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-rw-r--r--src/H5A.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5A.c b/src/H5A.c
index 74b0148..739cce2 100644
--- a/src/H5A.c
+++ b/src/H5A.c
@@ -1201,10 +1201,12 @@ H5Arename(hid_t loc_id, const char *old_name, const char *new_name)
H5TRACE3("e", "i*s*s", loc_id, old_name, new_name);
/* check arguments */
- if(!old_name || !new_name)
- HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, FAIL, "name is nil")
if(H5I_ATTR == H5I_get_type(loc_id))
HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, FAIL, "location is not valid for an attribute")
+ if(!old_name || !*old_name)
+ HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "no old attribute name")
+ if(!new_name || !*new_name)
+ HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "no new attribute name")
/* Avoid thrashing things if the names are the same */
if(HDstrcmp(old_name, new_name)) {