[svn-r2985] Purpose:

Documentation
Description:
    Mentioned the addition of the array datatype for the next release.
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Quincey Koziol 2000-11-21 14:29:55 -05:00
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accessed in the file. Updated the VFL document also. accessed in the file. Updated the VFL document also.
* A new h4toh5 uitlity, to convert HDF4 files to analogous * A new h4toh5 uitlity, to convert HDF4 files to analogous
HDF5 files. HDF5 files.
* Added a new array datatype to the datatypes which can be created. Removed
"array fields" from compound datatypes (use an array datatype instead).
Release Notes for h4toh5 beta Release Notes for h4toh5 beta
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The beta h4toh5 utility has been tested on Solaris 2.6, Solaris 2.5, The beta h4toh5 utility has been tested on Solaris 2.6, Solaris 2.5,
Irix 6.5, HPUX 11.0, DEC Unix, FreeBSD, and Windows 2000. Irix 6.5, HPUX 11.0, DEC Unix, FreeBSD, and Windows 2000.
Bug fixes since HDF5-1.2.0 Bug fixes since HDF5-1.2.0
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Library Library
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if the MPI library is in the system library. if the MPI library is in the system library.
* Added support for pthread library and thread-safe option. * Added support for pthread library and thread-safe option.
* The libhdf5.settings file shows the correct machine byte-sex. * The libhdf5.settings file shows the correct machine byte-sex.
* Added option "--with-Stream-VFD" to configure w/o the Stream VFD. * Added option "--enable-stream-vfd" to configure w/o the Stream VFD.
For Solaris, added -lsocket to the LIBS list of libraries. For Solaris, added -lsocket to the LIBS list of libraries.
Tools Tools
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of the dataset into ascii text file <filename>. of the dataset into ascii text file <filename>.
* h5toh4 used to converts hdf5 strings type to hdf4 DFNT_INT8 type. * h5toh4 used to converts hdf5 strings type to hdf4 DFNT_INT8 type.
Corrected to produce hdf4 DFNT_CHAR type instead. Corrected to produce hdf4 DFNT_CHAR type instead.
* h5dump and h5ls displays array data correctly.
Documentation Documentation
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