Steffen, Thank you for the new patch! I’ll let you know if we have any questions.
Elena ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elena Pourmal The HDF Group http://hdfgroup.org 1800 So. Oak St., Suite 203, Champaign IL 61820 217.531.6112 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mar 11, 2015, at 1:28 PM, Steffen Kieß <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: (I'm not sure where the sources for the Reference Manual and the User's Guide are, so I'm not sure who will apply these changes / how I can submit patches for that.) http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/RM_H5P.html#Property-SetExternal A paragraph can be added to the Description: If 'name' is a relative filename, it will be considered relative to the HDF5 file. In this case when the HDF5 file is moved, the external files should be moved along with it. And to History: 1.8.15 Relative filenames are now considered relative to the HDF5 file, not to the current directory. http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/UG/10_Datasets.html To last paragraph of "5.5.4. External Storage Properties": All referenced external data files must exist before performing raw data I/O on the dataset. This is normally not a problem since those files are being managed directly by the application or indirectly through some other library. However, if the file is transferred from its original context, care must be taken to assure that all the external files are accessible in the new location. Add: If relative filenames are used, they will be considered relative to the location of the HDF5 file.
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