "/group"
+         }
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-prune.textlinktar.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-prune.textlinktar.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6787784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-prune.textlinktar.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinktar-prune.textlinktar.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   DATASET "dset" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 24
+         OFFSET 2048
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   GROUP "empty_group" {
+   }
+   GROUP "group" {
+      DATASET "dset" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 24
+            OFFSET 2072
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      GROUP "subgroup" {
+         GROUP "link_to_group" {
+            HARDLINK "/group"
+         }
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-base.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-base.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0cd32d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-base.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+HDF5 "out-tsoftlinks-base.tsoftlinks.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   DATASET "dset1" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2048
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATASET "dset2" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2080
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "dtype" H5T_STD_I32BE;
+   GROUP "group1" {
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dangle" {
+         LINKTARGET "not_yet"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dset1" {
+         LINKTARGET "/dset1"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dset2" {
+         LINKTARGET "/dset2"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dtype" {
+         LINKTARGET "/dtype"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_empty_grp" {
+         LINKTARGET "/group_empty"
+      }
+   }
+   GROUP "group_empty" {
+   }
+   SOFTLINK "soft_dangle" {
+      LINKTARGET "not_yet"
+   }
+   SOFTLINK "soft_dset1" {
+      LINKTARGET "/dset1"
+   }
+   SOFTLINK "soft_dtype" {
+      LINKTARGET "/dtype"
+   }
+   SOFTLINK "soft_empty_grp" {
+      LINKTARGET "/group_empty"
+   }
+   SOFTLINK "soft_group1" {
+      LINKTARGET "/group1"
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-merge.tsoftlinks.h5.tst b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-merge.tsoftlinks.h5.tst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27c33d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-merge.tsoftlinks.h5.tst
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+
+file1     file2
+---------------------------------------
+    x      x    /              
+    x      x    /dset1         
+    x      x    /dset2         
+    x      x    /dtype         
+    x      x    /group1        
+    x      x    /group1/soft_dangle
+    x      x    /group1/soft_dset1
+    x      x    /group1/soft_dset2
+    x      x    /group1/soft_dtype
+    x      x    /group1/soft_empty_grp
+    x      x    /group_empty   
+    x      x    /soft_dangle   
+    x      x    /soft_dset1    
+    x      x    /soft_dtype    
+    x      x    /soft_empty_grp
+    x      x    /soft_group1   
+           x    /soft_group1/soft_dangle
+           x    /soft_group1/soft_dset1
+           x    /soft_group1/soft_dset2
+           x    /soft_group1/soft_dtype
+           x    /soft_group1/soft_empty_grp
+
+group  : </> and </>
+0 differences found
+dataset: </dset1> and </dset1>
+0 differences found
+dataset: </dset2> and </dset2>
+0 differences found
+datatype: </dtype> and </dtype>
+0 differences found
+group  : </group1> and </group1>
+0 differences found
+link   : </group1/soft_dangle> and </group1/soft_dangle>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </group1/soft_dset1> is of type H5G_LINK and </group1/soft_dset1> is of type H5G_DATASET
+Not comparable: </group1/soft_dset2> is of type H5G_LINK and </group1/soft_dset2> is of type H5G_DATASET
+Not comparable: </group1/soft_dtype> is of type H5G_LINK and </group1/soft_dtype> is of type H5G_TYPE
+Not comparable: </group1/soft_empty_grp> is of type H5G_LINK and </group1/soft_empty_grp> is of type H5G_GROUP
+group  : </group_empty> and </group_empty>
+0 differences found
+link   : </soft_dangle> and </soft_dangle>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </soft_dset1> is of type H5G_LINK and </soft_dset1> is of type H5G_DATASET
+Not comparable: </soft_dtype> is of type H5G_LINK and </soft_dtype> is of type H5G_TYPE
+Not comparable: </soft_empty_grp> is of type H5G_LINK and </soft_empty_grp> is of type H5G_GROUP
+Not comparable: </soft_group1> is of type H5G_LINK and </soft_group1> is of type H5G_GROUP
+--------------------------------
+Some objects are not comparable
+--------------------------------
+Use -c for a list of objects without details of differences.
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-mergeprune.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-mergeprune.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa4e12d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-mergeprune.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+HDF5 "out-tsoftlinks-mergeprune.tsoftlinks.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   DATASET "dset1" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2048
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATASET "dset2" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2080
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "dtype" H5T_STD_I32BE;
+   GROUP "group1" {
+      DATASET "soft_dset1" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 32
+            OFFSET 2112
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      DATASET "soft_dset2" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 32
+            OFFSET 2144
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      DATATYPE "soft_dtype" H5T_STD_I32BE;
+      GROUP "soft_empty_grp" {
+      }
+   }
+   GROUP "group_empty" {
+   }
+   DATASET "soft_dset1" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2176
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "soft_dtype" H5T_STD_I32BE;
+   GROUP "soft_empty_grp" {
+   }
+   GROUP "soft_group1" {
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dangle" {
+         LINKTARGET "not_yet"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dset1" {
+         LINKTARGET "/dset1"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dset2" {
+         LINKTARGET "/dset2"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dtype" {
+         LINKTARGET "/dtype"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_empty_grp" {
+         LINKTARGET "/group_empty"
+      }
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-prune.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-prune.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de58ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-prune.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+HDF5 "out-tsoftlinks-prune.tsoftlinks.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   DATASET "dset1" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2048
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATASET "dset2" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2080
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "dtype" H5T_STD_I32BE;
+   GROUP "group1" {
+   }
+   GROUP "group_empty" {
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/misc/h5perf_gentest.c b/tools/test/misc/h5perf_gentest.c
index f50e5fb..511a9e2 100644
--- a/tools/test/misc/h5perf_gentest.c
+++ b/tools/test/misc/h5perf_gentest.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   creates a large number of attributes, groups, and datasets by specifying
   -a, -g, -d options respectively. Using "-h" option to see details.
 
-  Programmer:  Peter Cao <xcao@hdfgroup.org>, Jan. 2013
+  Programmer:  Peter Cao, Jan. 2013
  ****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "hdf5.h"
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   Return:  Non-negative on success/Negative on failure
 
-  Programmer:  Peter Cao <xcao@hdfgroup.org>, Jan. 2013
+  Programmer:  Peter Cao, Jan. 2013
  ****************************************************************************/
 herr_t create_perf_test_file(const char *fname, int ngrps, int ndsets,
        int nattrs, hsize_t nrows, hsize_t dim0, hsize_t chunk, int vlen,
diff --git a/tools/test/misc/h5repart_gentest.c b/tools/test/misc/h5repart_gentest.c
index bd94104..520069f 100644
--- a/tools/test/misc/h5repart_gentest.c
+++ b/tools/test/misc/h5repart_gentest.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Raymond Lu<slu@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
+ * Programmer:  Raymond Lu
  *              June 1, 2005
  *
  * Purpose:     Generate a family file of 1024 bytes for each member
diff --git a/tools/test/misc/testfiles/h5mkgrp_version.txt.in b/tools/test/misc/testfiles/h5mkgrp_version.txt.in
index 75c13a5..37dbabd 100644
--- a/tools/test/misc/testfiles/h5mkgrp_version.txt.in
+++ b/tools/test/misc/testfiles/h5mkgrp_version.txt.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-h5mkgrp: Version @HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION_STRING@
+h5mkgrp: Version @HDF5_RELEASE_VERSION_STRING@
diff --git a/tools/test/misc/testh5mkgrp.sh.in b/tools/test/misc/testh5mkgrp.sh.in
index 3ad1f71..7dc8155 100644
--- a/tools/test/misc/testh5mkgrp.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/misc/testh5mkgrp.sh.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #
 # Tests for the h5mkgrp tool
 #
-# Quincey Koziol (koziol@hdfgroup.org)
+# Quincey Koziol
 # Tuesday, February 13, 2007
 #
 
@@ -150,10 +150,11 @@ TOOLTEST()
 {
     TESTING $H5MKGRP $@
     (
-    cd $TESTDIR
-    $RUNSERIAL $H5MKGRP_BIN $@
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5MKGRP_BIN $@
     ) > output.out
     RET=$?
+
     if [ $RET != 0 ]; then
         echo "*FAILED*"
         echo "failed result is:"
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ TOOLTEST()
 
         # Clean up output file
         if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
-           rm -f output.out
+            rm -f output.out
         fi
     fi
 }
@@ -181,8 +182,8 @@ H5LSTEST()
     # any unexpected output from that stream too.
     VERIFY_H5LS  $@
     (
-      cd $TESTDIR
-      $RUNSERIAL $H5LS_BIN $H5LS_ARGS $@
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5LS_BIN $H5LS_ARGS $@
     ) 2>&1 |sed 's/Modified:.*/Modified:  XXXX-XX-XX XX:XX:XX XXX/' >$actual
 
     # save actual in case it is needed later.
@@ -190,25 +191,25 @@ H5LSTEST()
     STDOUT_FILTER $actual
     STDERR_FILTER $actual
 
-   if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-      # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-      echo " CREATED"
-      cp $actual $expect
-      echo "    Expected result (*.ls) missing"
-      nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-   elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-      echo " PASSED"
-   else
-      echo "*FAILED*"
-      echo "    Expected result (*.ls) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-      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_sav
-   fi
+    if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ls) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+    elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
+        echo " PASSED"
+    else
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.ls) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+        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_sav
+    fi
 }
 
 # Single run of tool
@@ -258,30 +259,30 @@ CMPTEST()
     # any unexpected output from that stream too.
     TESTING $H5MKGRP $@
     (
-    cd $TESTDIR
-    $RUNSERIAL $H5MKGRP_BIN $@
+        cd $TESTDIR
+        $RUNSERIAL $H5MKGRP_BIN $@
     ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
     cat $actual_err >> $actual
 
-   if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
-    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
-      echo " CREATED"
-      cp $actual $expect
-      echo "    Expected result (*.txt) missing"
-      nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-   elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
-      echo " PASSED"
-   else
-      echo "*FAILED*"
-      echo "    Expected result (*.txt) differs from actual result (*.out)"
-      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
-   fi
+    if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+        echo "    Expected result (*.txt) missing"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+    elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
+        echo " PASSED"
+    else
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result (*.txt) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+        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
+    fi
 }
 
 ##############################################################################
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/chunk.c b/tools/test/perform/chunk.c
index 3603c9b..bd16e1d 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/chunk.c
+++ b/tools/test/perform/chunk.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke <robb@arborea.spizella.com>
+ * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
  *              Thursday, May 14, 1998
  *
  * Purpose:	Checks the effect of various I/O request sizes and raw data
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/iopipe.c b/tools/test/perform/iopipe.c
index de56281..bb74a1b 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/iopipe.c
+++ b/tools/test/perform/iopipe.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke <matzke@llnl.gov>
+ * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
  *              Thursday, March 12, 1998
  */
 
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/overhead.c b/tools/test/perform/overhead.c
index 58558a5..bb3aff5 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/overhead.c
+++ b/tools/test/perform/overhead.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke <matzke@llnl.gov>
+ * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
  *              Monday, September 28, 1998
  *
  * Purpose:  Creates a chunked dataset and measures the storage overhead.
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/perf_meta.c b/tools/test/perform/perf_meta.c
index b56f074..77248cc 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/perf_meta.c
+++ b/tools/test/perform/perf_meta.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:	Raymond Lu <slu@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
+ * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
  *		Friday, Oct 3, 2004
  *
  * Purpose:	Tests performance of metadata
author	David Young <dyoung@hdfgroup.org>	2020-09-03 21:13:47 (GMT)
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