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diff --git a/doc/html/Datasets.html b/doc/html/Datasets.html index 16218cc..4520172 100644 --- a/doc/html/Datasets.html +++ b/doc/html/Datasets.html @@ -447,11 +447,15 @@ H5Pset_external (plist, "scan3.data", 0, 16); *<em>name</em>, hid_t <em>type_id</em>, hid_t <em>space_id</em>, hid_t <em>create_plist_id</em>)</code> <dd>A dataset is created by calling <code>H5Dcreate</code> with - a file identifier, a dataset name, a datatype, a data space, - and constant properties. The datatype and data space are the + a file identifier, a dataset name, a datatype, a dataspace, + and constant properties. The datatype and dataspace are the type and space of the dataset as it will exist in the file, - which may be different than in application memory. The - <em>create_plist_id</em> is a <code>H5P_DATASET_CREATE</code> + which may be different than in application memory. + Dataset names within a group must be unique: + <code>H5Dcreate</code> returns an error if a dataset with the + name specified in <code><em>name</em></code> already exists + at the location specified in <code><em>file_id</em></code>. + The <em>create_plist_id</em> is a <code>H5P_DATASET_CREATE</code> property list created with <code>H5Pcreate()</code> and initialized with the various functions described above. <code>H5Dcreate()</code> returns a dataset handle for success |