Tool Name: h5edit
Syntax:
h5edit
[-h
| --help
]
h5edit
options parameter h5file
Purpose:
An HDF5 file editor.
Description:
h5edit
is a tool for editing an HDF5 file. The tool can read in a command file,
written in the H5edit Command Language, to edit the file accordingly. Commands
can be given as command line option. This is intended for simple and short
commands. The H5edit Command Language is defined in “Definition of the H5edit
Command Language”.
Options and Parameters:
These terms are used as follows in this section: -h, --help Print a usage message and exit. -c command, --command command Specify an H5edit command to apply to the file h5file. --command-file commfile Specify a command file, commfile, that contains H5edit commands written in the H5edit Command Language, to apply to the file h5file. --dryrun (To be supported in future implementation) Just check the syntax of the H5edit commands against the HDF5 file without making the actual changes to the HDF5 file. --version Print the version information of h5edit. --atomic[=atomic-level] (To be supported in future implementation) Specifies the atomic level: Yes: This is the default. It means the changes must be done as all or nothing. The original data file is restored in case of any command failures. no: No atomicity is desired. Do as much changes as possible. inc: Atomicity of changes at individual command level is desired, not the entire execution. |
H5edit Commands:
These commands are supported: create: create a new attribute in an object delete: delete an existing attribute from an object
These commands are to be supported in the future: rename: modify the name of an existing attribute modify: modify the value(s) of an existing attribute copy: copy an existing attribute from one object to another object move: move an existing attribute from one object to another object exists: check if an attribute exists |
Exit Status:
0 |
Succeeded. |
>0 |
An error occurred. |
Last revised: 2011/07/30