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HDF5 version 1.6.3 released on Wed Sep 22 11:30:11 CDT 2004
================================================================================
INTRODUCTION
This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.6.2 and
HDF5-1.6.3, and contains information on the platforms tested and
known problems in HDF5-1.6.3. For more details check the HISTORY.txt
file in the HDF5 source.
The HDF5 documentation can be found on the NCSA ftp server
(ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu) in the directory:
/HDF/HDF5/docs/
For more information look at the HDF5 home page at:
http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/
If you have any questions or comments, please send them to:
hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu
CONTENTS
- New Features
- Support for new platforms and languages
- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.2
- Documentation
- Platforms Tested
- Supported Configuration Features Summary
- Known Problems
New Features
============
Configuration:
--------------
- Added some initial support for making purify (or similar memory
checking products) happier by initializing buffers to zero and
disabling the internal free list code. To take advantage of this,
define 'H5_USING_PURIFY' in your CFLAGS when building the library.
QAK - 2004/07/23
- WINDOWS building,testing and installing improvements
- On Windows, FORTRAN,C++ and C projects are merged into one zip file,
users can choose an option to build either FORTRAN or C++ or both
with basic C library.For detailed information,
please read INSTALL_Windows.txt.
- On Windows, szip compression library with or without encoder can be easily
turned off or on when building HDF5. For detailed information,
please read INSTALL_Windows.txt, especially section V.
- On Windows, an optional procedure for building,testing and installing
HDF5 from command line is provided. This procedure is supposed to be
convenient for experienced users, please read
INSTALL_windows_From_Command_Line.txt for details.
- On Windows, an alternative short instruction document for building,
testing and installing HDF5 is provided. This instruction is supposed to
be convenient for general users, please read
INSTALL_Windows_Short.txt for details.
- On Windows, h5repack,h5diff,h5ls and h5import tool tests have been added.
KY - 2004/9/16
Library:
--------
- Modified the way how HDF5 calculates 'pixels_per_scanline' parameter for
SZIP compression. Now there is no restriction on the size and shape of the
chunk except that the total number of elements in the chunk cannot be
bigger than 'pixels_per_block' parameter provided by the user.
EIP - 2004/07/21
- HDF5 can now link to SZIP with or without szip's encoder.
The new API function H5Zget_filter_info can be used to check
szip's status. Attempting to assign szip to a dataset property
list or attempting to write with szip will generate an error if
szip's encoder is disabled. JL/NF - 2004/6/30
- SZIP always uses K13 compression. This flag no longer needs to
be set when calling H5Pset_szip. If the flag for CHIP
compression is set, it will be ignored (since the two are mutually
exclusive). JL/NF - 2004/6/30
- A new API function H5Fget_name was added. It returns the name
of the file by object(file, group, data set, named data type,
attribute) ID. SLU - 2004/06/29
- A new API function H5Fget_filesize was added. It returns the
actual file size of the opened file. SLU - 2004/06/24
- Added option that if $HDF5_DISABLE_VERSION_CHECK is set to 2,
will suppress all library version mismatch warning messages.
AKC - 2004/4/14
Parallel Library:
-----------------
Tools:
------
- h5repack was added to the tools suite. h5repack regenerates an HDF5 file
from another HDF5 file, optionally applying HDF5 filters (compression)
and/or chunking to the copied file. The filters options are read from
the command line. See /doc/html/Tools.html for more details.
PVN - 2004/9/13
- h5dump includes new features:
1) Printing of dataset filters, storage layout and fill value information.
2) Print a list of the file contents.
3) Escape non printing characters.
4) Print the content of the boot block.
5) Print array indices with the data (the default).
These options are all switch controlled. See /doc/html/Tools.html for more details.
PVN - 2004/9/13
F90 API:
--------
- added new subroutines:
h5fget_filesize_f
h5iget_file_id_f
h5premove_filter_f
h5zget_filter_info_f
EIP 2004/9/21
- added new h5fget_name_f and h5fget_filesize_f subroutines
EIP 2004/07/08
C++ API:
--------
- Added wrappers for array and variable length datatypes APIs
- Added wrappers for newly added APIs from H5T, H5F, and H5I
- Added many wrappers that were missing from the H5P API
- Added the ability to reference HDF5 objects to these classes:
DataSet, DataType, Group, and H5File (wrappers for H5R APIs)
BMR 2004/08/04
Support for new platforms, languages and compilers.
=======================================
- Added PGI Fortran support for Linux64 (x86_64) systems
EIP - 2004/08/19
- Absoft compiler f95 v9.0 is supported on Linux 2.4 32bit
EIP - 2004/07/29
- HDF5 Fortran APIs are supported on Mac OSX with IBM XL Fortran
compiler version 8.1. This is a default compiler.
- HDF5 Fortran APIs are supported on MAC OSX with Absoft F95 compiler
version 8.2; set F9X environment variable to f95, for example
setenv F9X f95
Use --disable-shared --enable-static configure flags when Absoft
compiler is used.
EIP - 2004/07/27
Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.2 release
==================================
Library
-------
- Fixed parallel bug in which some processes attempted collective
I/O while others did independent I/O. Bug appeared when some
processes used point selections, and others didn't. JRM - 2004/9/15
- Corrected error where dataset region references were written in an
incorrect way on Cray machines. PVN & QAK - 2004/09/13
- The H5Tget_native_type now determines the native type for integers
based on the precision. This is to avoid cases of wrongly converting
an int to a short in machines that have a short of 8 bytes but with
32bit precision (e.g Cray SV1). PVN - 2004/09/07
- Changed H5Dread() to not overwrite data in an application's buffer
with garbage when accessing a chunked dataset with an undefined fill
value and an unwritten chunk is uncountered. QAK - 2004/08/25
- Fixed error which could cause a core dump when a type conversion
routine was registered after a compound datatype had been
converted and then an equivalent compound datatype was converted
again. QAK - 2004/08/07
- Fixed memory overwrite when encoding "multi" file driver information
for file's superblock. QAK - 2004/08/05
- Fixed obscure bug where a filter which failed during chunk allocation
could allow library to write uncompressed data to disk but think
the data was compressed. QAK - 2004/07/29
- Fixed bug where I/O to an extendible chunked dataset with zero-sized
dimensions would cause library to fail an assertion.
QAK - 2004/07/27
- Fixed bug where chunked datasets which have filters defined,
allocation time set to "late" and whose chunks don't align with
the dataspace bounds could have incorrect data stored when
overwriting the entire dataset on the first write. QAK - 2004/07/27
- Added check to ensure that dataspaces have extents set. JML-2004/07/26
- Fixed bug on some Solaris systems where HDF5 would try to use
gettimeofday() when that function didn't work properly.
JML - 2004/07/23
- Fixed bug in H5Sset_extent_simple where setting maximum size to
non-zero, then to zero would cause an error. JML - 2004/07/20
- Allow NULL pointer for buffer parameter to H5Dread & H5Dwrite
when not writing data ("none" selection or hyperslab or point
selection with no elements defined). QAK - 2004/07/20
- Calling H5Gcreate() on "/" or "." throws an error instead of
failing quietly. JML - 2004/07/19
- Fixed bug where setting file address size to be very small could
trigger an assert if the file grew to more than 64 KB. Now throws
an error and data can be recovered. JL/NF - 2004/07/14
- Fixed bug where "resurrecting" a dataset was failing.
QAK - 2004/07/14
- Fixed bug where incorrect data could be read from a chunked dataset
after it was extended. QAK - 2004/07/12
- After compound datatype with variable-length string in the fields
is committed to file, the size is messed up when it's read back.
Fixed. SLU - 2004/06/11
- Fixed potential file corruption bug when a block of metadata could
overlap the end of the internal metadata accumulator buffer and
the buffer would be extended correctly, but would incorrectly
change it's starting address. QAK - 2004/06/09
- Opaque datatype with no tag failed for some operations. Fixed.
SLU - 2004/6/3
- Fixed potential file corruption bug where dimensions that were
too large (a value greater than could be represented in 32-bits)
could cause the incorrect amount of space to be allocated in a
file for the raw data for the dataset. QAK - 2004/06/01
- Fixed dtypes "sw long double -> double" failure in QSC class
machines. AKC - 2004/4/16
Configuration
-------------
- Fixed the long compile time of H5detect.c when v7.x Intel Compiler
is used with optimization NOT off. AKC - 2004/05/20
Performance
-------------
Tools
-----
- On SGI h5dump displayed only part of the data due to the bug
in the system printf; fixed.
EIP - 2004/09/21
Documentation
-------------
- Several descriptive errors have been fixed throughout the
documentation, particularly in the reference manual (RM).
A selection particularly worthy of note would be these:
- The H5Pset_szip description in the RM has been expanded and
corrected to facilitate use of SZIP compression.
- A note has been added to the H5Dcreate description that an
unexplained failure is likely to be due to a property list error
that is detected only at the time of dataset creation.
-
FMB - 2004/09/21
F90 API
-------
Fortran functions h5dwrite/read_f and h5awrite/read_f do not
accept dims parameter of INTEGER type anymore. Code was removed.
2004/04/15
C++ API
-------
- H5::Exception's and its subclasses' constructors that were
overloaded to take char pointers are removed and constructors
that passed in reference of 'string' are changed to pass
by value. In addition, the default value of the data member
H5::Exception::detailMessage is changed from 0/NULL to
DEFAULT_MSG ("No detailed information provided".)
- Prototype for DSetCreatPropList::setLayout is changed: 1st parameter
is removed because it was there only by mistake.
BMR 2004/08/04
Documentation
=============
HDF5 Library documentation
--------------------------
- HDF5 C++ API Reference Manual
This document has been added to the HDF5 document set.
The predecessor document, "HDF5 C++ Interfaces," has been removed.
- HDF5 C++ API Design Specification
A first draft of this document has been added to the HDF5 document
set. The draft has been posted on the HDF5 website and a link
has been added to the HDF5 documents index (index.html at the top
level of the document set).
- Parallel HDF5
In prior releases, the HDF5 document set included two parallel
HDF5 documents. Those documents have been deleted and the
HDF5 documents index (index.html) now links to a "Parallel HDF5"
page on the HDF5 website (http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/PHDF5/).
- HDF5 High Level APIs
Links to the HDF5 High Level APIs and to the HDF5 High Level
Reference Manual have been added to the HDF5 documents index
(index.html).
- HDF5 Reference Manual
Tools: h5repack -- A description of the new h5repack tool has been
added to the Tools page.
Tools: h5dump -- Several new options have been added to h5dump.
New functions -- All new functions have been added to the RM.
API changes -- Relevant function descriptions have been updated in
instances where programming interfaces have changed.
FMB - 2004/09/21
Windows installation documentation
----------------------------------
- INSTALL_Windows.txt has been enhanced to include instructions building
HDF5 with FORTRAN and C++.
- Two optional installation documents have been added. They are
INSTALL_Windows_Short.txt and INSTALL_Windows_From_Command_Line.txt.
INSTALL_Windows_Short.txt is supposed to help general users who
only want to build,test and install HDF5 in a quick way.
INSTALL_Windows_From_Command_Line.txt is supposed to help users who
would like to compile,test and install HDF5 in command line environment.
- INSTALL_Windows_withcpp.txt and INSTALL_Windows_withF90.txt became
obsolete. Files are deleted from the release_docs directory.
KY 2004/09/16, EIP 2004/9/21
Platforms Tested
================
AIX 5.1 (32 and 64-bit) xlc 6.0.0.6
xlf 8.1.1.3
xlC 6.0.0.6
mpcc_r 6.0.0.6
mpxlf_r 8.1.1.3
xlc 5.0.2.5
xlf 7.1.1.2
xlC 5.0.2.5
mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
AIX 5.2 xlc 6.0.0.8
xlC 6.0.0.8
xlf 8.1.1.6
mpcc_r 6.0.0.8
mpxlf_r 8.1.1.6
Cray T90 sn7001 10.0.0md Cray Standard C Version 6.4.0.3
Cray Fortran Version 3.4.0.0
Cray T3E sn6606 2.0.6.08 Cray Standard C Version 6.6.0.3
Cray Fortran Version 3.6.0.3
Cray SV1 sn9617 10.0.1.2 Cray Standard C Version 6.6.0.3.6
Cray Fortran Version 3.6.0.3.1
FreeBSD 4.9 gcc 2.95.4
g++ 2.95.4
HP-UX B.11.00 HP C HP92453-01 A.11.01.20
HP F90 v2.4
HP ANSI C++ B3910B A.03.13
MPIch 1.2.4
IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32) MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
F90 MIPSpro 7.3.1.3m (64 only)
C++ MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
mpt 1.6
Linux 2.4.18 gcc 2.96, 3.3.2
g++ 3.3.2
Intel(R) C++ Version 7.1
Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 7.1
PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC) version 5.0-2
MPIch 1.2.4
Absoft Fortran compiler v9.0
Linux 2.4.20-8 gcc 3.3.2
PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC) version 5.0-2
MPIch 1.2.4
Linux 2.4.21-2.9.5ws #3 gcc 3.2.3 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-16)
SMP x86_64 g++ 3.2.3
Linux 2.4.21-4.ELsmp Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.0
Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.0
gcc 3.4.0
MPICH 1..5.2 Inmel 8.0
Linux 2.4.19-SMP x86_64 gcc (GCC) 3.2.2 (SuSE Linux)
g++ 3.2.2
Linux 2.6.4-52smp x86_64 gcc 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux 9.1 AMD64))
PGI 5.2-1 C and F90
Linux 2.4.21-sgi Altix
SMP ia64 Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
Intel(R) Fortran Itanium(R) Version 8.0
SGI MPI
OSF1 V5.1 Compaq C V6.5-303
HP Fortran V5.5A-3548
Compaq C++ V6.5-040
MPI_64bit_R13
SunOS 5.7(32 and 64 bit) WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0
(Solaris 2.7) WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0
WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/10/25
FORTRAN 90 2.0 Patch 107356-04
SunOS 5.8(32 and 64 bit) Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3
(Solaris 2.8) Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Fortran 90
Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3
TFLOPS r1.0.4 v4.4.3 i386 pgcc Rel 3.1-4i with mpich-1.2.4 with
local modifications
IA-32 Linux 2.4.18 gcc 2.96
Intel(R) C++ Version 7.0
Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 7.0
Xeon Linux 2.4.20-31.9smp_perfctr_lustre
Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
IA-64 Linux 2.4.16 ia64 gcc version 3.0.4
Intel(R) C++ Version 7.1
Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 7.1
IA-64 Linux 2.4.21.SuSE_128.bef1 ia64
Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
mpich-gm-1.2.5..intel
Windows 2000 (NT5.0) MSVC++ 6.0
MSVC++ .NET
DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
Intel C and F90 compilers version 7.1
Code Warrior 8.0
Windows XP MSVC++.NET
MSVC++ 6.0
DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
MAC OS X Darwin 7.5
gcc and g++ Apple Computer, Inc. GCC
version 1175, based on gcc version 3.3.2
IBM XL Fortran version 8.1
Absoft Fortran compiler v8.2
Supported Configuration Features Summary
========================================
Key: y = tested and supported
n = not supported or not tested in this release
x = not working in this release
dna = does not apply
( ) = footnote appears below second table
Platform C F90 F90 C++ zlib SZIP
parallel parallel
Solaris2.7 64-bit y (1) y y (1) y y y
Solaris2.7 32-bit y (1) y y (1) y y y
Solaris2.8 64-bit y (1) y y (1) y y y
Solaris2.8 32-bit y y y (1) y y y
IRIX64_6.5 64-bit y (2) y y y y y
IRIX64_6.5 32-bit y (2) n n n y y
HPUX11.00 y (1) y y y y y
OSF1 v5.1 y y y y y y
T90 IEEE n y n n y n
T3E y (5) y y (5) n y n
SV1 y (5) y y (5) n y n
TFLOPS y (1) n n n y n
AIX-5.1 & 5.2 32-bit y y y y y y
AIX-5.1 & 5.2 64-bit y y y y y y
WinXP Visual Studio 6.0 n y (9) n y y y
WinXP .Net n n n y y y
WinXP Code Warrior n n n n y y
Win2000 Visual Studio 6.0 n y (10) n y y y
Win2000 Visual Studio Intel (6) n y n y y y
Win2000 .Net n n n y y y
Mac OS X 10.3 n y (11) n y y y
FreeBSD 4.9 y (1) n n y y y
RedHat 7 W (3) y (1) y (12) n y y y
RedHat 7.3 W Intel (3) n y n y y y
RedHat 7.3 W PGI (3) n y n y y y
RedHat 8 & SuSe x86_64 gcc (3) n y (13) n y y y
Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,7) n y n y y y
Linux 2.4 SuSE ia64 C Intel (3,8) y y y y y y
Linux 2.4 SGI Altix ia64 Intel (3) y y y y y y
Platform Shared static- Thread- STREAM-
libraries (4) exec safe VFD
Solaris2.7 64-bit y x y y
Solaris2.7 32-bit y x y y
Solaris2.8 64-bit y x y y
Solaris2.8 32-bit y x y y
IRIX64_6.5 64-bit y y y y
IRIX64_6.5 32-bit y y y y
HPUX11.00 y x n y
OSF1 v5.1 y y n y
T90 IEEE n y n y
T3E n y n y
SV1 n y n y
TFLOPS n y n n
AIX-5.1 & 5.2 32-bit n y n y
AIX-5.1 & 5.2 64-bit n y n y
WinXP Visual Studio 6.0 y y n n
WinXP .Net y y n n
WinXP Code Warrior n y n n
Win2000 Visual Studio 6.0 y y n n
Win2000 Visual Studio Intel (6) y y n n
Win2000 .Net y y n n
Mac OS X 10.3 y y n y
FreeBSD 4.9 y y y y
RedHat 7 W (3) y y y y
RedHat 7.3 W Intel (3) n y n y
RedHat 7.3 W PGI (3) n y n y
RedHat 8 & SuSe x86_64 gcc (3) n y n y
Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,7) y y n y
Linux 2.4 SuSE ia64 C Intel (3,8) y y n n
Linux 2.4 SGI Altix ia64 Intel (3) y y n y
Compiler versions for each platform are listed in the "Platforms Tested"
table found elsewhere in this file (RELEASE.txt). Unless otherwise noted,
compilers used are the system compilers.
Footnotes: (1) Using mpich 1.2.4
(2) Using mpt and mpich 1.2.4
(3) Linux 2.4 with GNU, Intel, and PGI compilers, as indicated
W or C indicates workstation or cluster, respectively
(4) Shared libraries are provided only for the C library,
except on Windows where they are provided for C and C++
(5) Using mpt
(6) Intel 7.1 compilers in Visual Studio 6.0 environment
(7) Linux 2.4.20-31.9. Xeon cluster with smp_perfctr_lustre
and Intel compilers
(8) Linux 2.4.21, SuSE_128.befl. Ia64 cluster with Intel compilers
(9) DEC Visual Fortran 6.0 and Intel 7.1
(10) DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
(11) IBM XLF and Absoft
(12) PGI, Absoft
(13) PGI
FMB/EIP - 2004/09/21
Known Problems
==============
* h5fc and h5c++ compilation scripts have a bug: object files (*.o) cannot be
created when source code is compiled using h5fc or h5c++. We will provide
a fix. Please check ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/current/src/patches/
for the patches.
* Fortran subroutine h5pget_driver_f doesn't return a correct driver information.
* There are two h5dump xml tests(h5dump --xml thlink.h5 and h5dump --xml tmany.h5)
failed on windows xp with .NET for debug and debug dll. Release and Release
dll work fine.
* The h5dump tests may fail to match the expected output on some platforms
(e.g. parallel jobs, Windows) where the error messages directed to
"stderr" do not appear in the "right order" with output from stdout.
This is not an error.
* The stream-vfd test uses ip port 10007 for testing. If another
application is already using that port address, the test will hang
indefinitely and has to be terminated by the kill command. To try the
test again, change the port address in test/stream_test.c to one not
being used in the host.
* The --enable-static-exec configure flag fails to compile for Solaris
platforms. This is due to the fact that not all of the system
libraries on Solaris are available in a static format.
The --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile
on IBM SP2 platform for the serial mode. The parallel mode works fine
with this option.
It is suggested that you don't use this option on these platforms
during configuration.
* The Stream VFD was not tested yet under Windows. It is not supported
in the TFLOPS machine.
* The ./dsets tests failed in the TFLOPS machine if the test program,
dsets.c, is compiled with the -O option. The hdf5 library still works
correctly with the -O option. The test program works fine if it is
compiled with -O1 or -O0. Only -O (same as -O2) causes the test
program to fail.
* Certain platforms give false negatives when testing h5ls:
- Cray J90 and Cray T90IEEE give errors during testing when displaying
some floating-point values. These are benign differences due to
the different precision in the values displayed and h5ls appears to
be dumping floating-point numbers correctly.
* Before building HDF5 F90 Library from source on Crays
replace H5Aff.f90, H5Dff.f90 and H5Pff.f90 files in the fortran/src
subdirectory in the top level directory with the Cray-specific files
from the site:
ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/current/src/patches/
* On some platforms that use Intel and Absoft compilers to build HDF5 fortran library,
compilation may fail for fortranlib_test.f90, fflush1.f90 and fflush2.f90
complaining about exit subroutine. Comment out the line
IF (total_error .ne. 0) CALL exit (total_error)
* On IA32 and IA64 systems, if you use a compiler other than GCC (such as
Intel's ecc or icc compilers), you will need to modify the generated
"libtool" program after configuration is finished. On or around line 104 of
the libtool file, there are lines which look like:
# How to pass a linker flag through the compiler.
wl=""
change these lines to this:
# How to pass a linker flag through the compiler.
wl="-Wl,"
UPDATE: This is now done automatically by the configure script. However, if
you still experience a problem, you may want to check this line in the
libtool file and make sure that it has the correct value.
* Information about building with PGI and Intel compilers is available in
INSTALL file sections 5.7 and 5.8
* In LANL QSC, the new cc compiler has problems converting small values of
long long (absolute values less than 1**-308) to double. This triggers
the test/dtypes to report failure in the
Testing random sw long double -> double conversions
If -ieee is used, the converted doubles spread over the range 0.0 to 1**-308.
If -ieee is not used, the converted double values are mostly 0.0 but
occasionally as 1**-308. This has been reported to the system staff.
All other tests have passed.
* On at least one system, (SDSC DataStar), the scheduler (in this case
LoadLeveler) sends job status updates to standard error when you run
any executable that was compiled with the parallel compilers.
This causes problems when running "make check" on parallel builds, as
many of the tool tests function by saving the output from test runs,
and comparing it to an exemplar.
The best solution is to reconfigure the target system so it no longer
inserts the extra text. However, this may not be practical.
In such cases, one solution is to "setenv HDF5_Make_Ignore yes" prior to
the configure and build. This will cause "make check" to continue after
detecting errors in the tool tests. However, in the case of SDSC DataStar,
it also leaves you with some 150 "failed" tests to examine by hand.
A second solution is to write a script to run serial tests and filter
out the text added by the scheduler. A sample script used on SDSC
DataStar is given below, but you will probably have to customize it
for your installation.
Observe that the basic idea is to insert the script as the first item
on the command line which executes the test. The script then
executes the test and filters out the offending text before passing
it on.
#!/bin/csh
set STDOUT_FILE=~/bin/serial_filter.stdout
set STDERR_FILE=~/bin/serial_filter.stderr
rm -f $STDOUT_FILE $STDERR_FILE
($* > $STDOUT_FILE) >& $STDERR_FILE
set RETURN_VALUE=$status
cat $STDOUT_FILE
tail +3 $STDERR_FILE
exit $RETURN_VALUE
You get the HDF make files and test scripts to execute your filter script
by setting the environment variable "RUNSERIAL" to the full path of the
script prior to running configure for parallel builds. Remember to
"unsetenv RUNSERIAL" before running configure for a serial build.
Note that the RUNSERIAL environment variable exists so that we can
can prefix serial runs as necessary on the target system. On DataStar,
no prefix is necessary. However on an MPICH system, the prefix might
have to be set to something like "/usr/local/mpi/bin/mpirun -np 1" to
get the serial tests to run at all.
In such cases, you will have to include the regular prefix in your
filter script.
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