HDF5 version 1.8.1-snap1 currently under development
Please refer to the release_docs/INSTALL file for installation instructions.
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This release is fully functional for the API described in the documentation. 
See the RELEASE.txt file in the release_docs/ directory for information 
specific to this release of the library.  Several INSTALL* files can also be 
found in the release_docs/ directory:  INSTALL contains instructions for 
compiling and installing the library;  INSTALL_parallel contains instructions 
for installing the parallel version of the library;  similarly-named files
contain instructions for VMS and several environments on MS Windows systems. 

Documentation for this release can be found at the following URL:
    http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/.

The following  mailing lists are currently set up for HDF5 Library users:

    news        - For announcements of HDF5 related developments,
                  not a discussion list.

    hdf-forum   - For general discussion of the HDF5 library with
                  other users.

    hdf5dev     - For discussion of the HDF5 library development
                  with developers and other interested parties.

To subscribe to a list, send mail to "<list>-subscribe@hdfgroup.org".
where <list> is the name of the list.  For example, send a request 
to subscribe to the 'news' mail list to the following address:
    news-subscribe@hdfgroup.org

Messages sent to the list should be addressed to "<list>@hdfgroup.org".

Periodic code snapshots are provided at the following URL:
    ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/hdf5/snapshots
Please read the README.txt file in that directory before working with a 
library snapshot.

The HDF5 website is located at http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/

Bugs should be reported to help@hdfgroup.org.