[svn-r5343]

Purpose:
    Bugfixes -- Fixes #657.
                Addresses #720 (but does not complete it).
Description:
    H5Pset_fapl_split:  Added note re checking on use of this driver,
        i.e., that H5Pget_driver returns H5FD_MULTI.
        Fixes Bug #657.
    Minor copy edits, including some addressed in Bug #720.
Platforms tested:
    IE 5
This commit is contained in:
Frank Baker
2002-05-02 16:46:52 -05:00
parent 3b36f55715
commit 2997ad4c45

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@@ -2913,11 +2913,11 @@ facilitate moving easily between them.</i>
metadata to be written to separate files. These files are viewed
by the HDF5 library and the application as a single virtual HDF5 file
with a single HDF5 file address space.
The types of data that can be broken out into separate file include
The types of data that can be broken out into separate files include
raw data, the superblock, B-tree data, global heap data,
local heap data, and object headers.
At the programmer's discretion, two or more types of data can be
written the same file while other types of data are written to
written to the same file while other types of data are written to
separate files.
<p>
The array <code>memb_map</code> maps memory usage types to other
@@ -3180,7 +3180,7 @@ facilitate moving easily between them.</i>
enables the multi-file driver to emulate the split driver from
HDF5 Releases 1.0 and 1.2.
The split file driver stored metadata and raw data in separate files
but provide no mechanism for separating types of metadata.
but provided no mechanism for separating types of metadata.
<p>
<code>fapl_id</code> is a file access property list identifier.
<p>
@@ -3203,6 +3203,13 @@ facilitate moving easily between them.</i>
<p>
<code>raw_plist_id</code> is the file access property list identifier
for the raw data file.
<p>
If a user wishes to check to see whether this driver is in use,
the user must call <code>H5Pget_driver</code> and compare the
returned value to the string <code>H5FD_MULTI</code>.
A positive match will confirm that the multi driver is in use;
HDF5 provides no mechanism to determine whether it was called
as the special case invoked by <code>H5Pset_fapl_split</code>.
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
<dt>
@@ -3989,7 +3996,7 @@ H5P&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a>
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Last modified: 18 Dec 2001
Last modified: 25 April 2002
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Describes HDF5 Release 1.5, Unreleased Development Branch