New feature
Problem:
The h5toh4 converter tester - testh5toh4, is set up to place output
files in same directory as input files. A difficulty comes up when
the input files come off a write-protected media, such-as CDROM.
Solution:
Rather than using "cd" to change directory and referencing files by
short filename only, "input directory" and "output directory" are
defined explicitly, and files are always referenced with pathnames
included. For cases when the converter generates the output filename,
a copy of the input file is first placed in the "output directory".
The copied input file is used by h5toh4 and then removed.
On Solaris2.5, the following sequence of commands seemed to work fine:
$ gunzip < hdf5-1.1.72.tar.gz | tar xf -
$ chmod -R ugo-w hdf5-1.1.72
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ ../hdf5-1.1.72/configure --enable-production --disable-debug \
$ --with-hdf4=... --with-zlib=...
$ make check
This change should allow the tester to be used when the hdf5 source
is on a read only media like a CDROM.
Platform tested:
Solaris2.5
New Feature
Solution:
These files are the expected results of the HDF4 hdp dumper,
which has been executed in the following order:
hdp dumpvg file.hdf > file.dmp
hdp dumpvd file.hdf >> file.dmp
hdp dumpsds file.hdf >> file.dmp
Platform tested:
Solaris2.5, HP10.20
