h5dump may be what you are looking for. It is part of the standard HDF5 distribution. ___________________________________________________________ Mike Jackson Principal Software Engineer BlueQuartz Software Dayton, Ohio mike.jack...@bluequartz.net www.bluequartz.net
On Feb 22, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Bruce Bowler wrote: > Hi, I'm a newb at writing HDF files but have a small bit (really small) of > experience reading HDF files in IDL and MATLAB. > > I have an HDF file that contains some data. I need to create a new file > that has different data but has the same "structure" as the extant file. > By "structure", I mean vgroups, vdata, etc. Ideally I'd be creating this > new file using MATLAB. It needs to be the same so a bit of 3rd party > software that I don't have the source for can process the file properly. > > Is there a tool that will describe, in a fair bit of detail, the contents > of the extant file such that I can figure out what calls I need to make to > write the new one? > > Thanks. > Bruce > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. > Hdf-forum@hdfgroup.org > http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. Hdf-forum@hdfgroup.org http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org
