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/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 * Copyright by The HDF Group.                                               *
 * Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.         *
 * All rights reserved.                                                      *
 *                                                                           *
 * This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including     *
 * terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in    *
 * the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root   *
 * of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the  *
 * root level of an installed copy of the electronic HDF5 document set and   *
 * is linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at     *
 * http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have          *
 * access to either file, you may request a copy from help@hdfgroup.org.     *
 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */

#include <stdlib.h>
#include "h5diff.h"
#include "H5private.h"
#include "ph5diff.h"
#include "h5tools.h"
#include "h5tools_utils.h"

/* This code is layout for common code among tools */
typedef enum toolname_t {
    TOOL_H5DIFF, TOOL_H5LS, TOOL__H5DUMP /* add as necessary */
} h5tool_toolname_t;
/* this struct can be used to differntiate among tools if necessary */
typedef struct {
    h5tool_toolname_t toolname;
    int mode;
} h5tool_opt_t;

/* To return link's target info 
 * Functions:
 *  H5tools_get_softlink_target_info()
 *  H5tools_get_extlink_target_info()  
 * Note: this may be move to h5tools code if used by other tools
 */
typedef struct {
    const char *buf;      /* IN: must be allocated along with H5Lget_info[li.u.val_size] */
    H5O_type_t  type;     /* OUT: target type */
    const char *path;     /* OUT: target name */
    int is_path_malloced; /* VAR: Set to TRUE if path is malloced, so can be freed by checking this later. Needed when ext-link's target is soft-link */
    const char *extfile;  /* OUT: if external link, external filename */
    hid_t extfile_id;     /* OUT: if external link, external file id */
    h5tool_opt_t opt;     /* IN: options */
} h5tool_link_trg_info_t;
/*
 * Debug printf macros. The prefix allows output filtering by test scripts.
 */
#ifdef H5DIFF_DEBUG
#define h5diffdebug(x) fprintf(stderr, "h5diff debug: " x)
#define h5diffdebug2(x1, x2) fprintf(stderr, "h5diff debug: " x1, x2)
#define h5diffdebug3(x1, x2, x3) fprintf(stderr, "h5diff debug: " x1, x2, x3)
#define h5diffdebug4(x1, x2, x3, x4) fprintf(stderr, "h5diff debug: " x1, x2, x3, x4)
#define h5diffdebug5(x1, x2, x3, x4, x5) fprintf(stderr, "h5diff debug: " x1, x2, x3, x4, x5)
#else
#define h5diffdebug(x)
#define h5diffdebug2(x1, x2)
#define h5diffdebug3(x1, x2, x3)
#define h5diffdebug4(x1, x2, x3, x4)
#define h5diffdebug5(x1, x2, x3, x4, x5)
#endif


/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: print_objname
 *
 * Purpose: check if object name is to be printed, only when:
 *  1) verbose mode
 *  2) when diff was found (normal mode)
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
int
print_objname (diff_opt_t * options, hsize_t nfound)
{
    return ((options->m_verbose || nfound) && !options->m_quiet) ? 1 : 0;
}

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: do_print_objname
 *
 * Purpose: print object name
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
void
do_print_objname (const char *OBJ, const char *path1, const char *path2)
{
    parallel_print("%-7s: <%s> and <%s>\n", OBJ, path1, path2);
}



#ifdef H5_HAVE_PARALLEL
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: phdiff_dismiss_workers
 *
 * Purpose: tell all workers to end.
 *
 * Return: none
 *
 * Programmer: Albert Cheng
 *
 * Date: Feb 6, 2005
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
void phdiff_dismiss_workers(void)
{
 int i;
 for(i=1; i<g_nTasks; i++)
  MPI_Send(NULL, 0, MPI_BYTE, i, MPI_TAG_END, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
}


/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: print_manager_output
 *
 * Purpose: special function that prints any output accumulated by the
 *      manager task.
 *
 * Return: none
 *
 * Programmer: Leon Arber
 *
 * Date: Feb 7, 2005
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
void print_manager_output(void)
{
 /* If there was something we buffered, let's print it now */
 if( (outBuffOffset>0) && g_Parallel)
 {
  printf("%s", outBuff);

  if(overflow_file)
  {
   int     tmp;

   rewind(overflow_file);
   while((tmp = getc(overflow_file)) >= 0)
    putchar(tmp);

   fclose(overflow_file);
   overflow_file = NULL;
  }

  fflush(stdout);
  memset(outBuff, 0, OUTBUFF_SIZE);
  outBuffOffset = 0;
 }
 else if( (outBuffOffset>0) && !g_Parallel)
 {
  fprintf(stderr, "h5diff error: outBuffOffset>0, but we're not in parallel!\n");
 }
}

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: print_incoming_data
 *
 * Purpose: special function that prints any output that has been sent to the manager
 *      and is currently sitting in the incoming message queue
 *
 * Return: none
 *
 * Programmer: Leon Arber
 *
 * Date: March 7, 2005
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

static void print_incoming_data(void)
{
 char data[PRINT_DATA_MAX_SIZE+1];
 int  incomingMessage;
 MPI_Status Status;

 do
 {
  MPI_Iprobe(MPI_ANY_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_PRINT_DATA, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &incomingMessage, &Status);
  if(incomingMessage)
  {
   memset(data, 0, PRINT_DATA_MAX_SIZE+1);
   MPI_Recv(data, PRINT_DATA_MAX_SIZE, MPI_CHAR, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_PRINT_DATA, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);

   printf("%s", data);
  }
 } while(incomingMessage);
}
#endif

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: H5tools_get_softlink_target_info
 *
 * Purpose: Get target object's type and path from soft-link path
 *
 * Patameters:
 *  - [IN]  fileid : soft-link file id
 *  - [IN]  linkpath : soft-link's source path
 *  - [IN]  h5li : soft-link's source H5L_info_t
 *  - [OUT] trg_info: returning target info (refer to struct)
 *
 * Return: 
 *  Success - 1 and return data via trg_info struct
 *  Fail - 0
 *
 * Note:
 *  trg_info->buf must be allocated along with H5Lget_info[li.u.val_size]
 *  before passing to this function.
 *
 * Programmer: Jonathan Kim
 *
 * Date: Jan 20, 2010
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
static int H5tools_get_softlink_target_info(hid_t file_id, const char * linkpath, H5L_info_t h5li, h5tool_link_trg_info_t *s_trg_info)
{
    H5O_type_t otype = H5O_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
    H5O_info_t oinfo;
    H5L_info_t linfo;
    int ret = 0; /* init to fail */
    

    if((H5Lexists(file_id, linkpath, H5P_DEFAULT) <= 0)) 
    {
        parallel_print("error: \"%s\" doesn't exist \n",linkpath);
        goto out;
    }

    if(H5Lget_info(file_id, linkpath, &linfo, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0) 
    {
        parallel_print("error: unable to get link info from \"%s\"\n",linkpath);
        goto out;
    }

    /* get target name for softlink */
    if(linfo.type == H5L_TYPE_SOFT)
    {
        /* s_trg_info->buf should be already allocated out of 
         * this function and free when done */
        if(H5Lget_val(file_id, linkpath, s_trg_info->buf, h5li.u.val_size, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0)
        {
            parallel_print("error: unable to get link value from \"%s\"\n",s_trg_info->path);
            goto out;
        }
        /* target path */
        s_trg_info->path = s_trg_info->buf;
    } 
    /* if obj is hard link, will still get the type */
    else if (linfo.type == H5L_TYPE_HARD)
    {
        s_trg_info->path = linkpath;
    }

    /*--------------------------------------------------------------
     * if link target or object exit, get type
     */
    if((H5Lexists(file_id, s_trg_info->path, H5P_DEFAULT) == TRUE)) 
    {

        if(H5Oget_info_by_name(file_id, s_trg_info->path, &oinfo, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0) 
        {
            parallel_print("error: unable to get object information for \"%s\"\n", s_trg_info->path);
            goto out;
        }

        otype = oinfo.type;

 
        /* check unknown type */
        if (otype < H5O_TYPE_GROUP || otype >=H5O_TYPE_NTYPES)
        {
            parallel_print("<%s> is unknown type\n", s_trg_info->path);
            goto out;
        } 
    }
    else
    {
        parallel_print("warn: link target \"%s\" doesn't exist \n", s_trg_info->path);
    }

    /* set target obj type to return */
    s_trg_info->type = otype;

    /* succeed */
    ret = 1;
out:
    return ret;
}

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: H5tools_get_extlink_target_info
 *
 * Purpose: Get target object's type, path, file_id and filename from
 *          external-link
 *
 * Patameters:
 *  - [IN]  fileid : external-link source file-id
 *  - [IN]  linkpath : external-link source path
 *  - [IN]  h5li : external-link source H5L_info_t
 *  - [OUT] trg_info : returning target info (refer to struct)
 *
 * Return: 
 *  Success - 1 and return data via trg_info struct
 *  Fail - 0
 *
 * Note:
 * - trg_info->buf must be allocated along with H5Lget_info[li.u.val_size]
 *   before passing to this function.
 * - if target is soft-link, trg_info->path will be malloced. so check if
 *   trg_info->is_path_malloced==TRUE, then free trg_info->path along with freeing 
 *   trg_info->buf outside of this function.
 *
 * Programmer: Jonathan Kim
 *
 * Date: Jan 20, 2010
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
static int H5tools_get_extlink_target_info(hid_t fileid, const char *linkpath, H5L_info_t h5li, h5tool_link_trg_info_t *trg_info)
{
    
    hid_t extfile_id;
    const char *extlink_file;
    const char *extlink_path;
    h5tool_link_trg_info_t soft_trg_info;
    H5L_info_t slinfo;
    int ret=0; /* init to Fail */

    /* init */
    HDmemset(&soft_trg_info, 0, sizeof(h5tool_link_trg_info_t));
    trg_info->type = H5O_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
    
    if(H5Lget_val(fileid, linkpath, trg_info->buf, h5li.u.val_size, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0) 
    {
        parallel_print("error: unable to get link value from \"%s\"\n",linkpath);
        goto out;
    }
    /*---------------------------------------
     * get target filename and object path
     */
    if(H5Lunpack_elink_val(trg_info->buf, h5li.u.val_size, NULL, &extlink_file, &extlink_path)<0) 
    {
        parallel_print("error: unable to unpack external link value\n");
        goto out;
    }

    /* return target filename and obj path */
    trg_info->path = extlink_path;
    trg_info->extfile = extlink_file;
                
    /* ---------------------------------
     * get file id from external file
     * mimicked from h5diff() for Parallel code
     * , but not sure if it's needed 
     */
    H5E_BEGIN_TRY
    {
        /* open file */
        if((extfile_id = h5tools_fopen(extlink_file, H5F_ACC_RDONLY, H5P_DEFAULT, NULL, NULL, (size_t)0)) < 0) 
        {
            parallel_print("error: <%s>: unable to open file\n", extlink_file);
#ifdef H5_HAVE_PARALLEL
            if(g_Parallel)
            /* Let tasks know that they won't be needed */
            phdiff_dismiss_workers();
#endif
            goto out;
        } /* end if */
    } H5E_END_TRY;

    /* get external file id */
    trg_info->extfile_id = extfile_id;

    /* --------------------------------------------------
     * check if target is soft link, if so allocate buffer 
     */
    if((H5Lexists(trg_info->extfile_id, trg_info->path, H5P_DEFAULT) <= 0)) 
    {
        parallel_print("error: \"%s\" doesn't exist \n", trg_info->path);
        goto out;
    }
    if(H5Lget_info(trg_info->extfile_id, trg_info->path, &slinfo, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0) 
    {
        parallel_print("error: unable to get link info from \"%s\"\n", trg_info->path);
        goto out;
    }

    /* if ext-link's target is soft-link */
    if(slinfo.type == H5L_TYPE_SOFT)
    {
        size_t bufsize = (h5li.u.val_size > slinfo.u.val_size)?h5li.u.val_size:slinfo.u.val_size;
        soft_trg_info.buf = (char*)HDcalloc(bufsize, sizeof(char));
        HDassert(trg_info->path);
    }

    /* get target obj type  */
    if(H5tools_get_softlink_target_info(trg_info->extfile_id, trg_info->path, h5li, &soft_trg_info)==0)
    {
        parallel_print("error: unable to get link info from \"%s\"\n", trg_info->path);
        goto out;
    }

    /* target obj type */
    trg_info->type = soft_trg_info.type;

    /* if ext-link's target is soft-link */
    if(slinfo.type == H5L_TYPE_SOFT)
    {
        trg_info->path = HDstrdup(soft_trg_info.buf);
        HDassert(trg_info->path);
        /* set TRUE so this can be freed later */
        trg_info->is_path_malloced = TRUE;
    }

    /* Success */
    ret=1;
out:
    if(soft_trg_info.buf)
        HDfree(soft_trg_info.buf);

    return ret;
}
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: h5diff
 *
 * Purpose: public function, can be called in an application program.
 *   return differences between 2 HDF5 files
 *
 * Return: Number of differences found.
 *
 * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
 *
 * Date: October 22, 2003
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

hsize_t h5diff(const char *fname1,
               const char *fname2,
               const char *objname1,
               const char *objname2,
               diff_opt_t *options)
{
    trav_info_t  *info1=NULL;
    trav_info_t  *info2=NULL;
    hid_t        file1_id = (-1);
    hid_t        file2_id = (-1);
    char         filenames[2][1024];
    hsize_t      nfound = 0;

    HDmemset(filenames, 0, 1024 * 2);

    if(options->m_quiet && (options->m_verbose || options->m_report))
    {
        parallel_print("Error: -q (quiet mode) cannot be added to verbose or report modes\n");
        options->err_stat=1;
        return 0;
    } /* end if */

    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * open the files first; if they are not valid, no point in continuing
    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */

    /* disable error reporting */
    H5E_BEGIN_TRY
    {
        /* open file 1 */

        if((file1_id = h5tools_fopen(fname1, H5F_ACC_RDONLY, H5P_DEFAULT, NULL, NULL, (size_t)0)) < 0) 
        {

            parallel_print("h5diff: <%s>: unable to open file\n", fname1);
            options->err_stat = 1;

#ifdef H5_HAVE_PARALLEL
            if(g_Parallel)
                /* Let tasks know that they won't be needed */
                phdiff_dismiss_workers();
#endif
            goto out;
        } /* end if */


        /* open file 2 */
        
        if((file2_id = h5tools_fopen(fname2, H5F_ACC_RDONLY, H5P_DEFAULT, NULL, NULL, (size_t)0)) < 0) 
        {

            parallel_print("h5diff: <%s>: unable to open file\n", fname2);
            options->err_stat = 1;

#ifdef H5_HAVE_PARALLEL
            if(g_Parallel)
                /* Let tasks know that they won't be needed */
                phdiff_dismiss_workers();
#endif
            goto out;
        } /* end if */
    /* enable error reporting */
    } H5E_END_TRY;

    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Initialize the info structs
    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
    trav_info_init(&info1);
    trav_info_init(&info2);

    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * get the list of objects in the files
    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
    if(h5trav_getinfo(file1_id, info1) < 0 || h5trav_getinfo(file2_id, info2) < 0) {
        parallel_print("Error: Could not get file contents\n");
        options->err_stat = 1;
#ifdef H5_HAVE_PARALLEL
        if(g_Parallel)
            /* Let tasks know that they won't be needed */
            phdiff_dismiss_workers();
#endif
        goto out;
    } /* end if */

   /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * object name was supplied
    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
    if( objname1 )
    {
#ifdef H5_HAVE_PARALLEL
        if(g_Parallel)
            /* Let tasks know that they won't be needed */
            phdiff_dismiss_workers();
#endif
        assert(objname2);
        options->cmn_objs = 1; /* eliminate warning */
        nfound = diff_compare(file1_id,
                              fname1,
                              objname1,
                              info1,
                              file2_id,
                              fname2,
                              objname2,
                              info2,
                              options);
    } /* end if */

   /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * compare all
    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */

    else
    {
#ifdef H5_HAVE_PARALLEL
        if(g_Parallel)
        {
            int i;

            if((HDstrlen(fname1) > 1024) || (HDstrlen(fname2) > 1024))
            {
                fprintf(stderr, "The parallel diff only supports path names up to 1024 characters\n");
                MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, 0);
            } /* end if */

            HDstrcpy(filenames[0], fname1);
            HDstrcpy(filenames[1], fname2);

            /* Alert the worker tasks that there's going to be work. */
            for(i = 1; i < g_nTasks; i++)
                MPI_Send(filenames, (1024 * 2), MPI_CHAR, i, MPI_TAG_PARALLEL, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
        } /* end if */
#endif

        nfound = diff_match(file1_id,
                            info1,
                            file2_id,
                            info2,
                            options);
    } /* end else */

    trav_info_free(info1);
    trav_info_free(info2);

out:
    /* close */
    H5E_BEGIN_TRY
    {
        H5Fclose(file1_id);
        H5Fclose(file2_id);
    } H5E_END_TRY;

    return nfound;
}



/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: diff_match
 *
 * Purpose: Find common objects; the algorithm used for this search is the
 *  cosequential match algorithm and is described in
 *  Folk, Michael; Zoellick, Bill. (1992). File Structures. Addison-Wesley.
 *
 * Return: Number of differences found
 *
 * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
 *
 * Date: May 9, 2003
 *
 * Modifications: Jan 2005 Leon Arber, larber@uiuc.edu
 *    Added support for parallel diffing
 *
 * Pedro Vicente, pvn@hdfgroup.org, Nov 4, 2008
 *    Compare the graph and make h5diff return 1 for difference if
 * 1) the number of objects in file1 is not the same as in file2
 * 2) the graph does not match, i.e same names (absolute path)
 * 3) objects with the same name are not of the same type
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
hsize_t diff_match(hid_t file1_id,
                   trav_info_t *info1,
                   hid_t file2_id,
                   trav_info_t *info2,
                   diff_opt_t *options)
{
    trav_table_t *table = NULL;
    size_t       curr1;
    size_t       curr2;
    unsigned     infile[2];
    hsize_t      nfound = 0;
    unsigned     i;

    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * build the list
    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
    trav_table_init( &table );

    curr1 = 0;
    curr2 = 0;
    while(curr1 < info1->nused && curr2 < info2->nused)
    {
        /* criteria is string compare */
        int cmp = HDstrcmp(info1->paths[curr1].path, info2->paths[curr2].path);

        if(cmp == 0) {
            infile[0] = 1;
            infile[1] = 1;
            trav_table_addflags(infile, info1->paths[curr1].path, info1->paths[curr1].type, table);

            curr1++;
            curr2++;
        } /* end if */
        else if(cmp < 0)
        {
            infile[0] = 1;
            infile[1] = 0;
            trav_table_addflags(infile, info1->paths[curr1].path, info1->paths[curr1].type, table);
            curr1++;
        } /* end else-if */
        else
        {
            infile[0] = 0;
            infile[1] = 1;
            trav_table_addflags(infile, info2->paths[curr2].path, info2->paths[curr2].type, table);
            curr2++;
        } /* end else */
    } /* end while */

    /* list1 did not end */
    infile[0] = 1;
    infile[1] = 0;
    while(curr1 < info1->nused)
    {
        trav_table_addflags(infile, info1->paths[curr1].path, info1->paths[curr1].type, table);
        curr1++;
    } /* end while */

    /* list2 did not end */
    infile[0] = 0;
    infile[1] = 1;
    while(curr2 < info2->nused)
    {
        trav_table_addflags(infile, info2->paths[curr2].path, info2->paths[curr2].type, table);
        curr2++;
    } /* end while */

   /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * print the list
    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
    if(options->m_verbose)
    {
        parallel_print("\n");
        parallel_print("file1     file2\n");
        parallel_print("---------------------------------------\n");
        for(i = 0; i < table->nobjs; i++) {
            char c1, c2;

            c1 = (table->objs[i].flags[0]) ? 'x' : ' ';
            c2 = (table->objs[i].flags[1]) ? 'x' : ' ';
            parallel_print("%5c %6c    %-15s\n", c1, c2, table->objs[i].name);
        } /* end for */
        parallel_print ("\n");
    } /* end if */



    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * regarding the return value of h5diff (0, no difference in files, 1 difference )
    * 1) the number of objects in file1 must be the same as in file2
    * 2) the graph must match, i.e same names (absolute path)
    * 3) objects with the same name must be of the same type
    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */     
       
    /* number of different objects */
    if ( info1->nused != info2->nused )
    {
        options->contents = 0;
    }
    
    /* objects in one file and not the other */
    for( i = 0; i < table->nobjs; i++)
    {
        if( table->objs[i].flags[0] != table->objs[i].flags[1] )
        {
            options->contents = 0;
        }
    }

    /* objects with the same name but different HDF5 types */
    for( i = 0; i < table->nobjs; i++) 
    {
        if ( table->objs[i].flags[0] && table->objs[i].flags[1] )
        {
            if ( table->objs[i].type != table->objs[i].type )
            {
                options->contents = 0;
            }
        }
    }



    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * do the diff for common objects
    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
#ifdef H5_HAVE_PARALLEL
{
    char *workerTasks = HDmalloc((g_nTasks - 1) * sizeof(char));
    int n;
    int busyTasks = 0;
    struct diffs_found nFoundbyWorker;
    struct diff_args args;
    int havePrintToken = 1;
    MPI_Status Status;

    /*set all tasks as free */
    HDmemset(workerTasks, 1, (g_nTasks - 1));
#endif

    for(i = 0; i < table->nobjs; i++)
    {
        if( table->objs[i].flags[0] && table->objs[i].flags[1])
        {
            options->cmn_objs = 1;
            if(!g_Parallel)
            {
                nfound += diff(file1_id,
                        table->objs[i].name,
                        file2_id,
                        table->objs[i].name, options, table->objs[i].type);
            } /* end if */
#ifdef H5_HAVE_PARALLEL
            else
            {
                int workerFound = 0;

                h5diffdebug("beginning of big else block\n");
                /* We're in parallel mode */
                /* Since the data type of diff value is hsize_t which can
                * be arbitary large such that there is no MPI type that
                * matches it, the value is passed between processes as
                * an array of bytes in order to be portable.  But this
                * may not work in non-homogeneous MPI environments.
                */

                /*Set up args to pass to worker task. */
                if(HDstrlen(table->objs[i].name) > 255)
                {
                    printf("The parallel diff only supports object names up to 255 characters\n");
                    MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, 0);
                } /* end if */

                HDstrcpy(args.name, table->objs[i].name);
                args.options = *options;
                args.type = table->objs[i].type;

                h5diffdebug2("busyTasks=%d\n", busyTasks);
                /* if there are any outstanding print requests, let's handle one. */
                if(busyTasks > 0)
                {
                    int incomingMessage;

                    /* check if any tasks freed up, and didn't need to print. */
                    MPI_Iprobe(MPI_ANY_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_DONE, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &incomingMessage, &Status);

                    /* first block*/
                    if(incomingMessage)
                    {
                        workerTasks[Status.MPI_SOURCE - 1] = 1;
                        MPI_Recv(&nFoundbyWorker, sizeof(nFoundbyWorker), MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_DONE, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
                        nfound += nFoundbyWorker.nfound;
                        options->not_cmp = options->not_cmp | nFoundbyWorker.not_cmp;
                        busyTasks--;
                    } /* end if */

                    /* check to see if the print token was returned. */
                    if(!havePrintToken)
                    {
                        /* If we don't have the token, someone is probably sending us output */
                        print_incoming_data();

                        /* check incoming queue for token */
                        MPI_Iprobe(MPI_ANY_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_RETURN, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &incomingMessage, &Status);

                        /* incoming token implies free task. */
                        if(incomingMessage) {
                            workerTasks[Status.MPI_SOURCE - 1] = 1;
                            MPI_Recv(&nFoundbyWorker, sizeof(nFoundbyWorker), MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_RETURN, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
                            nfound += nFoundbyWorker.nfound;
                            options->not_cmp = options->not_cmp | nFoundbyWorker.not_cmp;
                            busyTasks--;
                            havePrintToken = 1;
                        } /* end if */
                    } /* end if */

                    /* check to see if anyone needs the print token. */
                    if(havePrintToken)
                    {
                        /* check incoming queue for print token requests */
                        MPI_Iprobe(MPI_ANY_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_REQUEST, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &incomingMessage, &Status);
                        if(incomingMessage)
                        {
                            MPI_Recv(NULL, 0, MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_REQUEST, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
                            MPI_Send(NULL, 0, MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_PRINT_TOK, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
                            havePrintToken = 0;
                        } /* end if */
                    } /* end if */
                } /* end if */

                /* check array of tasks to see which ones are free.
                * Manager task never does work, so freeTasks[0] is really
                * worker task 0. */
                for(n = 1; (n < g_nTasks) && !workerFound; n++)
                {
                    if(workerTasks[n-1])
                    {
                        /* send file id's and names to first free worker */
                        MPI_Send(&args, sizeof(args), MPI_BYTE, n, MPI_TAG_ARGS, MPI_COMM_WORLD);

                        /* increment counter for total number of prints. */
                        busyTasks++;

                        /* mark worker as busy */
                        workerTasks[n - 1] = 0;
                        workerFound = 1;
                    } /* end if */
                } /* end for */

                h5diffdebug2("workerfound is %d \n", workerFound);
                if(!workerFound)
                {
                    /* if they were all busy, we've got to wait for one free up
                     *  before we can move on.  If we don't have the token, some
                     * task is currently printing so we'll wait for that task to
                     * return it.
                     */

                    if(!havePrintToken)
                    {
                        while(!havePrintToken)
                        {
                            int incomingMessage;

                            print_incoming_data();
                            MPI_Iprobe(MPI_ANY_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_RETURN, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &incomingMessage, &Status);
                            if(incomingMessage)
                            {
                                MPI_Recv(&nFoundbyWorker, sizeof(nFoundbyWorker), MPI_BYTE, MPI_ANY_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_RETURN, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
                                havePrintToken = 1;
                                nfound += nFoundbyWorker.nfound;
                                options->not_cmp = options->not_cmp | nFoundbyWorker.not_cmp;
                                /* send this task the work unit. */
                                MPI_Send(&args, sizeof(args), MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_ARGS, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
                            } /* end if */
                        } /* end while */
                    } /* end if */
                    /* if we do have the token, check for task to free up, or wait for a task to request it */
                    else
                    {
                        /* But first print all the data in our incoming queue */
                        print_incoming_data();
                        MPI_Probe(MPI_ANY_SOURCE, MPI_ANY_TAG, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
                        if(Status.MPI_TAG == MPI_TAG_DONE)
                        {
                            MPI_Recv(&nFoundbyWorker, sizeof(nFoundbyWorker), MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_DONE, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
                            nfound += nFoundbyWorker.nfound;
                            options->not_cmp = options->not_cmp | nFoundbyWorker.not_cmp;
                            MPI_Send(&args, sizeof(args), MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_ARGS, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
                        } /* end if */
                        else if(Status.MPI_TAG == MPI_TAG_TOK_REQUEST)
                        {
                            int incomingMessage;

                            MPI_Recv(NULL, 0, MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_REQUEST, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
                            MPI_Send(NULL, 0, MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_PRINT_TOK, MPI_COMM_WORLD);

                            do
                            {
                                MPI_Iprobe(MPI_ANY_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_RETURN, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &incomingMessage, &Status);

                                print_incoming_data();
                            } while(!incomingMessage);

                            MPI_Recv(&nFoundbyWorker, sizeof(nFoundbyWorker), MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_RETURN, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
                            nfound += nFoundbyWorker.nfound;
                            options->not_cmp = options->not_cmp | nFoundbyWorker.not_cmp;
                            MPI_Send(&args, sizeof(args), MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_ARGS, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
                        } /* end else-if */
                        else
                        {
                            printf("ERROR: Invalid tag (%d) received \n", Status.MPI_TAG);
                            MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, 0);
                            MPI_Finalize();
                        } /* end else */
                    } /* end else */
                } /* end if */
            } /* end else */
#endif /* H5_HAVE_PARALLEL */
        } /* end if */
    } /* end for */
    h5diffdebug("done with for loop\n");

#ifdef H5_HAVE_PARALLEL
    if(g_Parallel)
    {
        /* make sure all tasks are done */
        while(busyTasks > 0)
        {
            MPI_Probe(MPI_ANY_SOURCE, MPI_ANY_TAG, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
            if(Status.MPI_TAG == MPI_TAG_DONE)
            {
                MPI_Recv(&nFoundbyWorker, sizeof(nFoundbyWorker), MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_DONE, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
                nfound += nFoundbyWorker.nfound;
                options->not_cmp = options->not_cmp | nFoundbyWorker.not_cmp;
                busyTasks--;
            } /* end if */
            else if(Status.MPI_TAG == MPI_TAG_TOK_RETURN)
            {
                MPI_Recv(&nFoundbyWorker, sizeof(nFoundbyWorker), MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_DONE, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
                nfound += nFoundbyWorker.nfound;
                options->not_cmp = options->not_cmp | nFoundbyWorker.not_cmp;
                busyTasks--;
                havePrintToken = 1;
            } /* end else-if */
            else if(Status.MPI_TAG == MPI_TAG_TOK_REQUEST)
            {
                MPI_Recv(NULL, 0, MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_REQUEST, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
                if(havePrintToken)
                {
                    int incomingMessage;

                    MPI_Send(NULL, 0, MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_PRINT_TOK, MPI_COMM_WORLD);

                    do {
                        MPI_Iprobe(MPI_ANY_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_RETURN, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &incomingMessage, &Status);

                        print_incoming_data();
                    } while(!incomingMessage);

                    MPI_Recv(&nFoundbyWorker, sizeof(nFoundbyWorker), MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_RETURN, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
                    nfound += nFoundbyWorker.nfound;
                    options->not_cmp = options->not_cmp | nFoundbyWorker.not_cmp;
                    busyTasks--;
                } /* end if */
                /* someone else must have it...wait for them to return it, then give it to the task that just asked for it. */
                else
                {
                    int source = Status.MPI_SOURCE;
                    int incomingMessage;

                    do
                    {
                        MPI_Iprobe(MPI_ANY_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_RETURN, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &incomingMessage, &Status);

                        print_incoming_data();
                    } while(!incomingMessage);


                    MPI_Recv(&nFoundbyWorker, sizeof(nFoundbyWorker), MPI_BYTE, MPI_ANY_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_RETURN, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
                    nfound += nFoundbyWorker.nfound;
                    options->not_cmp = options->not_cmp | nFoundbyWorker.not_cmp;
                    busyTasks--;
                    MPI_Send(NULL, 0, MPI_BYTE, source, MPI_TAG_PRINT_TOK, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
                } /* end else */
            } /* end else-if */
            else if(Status.MPI_TAG == MPI_TAG_TOK_RETURN)
            {
                MPI_Recv(&nFoundbyWorker, sizeof(nFoundbyWorker), MPI_BYTE, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_TOK_RETURN, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);
                nfound += nFoundbyWorker.nfound;
                options->not_cmp = options->not_cmp | nFoundbyWorker.not_cmp;
                busyTasks--;
                havePrintToken = 1;
            } /* end else-if */
            else if(Status.MPI_TAG == MPI_TAG_PRINT_DATA)
            {
                char  data[PRINT_DATA_MAX_SIZE + 1];
                HDmemset(data, 0, PRINT_DATA_MAX_SIZE + 1);

                MPI_Recv(data, PRINT_DATA_MAX_SIZE, MPI_CHAR, Status.MPI_SOURCE, MPI_TAG_PRINT_DATA, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &Status);

                printf("%s", data);
            } /* end else-if */
            else
            {
                printf("ph5diff-manager: ERROR!! Invalid tag (%d) received \n", Status.MPI_TAG);
                MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, 0);
            } /* end else */
        } /* end while */

        for(i = 1; i < g_nTasks; i++)
            MPI_Send(NULL, 0, MPI_BYTE, i, MPI_TAG_END, MPI_COMM_WORLD);

        /* Print any final data waiting in our queue */
        print_incoming_data();
    } /* end if */
    h5diffdebug("done with if block\n");

    free(workerTasks);
}
#endif /* H5_HAVE_PARALLEL */

    /* free table */
    trav_table_free(table);

    return nfound;
}


/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: diff_compare
 *
 * Purpose: get objects from list, and check for the same type
 *
 * Return: Number of differences found
 *
 * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
 *
 * Date: May 9, 2003
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

hsize_t diff_compare(hid_t file1_id,
                     const char *file1_name,
                     const char *obj1_name,
                     trav_info_t *info1,
                     hid_t file2_id,
                     const char *file2_name,
                     const char *obj2_name,
                     trav_info_t *info2,
                     diff_opt_t *options)
{
    int     f1 = 0;
    int     f2 = 0;
    hsize_t nfound = 0;
    ssize_t i,j;

    /* local variables for diff() */
    hid_t l_fileid1=file1_id;
    hid_t l_fileid2=file2_id;
    h5trav_type_t obj1type, obj2type;
    const char *obj1name, *obj2name;

    /* softlink info to get target name and type */
    h5tool_link_trg_info_t softlinkinfo1;
    h5tool_link_trg_info_t softlinkinfo2;

    /* external link file id */
    hid_t   extfile1_id = (-1);
    hid_t   extfile2_id = (-1);
    h5tool_link_trg_info_t extlinkinfo1;
    h5tool_link_trg_info_t extlinkinfo2;

    /* init softlink info */
    HDmemset(&softlinkinfo1, 0, sizeof(h5tool_link_trg_info_t));
    HDmemset(&softlinkinfo2, 0, sizeof(h5tool_link_trg_info_t));

    /* init external link info */
    HDmemset(&extlinkinfo1, 0, sizeof(h5tool_link_trg_info_t));
    HDmemset(&extlinkinfo2, 0, sizeof(h5tool_link_trg_info_t));

    i = h5trav_getindex (info1, obj1_name);
    j = h5trav_getindex (info2, obj2_name);

    if (i == -1)
    {
        parallel_print ("Object <%s> could not be found in <%s>\n", obj1_name,
            file1_name);
        f1 = 1;
    }
    if (j == -1)
    {
        parallel_print ("Object <%s> could not be found in <%s>\n", obj2_name,
            file2_name);
        f2 = 1;
    }
    if (f1 || f2)
    {
        options->err_stat = 1;
        return 0;
    }

    /* use the name with "/" first, as obtained by iterator function */
    obj1name = info1->paths[i].path;
    obj2name = info2->paths[j].path;

    obj1type = info1->paths[i].type;
    obj2type = info2->paths[j].type;

    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------
     * follow link option, compare with target object 
    */
    if (options->linkfollow)
    {
        H5L_info_t li1, li2;

        /*------------------------------------------------------------
         * Soft links
         *------------------------------------------------------------*/

        /*------------------------
         * if object1 softlink
         */
        if (obj1type == H5TRAV_TYPE_LINK)
        {
            if(H5Lget_info(file1_id, obj1_name, &li1, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0)
            {
                parallel_print("error: unable to get link info from \"%s\"\n",obj1_name);
                goto out;
            }

            softlinkinfo1.buf = (char*)HDcalloc(li1.u.val_size, sizeof(char));
            HDassert(softlinkinfo1.buf);

            /* get type and name of target object */
            if(H5tools_get_softlink_target_info(file1_id, obj1_name, li1, &softlinkinfo1)==0)
            {
                parallel_print("error: unable to get softlink info from \"%s\"\n",obj1_name);
                goto out;
            }

            /* set target name and type to pass diff() */
            obj1type = softlinkinfo1.type;
            obj1name = softlinkinfo1.path;
        }
        
        /*------------------------
         * if object2 is softlink
         */
        if (obj2type == H5TRAV_TYPE_LINK)
        {
            if(H5Lget_info(file2_id, obj2_name, &li2, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0)
            {
                parallel_print("error: unable to get link info from \"%s\"\n",obj2_name);
                goto out;
            }


            softlinkinfo2.buf = (char*)HDcalloc(li2.u.val_size, sizeof(char));
            HDassert(softlinkinfo2.buf);

            /* get type and name of target object */
            if(H5tools_get_softlink_target_info(file2_id, obj2_name, li2, &softlinkinfo2)==0)
            {
                parallel_print("error: unable to get softlink info from \"%s\"\n",obj2_name);
                goto out;
            }

            /* set target name and type to pass diff() */
            obj2type = softlinkinfo2.type;
            obj2name = softlinkinfo2.path;
        }

        /*------------------------------------------------------------
         * External links
         *------------------------------------------------------------*/

        /*-------------------------------
         * if object1 is external link
         */
        if (obj1type == H5TRAV_TYPE_UDLINK)
        {
            if(H5Lget_info(file1_id, obj1_name, &li1, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0)
            {
                parallel_print("error: unable to get link info from \"%s\"\n",obj1_name);
                goto out;
            }

            /* for external link */
            if(li1.type == H5L_TYPE_EXTERNAL)
            {
                extlinkinfo1.buf = (char*)HDcalloc(li1.u.val_size, sizeof(char));
                HDassert(extlinkinfo1.buf);

                /* get type and name of target object */
                if(H5tools_get_extlink_target_info(file1_id, obj1_name, li1, &extlinkinfo1)==0)
                {
                    parallel_print("error: unable to get external link info from \"%s\"\n",obj1_name);
                    goto out;
                }

                /* if valid actual object */
                if (extlinkinfo1.type < H5O_TYPE_GROUP || extlinkinfo1.type >= H5O_TYPE_NTYPES)
                {
                    if (options->m_verbose)
                    {
                        parallel_print("<%s> is invaild type\n", obj1_name);
                    }
                    goto out;
                }

                /* set target fileid, name and type to pass diff() */
                l_fileid1 = extlinkinfo1.extfile_id;
                obj1name = extlinkinfo1.path;
                obj1type = extlinkinfo1.type;
            }
        }

        /*-------------------------------
         * if object2 is external link
         */
        if (obj2type == H5TRAV_TYPE_UDLINK)
        {
            if(H5Lget_info(file2_id, obj2_name, &li2, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0)
            {
                parallel_print("error: unable to get link info from \"%s\"\n",obj2_name);
                goto out;
            }
            /* for external link */
            if(li2.type == H5L_TYPE_EXTERNAL)
            {
                extlinkinfo2.buf = (char*)HDcalloc(li2.u.val_size, sizeof(char));
                HDassert(extlinkinfo2.buf);

                /* get type and name of target object */
                if(H5tools_get_extlink_target_info(file2_id, obj2_name, li2, &extlinkinfo2)==0)
                {
                    parallel_print("error: unable to get external link info from \"%s\"\n",obj2_name);
                    goto out;
                }
                /* if valid actual object */
                if (extlinkinfo2.type < H5O_TYPE_GROUP || extlinkinfo2.type >= H5O_TYPE_NTYPES)
                {
                    if (options->m_verbose)
                    {
                        parallel_print("<%s> is invaild type\n", obj2_name);
                    }
                    goto out;
                }

                /* set target fileid, name and type to pass diff() */
                l_fileid2 = extlinkinfo2.extfile_id;
                obj2name = extlinkinfo2.path;
                obj2type = extlinkinfo2.type;
            }
        }
    } /* end of linkfollow */
    
    /* objects are not the same type */
    if (obj1type != obj2type)
    {
        if (options->m_verbose||options->m_list_not_cmp)
        {
            parallel_print("<%s> is of type %s and <%s> is of type %s\n",
            obj1name, get_type(obj1type), obj2name,
            get_type(obj2type));
        }
        options->not_cmp=1;
        goto out;
    }

    nfound = diff(l_fileid1, obj1name,
                  l_fileid2, obj2name,
                  options, obj1type);

out:
    /* free soft link buffer */
    if (softlinkinfo1.buf)
        HDfree(softlinkinfo1.buf);
    if (softlinkinfo2.buf)
        HDfree(softlinkinfo2.buf);
    /* free external link buffer */
    if (extlinkinfo1.buf);
    {
        HDfree(extlinkinfo1.buf);
        /* case for ext-link's target is soft-link */
        if(extlinkinfo1.is_path_malloced)
            HDfree(extlinkinfo1.path);
    }
    if (extlinkinfo2.buf);
    {
        HDfree(extlinkinfo2.buf);
        /* case for ext-link's target is soft-link */
        if(extlinkinfo2.is_path_malloced)
            HDfree(extlinkinfo2.path);
    }
 
    /* close external file */
    H5E_BEGIN_TRY
    {
        H5Fclose(extfile1_id);
        H5Fclose(extfile2_id);
    } H5E_END_TRY;

    return nfound;
}


/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: diff
 *
 * Purpose: switch between types and choose the diff function
 * TYPE is either
 *  H5G_GROUP         Object is a group
 *  H5G_DATASET       Object is a dataset
 *  H5G_TYPE          Object is a named data type
 *  H5G_LINK          Object is a symbolic link
 *
 * Return: Number of differences found
 *
 * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
 *
 * Date: May 9, 2003
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

hsize_t diff(hid_t file1_id,
              const char *path1,
              hid_t file2_id,
              const char *path2,
              diff_opt_t * options,
              h5trav_type_t type)
{
    hid_t   type1_id = (-1);
    hid_t   type2_id = (-1);
    hid_t   grp1_id = (-1);
    hid_t   grp2_id = (-1);
    int     ret;
    hsize_t nfound = 0;

    char *extlinkbuf1=NULL;
    char *extlinkbuf2=NULL;

    /* used in soft link case (H5TRAV_TYPE_LINK) */
    h5tool_link_trg_info_t softlinkinfo1;
    h5tool_link_trg_info_t softlinkinfo2;
    /*init */
    HDmemset(&softlinkinfo1,0,sizeof(h5tool_link_trg_info_t));
    HDmemset(&softlinkinfo2,0,sizeof(h5tool_link_trg_info_t));
    

    switch(type)
    {
       /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
        * H5TRAV_TYPE_DATASET
        *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
        */
        case H5TRAV_TYPE_DATASET:
			/* verbose (-v) and report (-r) mode */
            if(options->m_verbose || options->m_report)
            {
                do_print_objname("dataset", path1, path2);
                nfound = diff_dataset(file1_id, file2_id, path1, path2, options);
                print_found(nfound);
            }
            /* quiet mode (-q), just count differences */
            else if(options->m_quiet)
            {
                nfound = diff_dataset(file1_id, file2_id, path1, path2, options);
            }
			/* the rest (-c, none, ...) */
            else
            {
                nfound = diff_dataset(file1_id, file2_id, path1, path2, options);
                /* print info if compatible and difference found  */
                if (!options->not_cmp && nfound)
                {
                    do_print_objname("dataset", path1, path2);
                    print_found(nfound);	
                }
            }
            break;

       /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
        * H5TRAV_TYPE_NAMED_DATATYPE
        *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
        */
        case H5TRAV_TYPE_NAMED_DATATYPE:
            if((type1_id = H5Topen2(file1_id, path1, H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0)
                goto out;
            if((type2_id = H5Topen2(file2_id, path2, H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0)
                goto out;

            if((ret = H5Tequal(type1_id, type2_id)) < 0)
                goto out;

            /* if H5Tequal is > 0 then the datatypes refer to the same datatype */
            nfound = (ret > 0) ? 0 : 1;

            if(print_objname(options,nfound))
                do_print_objname("datatype", path1, path2);

            /* always print the number of differences found in verbose mode */
            if(options->m_verbose)
                print_found(nfound);

            /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
             * compare attributes
             * the if condition refers to cases when the dataset is a referenced object
             *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
             */
            if(path1)
                nfound += diff_attr(type1_id, type2_id, path1, path2, options);

            if(H5Tclose(type1_id) < 0)
                goto out;
            if(H5Tclose(type2_id) < 0)
                goto out;
            break;

       /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
        * H5TRAV_TYPE_GROUP
        *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
        */
        case H5TRAV_TYPE_GROUP:
            ret = HDstrcmp(path1, path2);

            /* if "path1" != "path2" then the groups are "different" */
            nfound = (ret != 0) ? 1 : 0;

            if(print_objname(options, nfound))
                do_print_objname("group", path1, path2);

            /* always print the number of differences found in verbose mode */
            if(options->m_verbose)
                print_found(nfound);

            if((grp1_id = H5Gopen2(file1_id, path1, H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0)
                goto out;
            if((grp2_id = H5Gopen2(file2_id, path2, H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0)
                goto out;

            /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
             * compare attributes
             * the if condition refers to cases when the dataset is a referenced object
             *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
             */
            if(path1)
                nfound += diff_attr(grp1_id, grp2_id, path1, path2, options);

            if(H5Gclose(grp1_id) < 0)
                goto out;
            if(H5Gclose(grp2_id) < 0)
                goto out;
            break;


       /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
        * H5TRAV_TYPE_LINK
        *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
        */
        case H5TRAV_TYPE_LINK:
            {
            H5L_info_t li1, li2;

            if(H5Lget_info(file1_id, path1, &li1, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0)
            {
                parallel_print("error: unable to get link info from \"%s\"\n", path1);
                goto out;
            }
            if(H5Lget_info(file2_id, path2, &li2, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0)
            {
                parallel_print("error: unable to get link info from \"%s\"\n", path2);
                goto out;
            }

            softlinkinfo1.buf = (char*)HDcalloc(li1.u.val_size, sizeof(char));
            HDassert(softlinkinfo1.buf);
            softlinkinfo2.buf = (char*)HDcalloc(li2.u.val_size, sizeof(char));
            HDassert(softlinkinfo2.buf);

            if(H5tools_get_softlink_target_info(file1_id,path1,li1,&softlinkinfo1)==0)
            {
                parallel_print("error: unable to get softlink info from \"%s\"\n", path1);
                goto out;
            }
            if(H5tools_get_softlink_target_info(file2_id,path2,li2,&softlinkinfo2)==0)
            {
                parallel_print("error: unable to get softlink info from \"%s\"\n", path2);
                goto out;
            }

            ret = HDstrcmp(softlinkinfo1.path, softlinkinfo2.path);

            /* if the target link name is not same then the links are "different" */
            nfound = (ret != 0) ? 1 : 0;

            if(print_objname(options, nfound))
                do_print_objname("link", path1, path2);

            if (options->linkfollow)
            {
                /* objects are not the same type */
                if (softlinkinfo1.type != softlinkinfo2.type)
                {
                    if (options->m_verbose||options->m_list_not_cmp)
                    {
                        parallel_print("<%s> is of type %d and <%s> is of type %d\n", softlinkinfo1.path, softlinkinfo1.type, softlinkinfo2.path, softlinkinfo2.type);
                    }
                    options->not_cmp=1;
                    goto out;
                }

                nfound += diff(file1_id, softlinkinfo1.path, 
                               file2_id, softlinkinfo2.path, 
                               options, softlinkinfo1.type);
            }

            /* always print the number of differences found in verbose mode */
            if(options->m_verbose)
                print_found(nfound);

            HDfree(softlinkinfo1.buf);
            HDfree(softlinkinfo2.buf);
            }
            break;

       /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
        * H5TRAV_TYPE_UDLINK
        *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
        */
        case H5TRAV_TYPE_UDLINK:
            {
            H5L_info_t li1, li2;

            if(H5Lget_info(file1_id, path1, &li1, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0)
            {
                parallel_print("error: unable to get udlink info from \"%s\"\n", path1);
                goto out;
            }
            if(H5Lget_info(file2_id, path2, &li2, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0)
            {
                parallel_print("error: unable to get udlink info from \"%s\"\n", path2);
                goto out;
            }

            /* Only external links will have a query function registered */
            if(li1.type == H5L_TYPE_EXTERNAL && li2.type == H5L_TYPE_EXTERNAL) 
            {

                extlinkbuf1 = (char*)HDcalloc(li1.u.val_size, sizeof(char));
                HDassert(extlinkbuf1);
                extlinkbuf2 = (char*)HDcalloc(li2.u.val_size, sizeof(char));
                HDassert(extlinkbuf2);

                if(H5Lget_val(file1_id, path1, extlinkbuf1, li1.u.val_size, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0) 
                {
                    parallel_print("error: unable to get link value from \"%s\"\n",path1);
                    goto out;
                } /* end if */
                if(H5Lget_val(file2_id, path2, extlinkbuf2, li2.u.val_size, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0) 
                {
                    parallel_print("error: unable to get link value from \"%s\"\n",path2);
                    goto out;
                } /* end if */

                /* If the buffers are the same size, compare them */
                if(li1.u.val_size == li2.u.val_size) 
                {
                    ret = HDmemcmp(extlinkbuf1, extlinkbuf2, li1.u.val_size);
                }
                else
                    ret = 1;

                /* if "extlinkbuf1" != "extlinkbuf2" then the links are "different" */
                nfound = (ret != 0) ? 1 : 0;

                if(print_objname(options, nfound))
                    do_print_objname("external link", path1, path2);

                if (options->linkfollow)
                {
                    const char *extlink_file1;
                    const char *extlink_path1;
                    const char *extlink_file2;
                    const char *extlink_path2;

                    /* get file name and obj path */
                    if(H5Lunpack_elink_val(extlinkbuf1, li1.u.val_size, NULL, &extlink_file1, &extlink_path1)<0) 
                    {
                        parallel_print("error: unable to unpack external link value of obj1\n");
                        goto out;
                    }

                    /* get file name and obj path */
                    if(H5Lunpack_elink_val(extlinkbuf2, li2.u.val_size, NULL, &extlink_file2, &extlink_path2)<0) 
                    {
                        parallel_print("error: unable to unpack external link value of obj2\n");
                        goto out;
                    }

                    nfound = h5diff(extlink_file1, extlink_file2, 
                                    extlink_path1, extlink_path2, options);
                } 

                HDfree(extlinkbuf1);
                HDfree(extlinkbuf2);
            } /* end if */
            else 
            {
                /* If one or both of these links isn't an external link, we can only
                 * compare information from H5Lget_info since we don't have a query
                 * function registered for them.
                 *
                 * If the link classes or the buffer length are not the
                 * same, the links are "different"
                 */
                if((li1.type != li2.type) || (li1.u.val_size != li2.u.val_size))
                    nfound = 1;
                else
                    nfound = 0;

                if (print_objname (options, nfound))
                    do_print_objname ("user defined link", path1, path2);
            } /* end else */

            /* always print the number of differences found in verbose mode */
            if(options->m_verbose)
                print_found(nfound);
            }
            break;

        default:
            if(options->m_verbose)
                parallel_print("Comparison not supported: <%s> and <%s> are of type %s\n",
                    path1, path2, get_type(type) );
            options->not_cmp = 1;
            break;
     }

    return nfound;

out:
    options->err_stat = 1;

    /* free buf used for softlink */
    if (softlinkinfo1.buf)
        HDfree(softlinkinfo1.buf);
    if (softlinkinfo2.buf)
        HDfree(softlinkinfo2.buf);

    /* free buf used for softlink */
    if (extlinkbuf1)
        HDfree(extlinkbuf1);
    if (extlinkbuf2)
        HDfree(extlinkbuf2);

    /* close */
    /* disable error reporting */
    H5E_BEGIN_TRY {
        H5Tclose(type1_id);
        H5Tclose(type2_id);
        H5Gclose(grp1_id);
        H5Tclose(grp2_id);
        /* enable error reporting */
    } H5E_END_TRY;

    return nfound;
}