Instructions for Building and Testing HDF5 from Command Line on Windows XP


Notes:

1. This instruction is written for users who would like to build HDF5 libraries and tools from the HDF5 source code package on command line.

2. Currently, we support:

3. Please read CAREFULLY about HDF5 build and install preconditions and notes in INSTALL_Windows.txt before starting below procedures.


Preconditions


1. Add WinZip command line support (Optional)

To use WinZip command line utility, you have to install WinZip 9.0 or higher version.

If you want to extract zip files on the command line, you should


Section I: Building and testing HDF5 with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 and Compaq Visual Fortran 6.0.


1. Extra Preconditions:

2. Building and testing HDF5 libraries and tools

We provide 2 options for users to build test HDF5 libraries and tools.