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+/* 
+ * This program shows the concept of "mounting files". 
+ * Program creates one file with group G in it, and another
+ * file with dataset D. Then second file is mounted in the first one
+ * under the "mounting point" G. Dataset D is accessed in the first file 
+ * under name /G/D and data is printed out. 
+ */
+
+#include<hdf5.h>
+
+#define FILE1 "mount1.h5"
+#define FILE2 "mount2.h5"
+
+#define RANK 2
+#define NX 4
+#define NY 5
+
+int main(void) 
+{
+
+   hid_t fid1, fid2, gid;  /* Files and group identifiers */
+   hid_t did, tid, sid;    /* Dataset and datatype identifiers */ 
+
+   herr_t status;
+   hsize_t dims[] = {NX,NY}; /* Dataset dimensions */
+
+   int i, j;
+   int bm[NX][NY], bm_out[NX][NY]; /* Data buffers */
+
+   /*
+    * Initialization of buffer matrix "bm" 
+    */
+   for(i =0; i<NX; i++) {
+    for(j = 0; j<NY; j++)
+      bm[i][j] = i + j;
+   }
+
+   /* 
+    * Create first file and a group in it.
+    */
+   fid1 = H5Fcreate(FILE1, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+   gid = H5Gcreate(fid1, "/G", 0);
+
+   /* 
+    * Close group and file 
+    */
+   H5Gclose(gid);
+   H5Fclose(fid1);
+
+   /* 
+    * Create second file and dataset "D" in it.
+    */
+   fid2 = H5Fcreate(FILE2, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+   dims[0] = NX;
+   dims[1] = NY;
+   sid = H5Screate_simple(RANK, dims, NULL);
+   did = H5Dcreate(fid2, "D", H5T_NATIVE_INT, sid, H5P_DEFAULT);
+  
+   /*
+    * Write data to the dataset.
+    */
+   status = H5Dwrite(did, H5T_NATIVE_INT, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, bm);
+
+   /* 
+    * Close all identifiers.
+    */
+   H5Sclose(sid);
+   H5Dclose(did);
+   H5Fclose(fid2);
+
+   /* 
+    * Reopen both files
+    */
+   fid1 = H5Fopen(FILE1, H5F_ACC_RDONLY, H5P_DEFAULT);
+   fid2 = H5Fopen(FILE2, H5F_ACC_RDONLY, H5P_DEFAULT);
+  
+   /* 
+    * Mount second file under G in the first file.
+    */
+   H5Fmount(fid1, "/G", fid2, H5P_DEFAULT);
+
+   /* 
+    * Access dataset D in the first file under /G/D name.
+    */
+   did = H5Dopen(fid1,"/G/D");
+   tid = H5Dget_type(did);
+   status = H5Dread(did, tid, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, bm_out);
+
+   /*
+    * Print out the data.
+    */
+   for(i=0; i<NX; i++){
+    for(j=0; j<NY; j++)
+        printf("  %d", bm_out[i][j]);
+	printf("\n");
+   }
+
+   /* 
+    * Close all identifers
+    */
+   H5Tclose(tid);
+   H5Dclose(did);
+	
+   /* 
+    * Unmounting second file
+    */
+   H5Funmount(fid1, "/G");
+
+   /*
+    * Close both files
+    */
+   H5Fclose(fid1);
+   H5Fclose(fid2);
+
+   return 0;
+}
+
+
+