HDF5 documents and links 
Introduction to HDF5 
HDF5 User Guide 
And in this document, the HDF5 Reference Manual  
H5   H5A   H5D   H5E   H5F   H5G   H5I   H5P  
H5R   H5S   H5T   H5Z   Tools   Datatypes  
(PDF of complete manual formatted as print volume)   

H5F: File Interface

File API Functions

These functions are designed to provide file-level access to HDF5 files. Further manipulation of objects inside a file is performed through one of APIs documented below.

The C Interfaces:
             

Alphabetical Listing
             

The FORTRAN90 Interfaces:
In general, each FORTRAN90 subroutine performs exactly the same task as the corresponding C function.
             


HDF5 documents and links 
Introduction to HDF5 
HDF5 User Guide 
And in this document, the HDF5 Reference Manual  
H5   H5A   H5D   H5E   H5F   H5G   H5I   H5P  
H5R   H5S   H5T   H5Z   Tools   Datatypes  
(PDF of complete manual formatted as print volume)   

The HDF Group Help Desk:
Describes HDF5 Release 1.6.9, May 2009