Last modified: 28 August 2012

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hid_t H5Dopen1( hid_t loc_id, const char *name )

Purpose:

Opens an existing dataset.

Notice:

This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Dopen2 or the macro H5Dopen.

Description:

H5Dopen1 opens an existing dataset for access in the file or group specified in loc_id. name is a dataset name and is used to identify the dataset in the file.

A dataset opened with this function should be closed with H5Dclose when the dataset is no longer needed so that resource leaks will not develop.

Parameters:

hid_t loc_id IN: Identifier of the file or group within which the dataset to be accessed will be found.

const char * name IN: The name of the dataset to access.

Returns:

Returns a dataset identifier if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.

Fortran90 Interface: See listing under H5Dopen.

History:

Release	C
1.8.0	Function `H5Dopen` renamed to `H5Dopen1` and deprecated in this release.

hid_t `loc_id`	IN: Identifier of the file or group within which the dataset to be accessed will be found.
const char * `name`	IN: The name of the dataset to access.