From 323566415815ff259caf8da41b15ea1e8a47655b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedro Vicente Nunes <pvn@hdfgroup.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:10:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [svn-r5176] Purpose:     added description of H5Dset_extent

---
 release_docs/RELEASE.txt | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index c684286c5f..f9acb56033 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@ New Features
     * A helper script called ``h5cc'', which helps compilation of HDF5
       programs, is now distributed with HDF5. See the reference manual
       for information on how to use this feature.
+    * New API function H5Dset_extent. Modifies the dimensions of a dataset, 
+      allows change to a lower dimension. The unused space in the file is freed.
+      PVN - 2002/03/31
 
 
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