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<h2>HDF5 Tool Interfaces</h2>
<p>
These tools enable the user to examine HDF5 file contents,
-to modify HDF5 file contents in a carefully prescribed manner, and
+to modify HDF5 file contents in a carefully prescribed manner, and
to convert files from HDF4 format to HDF5 format and vice versa.
@@ -62,10 +62,22 @@ to convert files from HDF4 format to HDF5 format and vice versa.
A tool for listing specified features of HDF5 file contents
<li><a href="#Tools-Repart">h5repart</a> --
A tool for repartitioning a file, creating a family of files
+ <li><a href="#Tools-GIF2H5">gif2h5</a> --
+ A tool for converting a GIF file to an HDF5 file
+ <li><a href="#Tools-H52GIF">h52gif</a> --
+ A tool for converting images in an HDF5 file to a GIF file
<li><a href="#Tools-H5toh4">h5toh4</a> --
A tool for converting an HDF5 file to an HDF4 file
<li><a href="#Tools-H4toh5">h4toh5</a> --
A tool for converting an HDF4 file to an HDF5 file
+ <li><a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/java-hdf5-html/">Java-based tools for HDF5</a> --
+ <em>(at <code>http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/java-hdf5-html/</code>)</em>
+ <br>
+ Java-based tools for viewing, manipulating, and generating HDF5 files
+ (distributed separately)
+ <br>
+ Includes <code>H5view</code>, <code>H5gen</code>,
+ Java HDF5 Interface (JHI5), and HDF5 VisAD Data Adapter
</ul>
</td></tr>
</table>
@@ -499,6 +511,82 @@ to convert files from HDF4 format to HDF5 format and vice versa.
<hr>
<dl>
+<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-GIF2H5">gif2h5</a>
+<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
+ <dd><code>gif2h5</code>
+ <em>gif_file</em> <em>h5_file</em>
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Converts a GIF file to an HDF5 file.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>gif2h5</code> accepts as input the GIF file <em>gif_file</em>
+ and produces the HDF5 file <em>h5_file</em> as output.
+
+<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>gif_file</em>
+ <dd>The name of the input GIF file
+ <dt><em>h5_file</em>
+ <dd>The name of the output HDF5 file
+ </dl>
+<!--
+<dt><strong>Current Status:</strong>
+ <dd>
+<dt><strong>See Also:</strong>
+ <dd>
+-->
+</dl>
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-H52GIF">h52gif</a>
+<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
+ <dd><code>h52gif</code>
+ <em>h5_file</em> <em>gif_file</em>
+ <code>-i</code> <em>h5_image</em>
+ <code>[-p</code> <em>h5_palette</em><code>]</code>
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Converts an HDF5 file to a GIF file.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>h52gif</code> accepts as input the HDF5 file <em>h5_file</em>
+ and the names of images and associated palettes within that file
+ as input and produces the GIF file <em>gif_file</em>,
+ containing those images, as output.
+ <p>
+ <code>h52gif</code> expects <em>at least</em>
+ one <em>h5_image</em>.
+ You may repeat
+ <br>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ <code>-i</code> <em>h5_image</em>
+ <code>[-p</code> <em>h5_palette</em><code>]</code>
+ <br>
+ up to 50 times, for a maximum of 50 images.
+
+<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>h5_file</em>
+ <dd>The name of the input HDF5 file
+ <dt><em>gif_file</em>
+ <dd>The name of the output GIF file
+ <dt><code>-i</code> <em>h5_image</em>
+ <dd>Image option, specifying the name of an HDF5 image or
+ dataset containing an image to be converted
+ <dt><code>-p</code> <em>h5_palette</em>
+ <dd>Palette option, specifying the name of an HDF5 dataset
+ containing a palette to be used in an image conversion
+ </dl>
+<!--
+<dt><strong>Current Status:</strong>
+ <dd>
+<dt><strong>See Also:</strong>
+ <dd>
+-->
+</dl>
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-H5toh4">h5toh4</a>
<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
<dd><code>h5toh4 -h</code><br>
@@ -807,7 +895,7 @@ Tools&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a>
<br>
-Last modified: 5 July 2001
+Last modified: 2 August 2001
<br>
Describes HDF5 Release 1.5, Unreleased Development Branch