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[ <A HREF="title.html"><I>HDF5 Tutorial Top</I></A> ]
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<BIG><BIG><BIG><FONT COLOR="#c101cd">Introduction</FONT>
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Welcome to the HDF5 Tutorial provided by the HDF User Support Group.
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HDF5 is a file format and library for storing scientific data.
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HDF5 was designed and implemented to address the deficiencies of HDF4.x.
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It has a more powerful and flexible data model, supports files larger than 2 GB,
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supports parallel I/O, and is thread-safe. For a short overview presentation
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of the HDF5 data model, library and tools see:
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<A HREF="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/HDF5_overview/index.htm">http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/HDF5_overview/index.htm</A>
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This tutorial covers the basic HDF5 data objects and file structure,
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the HDF5 programming model and the API functions necessary for creating and
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modifying data objects. It also introduces the available HDF5 tools to access
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HDF5 files.
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The examples used in this tutorial, along with a Makefile to compile them
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can be found in <A HREF="./examples/">./examples/</A>. You can also download
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a <A HREF="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/training/other-ex5/examples.tar">tar
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file</A> with the examples and Makefile. In
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order to use the Makefile you may have to edit it and update the
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compiler and compiler options, as well as the path for the HDF5
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binary distribution.
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Please check the <A HREF="references.html">References</A> for where to find
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other examples of HDF5 Programs.
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We hope that the step-by-step examples and instructions will give you a quick
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start with HDF5.
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Please send your comments and suggestions to hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu.
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The National Center for Supercomputing Applications</A><br>
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<a href="http://www.uiuc.edu/">University of Illinois
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at Urbana-Champaign</a><br>
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<BR> <H6>Last Modified: October 8, 1999</H6><BR>
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