writeSimpleDataAttribute_fmt

herr_t writeSimpleDataAttribute_fmt (hid_t loc_id, const char* fmt, const char* name, int ndims, hsize_t* dims, void* buf)

Writes a simple data attribute value to an HDF5 file.

Arguments:

loc_id: The group or dataset the attribute should be written to.

fmt: A string describing the format of the datatype, e.g. char, short, ...

name: The name that should be used for the attribute.

ndims: The rank of the data to be written, between 0-4.

dims: The dimensions of the data, a pointer to ndims number of hsize_t values.

buf: The data that should be written.

Returns 0 upon success, otherwise -1.