Dear Matthew and All, I apologize for my slow response.
> On Jun 16, 2017, at 8:13 AM, Matthew Clay <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Elena, > > I hope you are well. Well...ignoring emails is not a good sign :-) > Sorry to reopen this thread, but I just wanted to > check to see if the VDS limitation we previously discussed is still on > track to be addressed in 1.10.2. Yes, we do want to fix it in 1.10.2. > > Thank you and The HDF Group for this feature, but it would be great if > we could tell HDF5 "please interpret the links in the VDS as being > relative to the VDS file, not the executable reading the file." We were also thinking to provide an option to specify a path to source file(s) via environment variable and using an API. Please let me know if the proposed fixes will cover your use cases. Thank you! Elena > > Thanks again. > > Best, > Matthew > > On 06/06/2016 10:17 AM, Elena Pourmal wrote: >> Hi Matthew, >> >> Yes, we plan to address this limitation in the HDF5 1.10 release >> (1.10.2) that will be done by the end of the year. >> >> Elena >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Elena Pourmal The HDF Group http://hdfgroup.org >> 1800 So. Oak St., Suite 203, Champaign IL 61820 >> 217.531.6112 >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 6, 2016, at 8:10 AM, Matthew Clay <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I saw in the 1.10.0-patch1 release notes that: >>> >>> - VDS feature limitation >>> Currently, the path to a VDS source file is interpreted as relative to >>> the directory where the executable program runs and not to the HDF5 file >>> with the VDS dataset unless a full path to the source file is specified >>> during the mapping. >>> >>> Will this restriction be relaxed in the near future? We often access >>> data from programs executed in different directories than the HDF5 >>> datasets (where the main VDS file resides). When creating the VDS file, >>> we use relative paths to form the mapping for portability. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Matthew >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org >>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. >> [email protected] >> http://lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org >> Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. > [email protected] > http://lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org > Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5 _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected] http://lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5
