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<h2>Purpose</h2>
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<p>This document contrasts two methods for mounting an hdf5 file
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on another hdf5 file: the case where the relationship between
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files is a tree and the case where it's a graph. The tree case
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simplifies current working group functions and allows symbolic
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links to point into ancestor files whereas the graph case is
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more consistent with the organization of groups within a
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particular file.
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<h2>Definitions</h2>
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<p>If file <code>child</code> is mounted on file
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<code>parent</code> at group <code>/mnt</code> in
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<code>parent</code> then the contents of the root group of
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<code>child</code> will appear in the group <code>/mnt</code> of
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<code>parent</code>. The group <code>/mnt</code> is called the
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<em>mount point</em> of the child in the parent.
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<h2>Common Features</h2>
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<p>These features are common to both mounting schemes.
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<li>The previous contents of <code>/mnt</code> in
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<code>parent</code> is temporarily hidden. If objects in that
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group had names from other groups then the objects will still
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be visible by those other names.
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<li>The mount point is actually an OID (not a name) so if there
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are other names besides <code>/mnt</code> for that group then
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the root group of the child will be visible in all those
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names.
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<li>At most one file can be mounted per mount point but a parent
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can have any number of mounted children.
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<li>Name lookups will entail a search through the mount table at
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each stage of the lookup. The search will be O(log
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<em>N</em>) where <em>N</em> is the number of children mounted
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on that file.
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<li>Files open for read-only can be mounted on other files that
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are open for read-only. Mounting a file in no way changes the
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contents of the file.
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<li>Mounting a child may hide mount points that exist below the
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child's mount point, but it does not otherwise affect mounted
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files.
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<li>Hard links cannot cross file boundaries. An object cannot
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be moved or renamed with <code>H5Gmove()</code> in such a way
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that the new location would be in a different file than the
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original location.
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<li>The child can be accessed in a manner different from the
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parent. For instance, a read-write child in a read-only
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parent, a parallel child in a serial parent, <em>etc</em>.
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<li>If some object in the child is open and the child is
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unmounted and/or closed, the object will remain open and
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accessible until explicitly closed. As in the mountless case,
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the underlying UNIX file will be held open until all member
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objects are closed.
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<li>Current working groups that point into a child will remain
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open and usable even after the child has been unmounted and/or
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closed.
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<li>Datasets that share a committed datatype must reside in the
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same file as the datatype.
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<h2>Contrasting Features</h2>
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<center>
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<th width="50%">Tree</th>
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<th width="50%">Graph</th>
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<td>The set of mount-related files makes a tree.</td>
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<td>The set of mount-related files makes a directed
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graph.</td>
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<td>A file can be mounted at only one mount point.</td>
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<td>A file can be mounted at any number of mount points.</td>
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<td>Symbolic links in the child that have a link value which
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is an absolute name can be interpreted with respect to the
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root group of either the child or the root of the mount
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tree, a property which is determined when the child is
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mounted.</td>
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<td>Symbolic links in the child that have a link value which
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is an absolute name are interpreted with respect to the
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root group of the child.</td>
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<td>Closing a child causes it to be unmounted from the
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parent.</td>
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<td>Closing a child has no effect on its relationship with
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the parent. One can continue to access the child contents
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through the parent.</td>
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<td>Closing the parent recursively unmounts and closes all
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mounted children.</td>
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<td>Closing the parent unmounts all children but
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does not close them or unmount their children.</td>
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<td>The current working group functions
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<code>H5Gset()</code>, <code>H5Gpush()</code>, and
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<code>H5Gpop()</code> operate on the root of the mount
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tree.</td>
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<td>The current working group functions operate on the file
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specified by their first argument.</td>
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<td>Absolute name lookups (like for <code>H5Dopen()</code>)
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are always performed with respect to the root of the mount
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tree.</td>
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<td>Absolute name lookups are performed with respect to the
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file specified by the first argument.</td>
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<td>Relative name lookups (like for <code>H5Dopen()</code>)
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are always performed with respect to the specified group
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or the current working group of the root of the mount
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tree.</td>
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<td>Relative name lookups are always performed with respect
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to the specified group or the current working group of the
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file specified by the first argument.</td>
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<td>Mounting a child temporarily hides the current working
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group stack for that child</td>
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<td>Mounting a child has no effect on its current working
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group stack.</td>
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<td>Calling <code>H5Fflush()</code> will flush all files of
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the mount tree regardless of which file is specified as
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the argument.</td>
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<td>Calling <code>H5Fflush()</code> will flush only the
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specified file.</td>
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<h2>Functions</h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><code>herr_t H5Fmount(hid_t <em>loc</em>, const char
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*<em>name</em>, hid_t <em>child</em>, hid_t
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<em>plist</em>)</code>
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<dd>The file <em>child</em> is mounted at the specified location
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in the parent. The <em>loc</em> and <em>name</em> specify the
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mount point, a group in the parent. The <em>plist</em>
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argument is an optional mount property list. The call will
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fail if some file is already mounted on the specified group.
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<table border>
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<th width="50%">Tree</th>
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<th width="50%">Graph</th>
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<td>The call will fail if the child is already mounted
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elsewhere.</td>
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<td>A child can be mounted at numerous mount points.</td>
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<td>The call will fail if the child is an ancestor of the
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parent.</td>
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<td>The mount graph is allowed to have cycles.</td>
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<td>Subsequently closing the child will cause it to be
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unmounted from the parent.</td>
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<td>Closing the child has no effect on its mount
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relationship with the parent.</td>
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<dt><code>herr_t H5Funmount(hid_t <em>loc</em>, const char
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*<em>name</em>)</code>
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<dd>Any file mounted at the group specified by <em>loc</em> and
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<em>name</em> is unmounted. The child is not closed. This
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function fails if no child is mounted at the specified point.
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<br><br>
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<dt><code>hid_t H5Pcreate(H5P_MOUNT)</code>
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<dd>Creates and returns a new mount property list initialized
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with default values.
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<br><br>
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<dt><code>herr_t H5Pset_symlink_locality(hid_t <em>plist</em>,
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H5G_symlink_t <em>locality</em>)</code>
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<dt><code>herr_t H5Pget_symlink_locality(hid_t <em>plist</em>,
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H5G_symlink_t *<em>locality</em>)</code>
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<dd>These functions exist only for the tree scheme. They set or
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query the property that determines whether symbolic links with
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absolute name value in the child are looked up with respect to
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the child or to the mount root. The possible values are
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<code>H5G_SYMLINK_LOCAL</code> or
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<code>H5G_SYMLINK_GLOBAL</code> (the default).
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<dt><code>hid_t H5Freopen(hid_t <em>file</em>)</code>
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<dd>A file handle is reopened, creating an additional file
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handle. The new file handle refers to the same file but has an
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empty current working group stack.
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<td>The new handle is not mounted but the old handle
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continues to be mounted.</td>
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<td>The new handle is mounted at the same location(s) as
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the original handle.</td>
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<h2>Example</h2>
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<p>A file <code>eos.h5</code> contains data which is constant for
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all problems. The output of a particular physics application is
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dumped into <code>data1.h5</code> and <code>data2.h5</code> and
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the physics expects various constants from <code>eos.h5</code>
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in the <code>eos</code> group of the two data files. Instead of
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copying the contents of <code>eos.h5</code> into every physics
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output file we simply mount <code>eos.h5</code> as a read-only
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child of <code>data1.h5</code> and <code>data2.h5</code>.
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<tr><td><h3>Tree</h3><code><pre>
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/* Create data1.h5 */
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data1 = H5Fcreate("data1.h5", H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
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H5Gclose(H5Gcreate(data1, "/eos", 0));
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H5Gset_comment(data1, "/eos", "EOS mount point");
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/* Create data2.h5 */
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data2 = H5Fcreate("data2.h5", H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
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H5Gclose(H5Gcreate(data2, "/eos", 0));
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H5Gset_comment(data2, "/eos", "EOS mount point");
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/* Open eos.h5 and mount it in both files */
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eos1 = H5Fopen("eos.h5", H5F_ACC_RDONLY, H5P_DEFAULT);
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H5Fmount(data1, "/eos", eos1, H5P_DEFAULT);
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eos2 = H5Freopen(eos1);
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H5Fmount(data2, "/eos", eos2, H5P_DEFAULT);
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... physics output ...
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H5Fclose(data1);
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H5Fclose(data2);
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<tr><td><h3>Graph</h3><code><pre>
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/* Create data1.h5 */
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data1 = H5Fcreate("data1.h5", H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
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H5Gclose(H5Gcreate(data1, "/eos", 0));
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H5Gset_comment(data1, "/eos", "EOS mount point");
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/* Create data2.h5 */
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data2 = H5Fcreate("data2.h5", H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
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H5Gclose(H5Gcreate(data2, "/eos", 0));
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H5Gset_comment(data2, "/eos", "EOS mount point");
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/* Open eos.h5 and mount it in both files */
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eos = H5Fopen("eos.h5", H5F_ACC_RDONLY, H5P_DEFAULT);
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H5Fmount(data1, "/eos", eos, H5P_DEFAULT);
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H5Fmount(data2, "/eos", eos, H5P_DEFAULT);
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H5Fclose(eos);
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... physics output ...
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H5Fclose(data1);
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H5Fclose(data2);
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</pre></code></td></tr>
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