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<head><title>
HDF5/Tools API Specification
</title></head>

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<h1>HDF5 Tools</h1>
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<h2>HDF5 Tool Interfaces</h2>
<p>
These tools enable the user to examine HDF5 files interactively.


<table border=0>
<tr><td valign=top>
<ul>
    <li><a href="#Tools-Dump">h5dump</a> -- 
        A tool for displaying HDF5 file contents
    <li><a href="#Tools-Ls">h5ls</a> -- 
        A tool for listing specified features of HDF5 file contents
    <li><a href="#Tools-Repart">h5repart</a> -- 
        A tool for repartitioning a file, creating a family of files
    <li><a href="#Tools-H5toh4">h5toh4</a> -- 
        A tool for converting an HDF5 file to an HDF4 file
    <li><a href="#Tools-H4toh5">h4toh5</a> -- 
        A tool for converting an HDF4 file to an HDF5 file
</ul>
</td></tr>
</table>

<p>


<hr>
<dl>
<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-Dump">h5dump</a>
<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
    <dd><code>h5dump
        [</code><em>OPTIONS</em><code>]</code> <em>file</em>
<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
    <dd>Displays HDF5 file contents.
<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
    <dd><code>h5dump</code> enables the user to interactively examine 
        the contents of an HDF5 file and dump those contents, in human
        readable form, to an ASCII file.
        <p>
        <code>h5dump</code> displays HDF5 file content on standard
        output. It may display the content of the whole HDF5 file or
        selected objects, which can be groups, datasets, links,
        attributes, or data types. 
        </p>
        <p>
        The <code>--header</code> option displays object header
        information only.
        </p>
        <p>
        Names are the absolute names of the objects. <code>h5dump</code>
        displays objects in the order same as the command order. If a
        name does not start with a slash, <code>h5dump</code> begins
        searching for the specified object starting at the root group.
        </p>
        <p>
        If an object is hard linked with multiple names,
        <code>h5dump</code> displays the content of the object in the
        first occurrence. Only the link information is displayed in later
        occurrences.
        </p>
        <p>
        <code>h5dump</code> assigns a name for any unnamed data type in
        the form of
        <code>#</code><em>oid1</em><code>:</code><em>oid2</em>, where
        <em>oid1</em> and <em>oid2</em> are the object identifiers
        assigned by the library. The unnamed types are displayed within
        the root group.
        </p>
        <p>
        Data types are displayed with standard type names. For example,
        if a data set is created with <code>H5T_NATIVE_INT</code> type
        and the standard type name for integer on that machine is
        <code>H5T_STD_I32BE</code>, <code>h5dump</code> displays
        <code>H5T_STD_I32BE</code> as the type of the data set.
        </p>
        <p>
        The <code>h5dump</code> output is described in detail in the <a
        href="ddl.html"><cite>DDL for HDF5</cite></a>, the <cite>Data
        Description Language</cite> document. 
        </p>
        <p>
        <em>Note</em>: It is no longer permissable to specify multiple
        attributes, datasets, data types, groups, or soft links with one
        flag. For example, before one could issue the command:
        </p>
          <blockquote>
            <code>h5dump -a /attr1 /attr2 foo.h5</code>
          </blockquote>
        <p>
        and both <code>/attr1</code> and <code>/attr2</code> would be
        dumped. In order to do this now, one must issue the command:
        </p>
          <blockquote>
            <code>h5dump -a /attr1 -a /attr2 foo.h5</code>
          </blockquote>
<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
    <dl>
        <dt><code>-h</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--help</code></dt>
            <dd>Print a usage message and exit.</dd>
        <dt><code>-B</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--bootblock</code></dt>
            <dd>Print the content of the boot block.<br>
                <em>(This option is not yet implemented.)</em></dd>
        <dt><code>-H</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--header</code></dt>
            <dd>Print the header only; no data is displayed.</dd>
        <dt><code>-i</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--object-ids</code></dt>
            <dd>Print the object ids.</dd>
        <dt><code>-V</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--version</code></dt>
            <dd>Print version number and exit.</dd>
        <dt><code>-a <em>P</em></code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--attribute=<em>P</em></code></dt>
            <dd>Print the specified attribute.</dd>
        <dt><code>-d <em>P</em></code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--dataset=<em>P</em></code></dt>
            <dd>Print the specified dataset.</dd>
        <dt><code>-g <em>P</em></code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--group=<em>P</em></code></dt>
            <dd>Print the specified group and all members.</dd>
        <dt><code>-l <em>P</em></code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--soft-link=<em>P</em></code></dt>
            <dd>Print the value(s) of the specified soft link.</dd>
        <dt><code>-o <em>F</em></code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--output=<em>F</em></code></dt>
            <dd>Output raw data into file F.</dd>
        <dt><code>-t <em>T</em></code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--datatype=<em>T</em></code></dt>
            <dd>Print the specified named data type.</dd>
        <dt><code>-w <em>#</em></code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--width=<em>#</em></code></dt>
            <dd>Set the number of columns of output.</dd>
        <dt><em>file</em></dt>
            <dd>The file to be examined.</dd>
    </dl>
    <ul>
      <li><em>P</em> - is the full path from the root group to the
          object.</li>
      <li><em>T</em> - is the name of the data type.</li>
      <li><em>F</em> - is a filename.</li>
      <li><em>#</em> - is an integer greater than 1.</li>
    </ul>
<dt><strong>Examples:</strong>
    <ol>
       <li>Dumping the group <code>/GroupFoo/GroupBar</code> in the file
          <code>quux.h5</code>:
          <blockquote>
             <code>h5dump -g /GroupFoo/GroupBar quux.h5</code>
          </blockquote>
       <li>Dumping the dataset <code>Fnord</code> in the group
          <code>/GroupFoo/GroupBar</code> in the file <code>quux.h5</code>:
          <blockquote>
             <code>h5dump -d /GroupFoo/GroupBar/Fnord quux.h5</code>
          </blockquote>
       <li>Dumping the attribute <code>metadata</code> of the dataset
          <code>Fnord</code> which is in group
          <code>/GroupFoo/GroupBar</code> in the file <code>quux.h5</code>:
          <blockquote>
             <code>h5dump -a /GroupFoo/GroupBar/Fnord/metadata quux.h5</code>
          </blockquote>
       <li>Dumping the attribute <code>metadata</code> which is an
          attribute of the root group in the file <code>quux.h5</code>:
          <blockquote>
              <code>h5dump -a /metadata quux.h5</code>
          </blockquote>
    </ol>
<dt><strong>Current Status:</strong>
    <dd>The current version of <code>h5dump</code> displays the
        following information:
        <ul>
          <li>Group
            <ul>
               <li>group attribute (see Attribute)
               <li>group member
            </ul>
          <li>Dataset
            <ul>
               <li>dataset attribute (see Attribute)
               <li>dataset type (see Data type)
               <li>dataset space (see Data space)
               <li>dataset data
            </ul>
          <li>Attribute
            <ul>
               <li>attribute type (see Data type)
               <li>attribute space (see Data space)
               <li>attribute data
            </ul>
          <li>Data type
            <ul>
               <li>integer type
                   <dt>- H5T_STD_I8BE, H5T_STD_I8LE, H5T_STD_I16BE, ...
               <li>floating point type
                   <dt>- H5T_IEEE_F32BE, H5T_IEEE_F32LE, H5T_IEEE_F64BE, ...
               <li>string type
               <li>compound type 
                   <dt>- named, unnamed and transient compound type
                   <dt>- integer, floating or string type member
               <li>opaque types
               <li>reference type
                   <dt>- object references 
                   <dt>- data regions
               <li>enum type
               <li>variable-length datatypes
                   <dt>- atomic types only
                   <dt>- scalar or single dimensional array of variable-length
                         types supported
            </ul>
          <li>Data space 
            <ul>
               <li>scalar and simple space
            </ul>
          <li>Soft link
          <li>Hard link
          <li>Loop detection
        </ul>
     
<dt><strong>See Also:</strong>
    <dd>HDF5 Data Description Language syntax 
        (<a href="ddl.html"><cite>DDL for HDF5</cite></a>)
</dl>

<hr>
<dl>
<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-Ls">h5ls</a>
<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
    <dd><code>h5ls
        [</code><em>OPTIONS</em><code>]</code><em>
        file</em><code> 
        [</code><em>OBJECTS...</em><code>]</code>
<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
    <dd>Prints information about a file or dataset.
<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
    <dd><code>h5ls</code> prints selected information about file objects 
        in the specified format.
<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
    <dl>
        <dt><code>-h</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>-?</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--help</code>
            <dd>Print a usage message and exit.
        <dt><code>-a</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--address</code>
            <dd>Print addresses for raw data.
        <dt><code>-d</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; <code>--data</code>
            <dd>Print the values of datasets.
        <dt><code>-e</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--errors</code>
            <dd>Show all HDF5 error reporting.
        <dt><code>-f</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--full</code>
            <dd>Print full path names instead of base names.
       	<dt><code>-g</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--group</code>
            <dd>Show information about a group, not its contents.
        <dt><code>-l</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--label</code>
            <dd>Label members of compound datasets.
        <dt><code>-r</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--recursive</code>
            <dd>List all groups recursively, avoiding cycles.
        <dt><code>-s</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--string</code>
            <dd>Print 1-bytes integer datasets as ASCII.
        <dt><code>-S</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--simple</code>
            <dd>Use a machine-readable output format.
        <dt><code>-w</code><em>N</em> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--width=</code><em>N</em>
            <dd>Set the number of columns of output.
        <dt><code>-v</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--verbose</code>
            <dd>Generate more verbose output.
        <dt><code>-V</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--version</code>
            <dd>Print version number and exit.
        <dt><code>-x</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; 
              <code>--hexdump</code>
            <dd>Show raw data in hexadecimal format.
        <dt><em>file</em>
            <dd>The file name may include a printf(3C) integer format 
                such as <code>%%05d</code> to open a file family.
        <dt><em>objects</em>
            <dd>Each object consists of an HDF5 file name optionally
                followed by a slash and an object name within the file
                (if no object is specified within the file then the
                contents of the root group are displayed). The file name
                may include a <code>printf(3C)</code> integer format such
                as "%05d" to open a file family.
    </dl>
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    <dd>
<dt><strong>See Also:</strong>
    <dd>
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<hr>
<dl>
<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-Repart">h5repart</a>
<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
    <dd><code>h5repart
        [-v] 
        [-V] 
        [-[b|m]</code><em>N</em><code>[g|m|k]]</code>
        <em>source_file
        dest_file</em>
<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
    <dd>Repartitions a file or family of files.
<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
    <dd><code>h5repart</code> splits a single file into a family of 
        files, joins a family of files into a single file, or copies 
        one family of files to another while changing the size of the 
        family members.  <code>h5repart</code> can also be used to 
        copy a single file to a single file with holes.
        <p>
        Sizes associated with the <code>-b</code> and <code>-m</code> 
        options may be suffixed with <code>g</code> for gigabytes, 
        <code>m</code> for megabytes, or <code>k</code> for kilobytes.
        <p>
        File family names include an integer <code>printf</code> 
        format such as <code>%d</code>.

<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
    <dl>
        <dt><code>-v</code>
            <dd>Produce verbose output.
        <dt><code>-V</code>
            <dd>Print a version number and exit.
        <dt><code>-b</code><em>N</em>
            <dd>The I/O block size, defaults to 1kB
        <dt><code>-m</code><em>N</em>
            <dd>The destination member size or 1GB
        <dt><em>source_file</em>
            <dd>The name of the source file
        <dt><em>dest_file</em>
            <dd>The name of the destination files
    </dl>
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    <dd>
<dt><strong>See Also:</strong>
    <dd>
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<hr>
<dl>
<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-H5toh4">h5toh4</a>
<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
    <dd><code>h5toh4 -h</code><br>
        <code>h5toh4 </code><em>
            h5file
            h4file</em><br>
        <code>h5toh4 </code><em>
            h5file</em><br>
        <code>h5toh4 -m </code><em>
            h5file1
            h5file2
            h5file3</em> ...
<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
    <dd>Converts an HDF5 file into an HDF4 file.
<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
    <dd><code>h5toh4</code> is an HDF5 utility which reads 
        an HDF5 file, <em>h5file</em>, and converts all 
        supported objects and pathways to produce an HDF4 file, 
        <em>h4file</em>.  If <em>h4file</em> already exists, 
        it will be replaced.
        <p>
        If only one file name is given, the name must end in 
        <code>.h5</code> and is assumed to represent the 
        HDF5 input file.  <code>h5toh4</code> replaces the 
        <code>.h5</code> suffix with <code>.hdf</code> to form 
        the name of the resulting HDF4 file and proceeds as above.  
        If a file with the name of the intended HDF4 file already 
        exists, <code>h5toh4</code> exits with an error without 
        changing the contents of any file.
        <p>
        The <code>-m</code> option allows multiple HDF5 file 
        arguments.  Each file name is treated the same as the 
        single file name case above.
        <p>
        The <code>-h</code> option causes the following
        syntax summary to be displayed:
        <pre>              h5toh4 file.h5 file.hdf
              h5toh4 file.h5
              h5toh4 -m file1.h5 file2.h5 ...</pre>
        
        <p>

        The following HDF5 objects occurring in an HDF5 file are 
        converted to HDF4 objects in the HDF4 file:

        <ul>
          <li>HDF5 group objects are converted into HDF4 Vgroup 
              objects.  HDF5 hardlinks and softlinks pointing to 
              objects are converted to HDF4 Vgroup references.
          <li>HDF5 dataset objects of integer datatype are 
              converted into HDF4 SDS objects.  These datasets 
              may have up to 32 fixed dimensions.  
              The slowest varying dimension may be extendable.  
              8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit integer datatypes are 
              supported.
          <li>HDF5 dataset objects of floating point datatype 
              are converted into HDF4 SDS objects.  
              These datasets may have up to 32 fixed dimensions.  
              The slowest varying dimension may be extendable.  
              32-bit and 64-bit floating point datatypes are 
              supported.
          <li>HDF5 dataset objects of single dimension and 
              compound datatype are converted into HDF4 Vdata 
              objects. The length of that single dimension may 
              be fixed or extendable.  The members of the 
              compound datatype are constrained to be no more 
              than rank 4.
          <li>HDF5 dataset objects of single dimension and fixed length string
              datatype are converted into HDF4 Vdata objects.  The HDF4 Vdata 
              is a single field whose order is the length of the HDF5 string 
              type.  The number of records of the Vdata is the length of the 
              single dimension which may be fixed or extendable.
        </ul>

        Other objects are not converted and are not recorded
        in the resulting <em>h4file</em>.
        <p>
        Attributes associated with any of the supported HDF5 
        objects are carried over to the HDF4 objects.  
        Attributes may be of integer, floating point, or fixed length 
        string datatype and they may have up to 32 fixed dimensions.
        <p>
        All datatypes are converted to big-endian.  
        Floating point datatypes are converted to IEEE format.
        

<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
    <dl>
        <dt><code>-h</code>
            <dd>Displays a syntax summary.
        <dt><code>-m</code>
            <dd>Converts multiple HDF5 files to multiple HDF4 files.
        <dt><em>h5file</em>
            <dd>The HDF5 file to be converted.
        <dt><em>h4file</em>
            <dd>The HDF4 file to be created.
    </dl>
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    <dd>
<dt><strong>See Also:</strong>
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<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-H4toh5">h4toh5</a>
<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
    <dd><code>h4toh5 -h</code><br>
        <code>h4toh5 </code><em>
            h4file
            h5file</em><br>
        <code>h4toh5 </code><em>
            h4file</em><br>
        <!--  currently no -m option
        <code>h4toh5 -m </code><em>
            h4file1
            h4file2
            h4file3</em> ...
        -->
<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
    <dd>Converts an HDF4 file to an HDF5 file.
<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
    <dd><code>h4toh5</code> is a file conversion utility that reads 
        an HDF4 file, <em>h4file</em> (<code>input.hdf</code> for example),
        and writes an HDF5 file, <em>h5file</em> (<code>output.h5</code>
        for example), containing the same data.
        <p>
        If no output file <em>h5file</em> is specified, 
        <code>h4toh5</code> uses the input filename to designate
        the output file, replacing the extension <code>.hdf</code>
        with <code>.h5</code>.
        For example, if the input file <code>scheme3.hdf</code> is 
        specified with no output filename, <code>h4toh5</code> will 
        name the output file <code>scheme3.h5</code>.
        <p>
        <!--  currently no -m option
        The <code>-m</code> option allows multiple HDF5 file 
        arguments.  Each file name is treated the same as the 
        single file name case above.
        <p>
        -->
        The <code>-h</code> option causes a syntax summary 
        similar to the following to be displayed:
        <pre>              h4toh5 inputfile.hdf outputfile.h5
              h5toh4 inputfile.hdf                    <!--  currently no -m option
              h5toh4 -m inputfile1.hdf inputfile2.hdf ...  --> </pre>
        <p>
        Each object in the HDF4 file is converted to an equivalent 
        HDF5 object, according to the mapping described in
        <a href="ADGuide/H4toH5Mapping.pdf" target=ExternalWinA>
        <cite>Mapping HDF4 Objects to HDF5 Objects</cite></a>.
        (If this mapping changes between HDF5 Library releases, a more up-to-date
        version may be available at
        <a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/papers/h4toh5/H4-to-H5MappingGuidelines.pdf" target=ExternalWinB>
        <cite>Mapping HDF4 Objects to HDF5 Objects</cite> on the HDF FTP server</a>.)
        <p>
        In this inital version, <code>h4toh5</code> converts the following 
        HDF4 objects:
        <center>
	<table width=75% border=0>
          <tr><th width=40% valign=top align=left>
            HDF4 Object
            </td><th width=60% valign=top align=left>
            Resulting HDF5 Object
          </td></tr>
          <tr><td width=40% valign=top align=left>
            SDS
            </td><td width=60% valign=top align=left>
            Dataset
          </td></tr>
          <tr><td width=40% valign=top align=left>
            GR, RI8, and RI24 image
            </td><td width=60% valign=top align=left>
            Dataset 
          </td></tr>
          <tr><td width=40% valign=top align=left>
            Vdata
            </td><td width=60% valign=top align=left>
            Dataset
          </td></tr>
          <tr><td width=40% valign=top align=left>
            Vgroup
            </td><td width=60% valign=top align=left>
            Group
          </td></tr>
          <tr><td width=40% valign=top align=left>
            Annotation
            </td><td width=60% valign=top align=left>
            Attribute
          </td></tr>
          <tr><td width=40% valign=top align=left>
            Palette
            </td><td width=60% valign=top align=left>
            Dataset
          </td></tr>
        </table>
        </center>
<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
    <dl>
        <dt><code>-h</code>
            <dd>Displays a syntax summary.
        <!--  currently no -m option
        <dt><code>-m</code>
            <dd>Converts multiple HDF4 files to multiple HDF5 files.
        -->
        <dt><em>h4file</em>
            <dd>The HDF4 file to be converted.
        <dt><em>h5file</em>
            <dd>The HDF5 file to be created.
    </dl>
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<dt><strong>Current Status:</strong>
    <dd>
<dt><strong>See Also:</strong>
    <dd>
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</dl>


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<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-H5toh4">h5toh4</a>
<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
    <dd><code>h5toh4 -h</code><br>
        <code>h5toh4 </code><em>
            h5file
            h4file</em><br>
        <code>h5toh4 </code><em>
            h5file</em><br>
        <code>h5toh4 -m </code><em>
            h5file1
            h5file2
            h5file3</em> ...
<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
    <dd>Purpose...
<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
    <dd><code>TOOL</code> is an HDF5 utility which ...
        Paragraph
        <pre>              sample code
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        <p>
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<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
    <dl>
        <dt><code>-option</code>
            <dd>Description
        <dt><em>parameter</em>
            <dd>Description
    </dl>
<dt><strong>Current Status:</strong>
    <dd>
<dt><strong>See Also:</strong>
    <dd>
</dl>


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