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@@ -93,8 +93,9 @@ installed with HDF5.
<li><a href="#Tools-Ls">h5ls</a> --
Lists specified features of HDF5 file contents
<li><a href="#Tools-Diff">h5diff</a> --
- Compares two HDF5 files and reports the differences
- <em>(Beta version)</em>
+ Compares two HDF5 files and reports the differences.
+ <li><a href="#Tools-Repack">h5repack</a> -- Copies an HDF5 file to a new
+ file with or without compression/chunking.
<li><a href="#Tools-Perf">h5perf</a> --
Measures HDF5 performance
<li><a href="#Tools-Repart">h5repart</a> --
@@ -669,7 +670,7 @@ installed with HDF5.
<!-- HEADER RIGHT "h5diff" -->
<hr>
<dl>
-<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-Diff">h5diff</a> &nbsp;&nbsp; <em>(Beta version)</em>
+<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-Diff">h5diff</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
<dd><code>h5diff </code> <em>file1</em> <em>file2</em>
[<em>OPTIONS</em>]
@@ -692,9 +693,19 @@ installed with HDF5.
<em>object1</em> in <em>file1</em>
with <em>object2</em> in <em>file2</em>.
These objects must be HDF5 datasets.
+ <dd>
<p>
<em>object1</em> and <em>object2</em> must be expressed
as absolute paths from the respective file's root group.
+ <dd>
+ <p>
+ <code>h5diff</code> has the following four modes of output:<br>
+ Normal mode: print the number of differences found and where they occurred<br>
+ Report mode (-r): print the above plus the differences<br>
+ Verbose mode (-v): print the above plus a list of objects and warnings<br>
+ Quiet mode (-q): do not print output (h5diff always returns an exit code of
+ 1 when differences are found).
+ <dd>
<p>
Additional information, with several sample cases,
can be found in the document
@@ -710,12 +721,18 @@ installed with HDF5.
<td valign="top">The HDF5 files to be compared.</td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><code>-h</code></td>
- <td valign="top">Print all differences.</td></tr>
+ <td valign="top">help message.</td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><code>-r</code></td>
- <td valign="top">Print only the names of objects that differ;
- do not print the differences. These objects may be HDF5
- datasets, groups, or named datatypes.</td></tr>
+ <td valign="top">Report mode. Print the differences.</td></tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td valign="top"><code>-v</code></td>
+ <td valign="top">Verbose mode. Print the differences, list of objects, warnings.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td valign="top"><code>-q</code></td>
+ <td valign="top">Quiet mode. Do not print output.</td>
+ </tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><code>-n</code> <em>count</em></td>
<td valign="top">Print difference up to <em>count</em>
@@ -771,6 +788,90 @@ installed with HDF5.
<!-- HEADER RIGHT "h5repart" -->
<hr>
<dl>
+<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-Repack">h5repack</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
+ <dd><code>h5repack </code> -i <em>file1</em>-o <em>file2</em> [-h] [-v] [-f
+ '<i>filter</i>'] [-l '<i>layout</i>'][-m number][-e file]
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Copies an HDF5 file to a new file with or without compression/chunking.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>h5repack</code> is a command line tool that applies HDF5 filters
+ to a input file <em>file1</em>, saving the output in a new file, <em>file2</em>.<p>'<i>filter</i>'
+ is a string with the format&nbsp;<br>
+ &lt;list of objects&gt; : &lt;name of filter&gt; = &lt;filter
+ parameters&gt;.<br>
+ <br>
+ &nbsp;&lt;list of objects&gt; is a comma separated list of object names
+ meaning apply compression only to those objects. If no object names are
+ specified, the filter is applied to all objects<br>
+ &nbsp;&lt;name of filter&gt; can be:&nbsp;<br>
+ GZIP, to apply the HDF5 GZIP filter (GZIP compression)<br>
+ SZIP, to apply the HDF5 SZIP filter (SZIP compression)<br>
+ SHUF, to apply the HDF5 shuffle filter<br>
+ FLET, to apply the HDF5 checksum filter<br>
+ NONE, to remove the filter&nbsp;<br>
+ &lt;filter parameters&gt; is optional compression info&nbsp;<br>
+ SHUF (no parameter)&nbsp;<br>
+ FLET (no parameter)&nbsp;<br>
+ GZIP=&lt;deflation level&gt; from 1-9&nbsp;<br>
+ SZIP=&lt;pixels per block,coding&gt; (pixels per block is a even number in
+ 2-32 and coding method is 'EC' or 'NN')
+<dt>&nbsp;</dt>
+<dd>'<i>layout'</i> is a string with the format<br>
+ &nbsp;&lt;list of objects&gt; : &lt;layout type&gt;&nbsp;<br>
+ <br>
+ &lt;list of objects&gt; is a comma separated list of object names, meaning
+ that layout information is supplied for those objects. If no object names are
+ specified, the layout is applied to all objects&nbsp;<br>
+ &lt;layout type&gt; can be:&nbsp;<br>
+ CHUNK, to apply chunking layout&nbsp;<br>
+ COMPA, to apply compact layout&nbsp;<br>
+ CONTI, to apply continuous layout&nbsp;<br>
+ &lt;layout parameters&gt; is present for the chunk case only it is the chunk
+ size of each dimension: &lt;dim_1 x dim_2 x ... dim_n&gt;</dd>
+<dt>&nbsp;</dt>
+<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>file1</em>
+ <dt><em>file2</em>
+ <dd>The input and output HDF5 files
+ <dt><code>-h</code>
+ <dd>help message.<dt><code>-f</code> <em>filter</em>
+ <dd>Filter type<dt><code>-l</code> <em>layout</em>
+ <dd>Layout type<dt><code>-v</code>
+ <dd>Verbose mode. Print output (list of objects in the file, filters
+ and layout applied).<dt><code>-e</code> <em>file</em>
+ <dd>File with the -f and -l options (only filter and layout flags)
+ <dt><code>-d</code> <em>delta</em>
+ <dd>Print only differences that are greater than the
+ limit <em>delta</em>.
+ <em>delta</em> must be a positive number.
+ The comparison criterion is whether the
+ absolute value of the difference of
+ two corresponding values is greater than
+ <em>delta</em>
+ <br>(e.g., <code> |a&ndash;b|&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<em>delta</em></code>,
+ where <code>a</code> is a value in <em>file1</em> and
+ <code>b</code> is a value in <em>file2</em>).<dt><code>-m</code> <em>number</em>
+ <dd>Do not apply the filter to objects which size in bytes is
+ smaller than number. If no size is specified a minimum of 1024
+ bytes is assumed.
+ </dl>
+<dt><strong>Examples:</strong>
+ <dd>1) h5repack -i file1 -o file2 -f GZIP=1 -v<br>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Applies GZIP compression to all
+ objects in file1 and saves the output in file2
+ <p>2) h5repack -i file1 -o file2 -f dset1:SZIP=8,NN -v<br>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Applies SZIP compression only
+ to object 'dset1'</p>
+ <p>3) h5repack -i file1 -o file2 -l dset1,dset2:CHUNK=20x10 -v<br>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Applies chunked layout to
+ objects 'dset1' and 'dset2'<br>
+</dl>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<hr>
+<dl>
<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-Repart">h5repart</a>
<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
<dd><code>h5repart
@@ -2309,7 +2410,7 @@ installed with HDF5.
<pre>
# h5cc -c prog1.c
# h5cc -c prog2.c
- # h5cc -shlib -o hdf_prog prog1.o prog2.o</pre></dt>
+ # h5cc -shlib -o hdf_prog prog1.o prog2.o</pre>
<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
<ul><table>
@@ -2401,7 +2502,7 @@ installed with HDF5.
<pre>
# h5fc -c prog1.f90
# h5fc -c prog2.f90
- # h5fc -o hdf_prog prog1.o prog2.o</pre></dt>
+ # h5fc -o hdf_prog prog1.o prog2.o</pre>
<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
<ul><table>
@@ -2614,7 +2715,9 @@ And in this document, the
<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a>
<br>
Describes HDF5 Release 1.7, the unreleased development branch; working toward HDF5 Release 1.8.0
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