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Revised the description of h5dump.
	Changed argument 'files' to 'file'.
	Added ../html/ to the DDL hyperlink.
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Frank Baker
1998-09-11 13:40:14 -05:00
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[-d </code><em>names</em><code>]
[-g </code><em>names</em><code>]
[-l </code><em>names</em><code>] </code>
<em>files</em>
<em>file</em>
<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
<dd>Displays HDF5 file contents.
<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
@@ -83,8 +83,14 @@ These tools enable the user to examine HDF5 files interactively.
<code>-a</code>, <code>-d</code>, <code>-g</code>, or
<code>-l</code> options.
<p>
Native data types created in one machine are displayed with native
names when <code>h5dump</code> runs in the same machine type. But when
<code>h5dump</code> runs in a different machine type, it displays the
native data types with standard type names. This will be changed in the
next release to always display with standard type names.
<p>
The <code>h5dump</code> output is described in detail in
<a href="ddl.html">DDL</a>, the <cite>Data Description
<a href="../html/ddl.html">DDL</a>, the <cite>Data Description
Language</cite> document.
<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
@@ -103,15 +109,15 @@ These tools enable the user to examine HDF5 files interactively.
<dd>Displays all the objects within the specified group(s).
<dt><code>-l</code> <em>names</em>
<dd>Displays the specified link value(s).
<dt><em>files</em>
<dd>The file(s) to be examined.
<dt><em>file</em>
<dd>The file to be examined.
</dl>
<dt><strong>Current Status:</strong>
<dd>The current version of <code>h5dump</code> can display the
following types of information:
<ul>
<li>Group name
<li>Attribute name, data type, adata space, and data
<li>Attribute name, data type, data space, and data
<li>Dataset name, data type, data space, and data
<li>Soft link name, link value
</ul>
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</ul>
<dt><strong>See Also:</strong>
<dd>HDF5 Data Description Language syntax
(<a href="ddl.html">DDL</a>)
(<a href="../html/ddl.html">DDL</a>)
</dl>