hdf5/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_10.txt
Pedro Vicente Nunes 6787ef71a2 [svn-r15428] http://bugzilla.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/show_bug.cgi?id=1170
Summary: when using h5diff to compare the results of h5repack (or other tools that copy one HDF5 file to another), a new option is needed to allow h5diff to make an "absolute" comparison of the 2 files. This is the "contents" mode explained in the usage below.

If this mode is present, objects in both files must match (must be exactly the same). If this does not happen, the tool returns an error code of 1 (instead of the success code of 0)

Changes to the h5repack test script: the call to h5diff was changed to include -c (maintaining the previous -q). 

tested: windows, linux, solaris
2008-08-04 16:13:16 -05:00

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usage: h5diff [OPTIONS] file1 file2 [obj1[obj2]]
file1 File name of the first HDF5 file
file2 File name of the second HDF5 file
[obj1] Name of an HDF5 object, in absolute path
[obj2] Name of an HDF5 object, in absolute path
OPTIONS
-h, --help Print a usage message and exit
-V, --version Print version number and exit
-r, --report Report mode. Print differences
-v, --verbose Verbose mode. Print differences, list of objects
-q, --quiet Quiet mode. Do not do output
-c, --contents Contents mode. Objects in both files must match
-n C, --count=C Print differences up to C number
-d D, --delta=D Print difference when greater than limit D
-p R, --relative=R Print difference when greater than relative limit R
C - is a positive integer
D - is a positive number. Compare criteria is |a - b| > D
R - is a positive number. Compare criteria is |(b-a)/a| > R
Modes of output:
Default mode: print the number of differences found and where they occured
-r Report mode: print the above plus the differences
-v Verbose mode: print the above plus a list of objects and warnings
-q Quiet mode: do not print output
-c Contents mode: objects in both files must match
Compare criteria
If no objects [obj1[obj2]] are specified, h5diff only compares objects
with the same absolute path in both files. However,
when the -c flag is present, (contents mode) the objects in file1
must match exactly the objects in file2
The compare criteria is:
1) datasets: numerical array differences 2) groups: name string difference
3) datatypes: the return value of H5Tequal 2) links: name string difference
of the linked value
Return exit code:
1 if differences found, 0 if no differences, -1 if error
Examples of use:
1) h5diff file1 file2 /g1/dset1 /g1/dset2
Compares object '/g1/dset1' in file1 with '/g1/dset2' in file2
2) h5diff file1 file2 /g1/dset1
Compares object '/g1/dset1' in both files
3) h5diff file1 file2
Compares all objects in both files
Note) file1 and file2 can be the same file. Use
h5diff file1 file1 /g1/dset1 /g1/dset2
to compare '/g1/dset1' and '/g1/dset2' in the same file