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createGroup

hid_t createGroup (hid_t loc_id, const char* groupname,const char* comment)

Creates a group in an HDF5 file.

Arguments:

loc_id: The group or file reference the group should be written to.

groupname: The name of the group to be written.

comment: A comment of the group, if NULL, no comment will be added to the group.

Returns a negative value on failure, otherwise a hid_t reference.




2000-08-08