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.TH H5COPY: "1" "August 2011" "h5copy: Version 1.8.7" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
h5copy: \- Copies HDF5 objects from a file to a new file
.SH DESCRIPTION
usage: h5copy [OPTIONS] [OBJECTS...]
.IP
OBJECTS
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-input\fR
input file name
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR
output file name
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-source\fR
source object name
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-destination\fR
destination object name
.IP
OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print a usage message and exit
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-parents\fR
No error if existing, make parent groups as needed
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Print information about OBJECTS and OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version number and exit
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-flag\fR
Flag type
.IP
Flag type is one of the following strings:
.TP
shallow
Copy only immediate members for groups
.TP
soft
Expand soft links into new objects
.TP
ext
Expand external links into new objects
.TP
ref
Copy references and any referenced objects, i.e., objects
that the references point to.
.IP
Referenced objects are copied in addition to the objects
.IP
specified on the command line and reference datasets are
populated with correct reference values. Copies of referenced
datasets outside the copy range specified on the command line
will normally have a different name from the original.
.IP
(Default:Without this option, reference value(s) in any
.IP
reference datasets are set to NULL and referenced objects are
not copied unless they are otherwise within the copy range
specified on the command line.)
.TP
noattr
Copy object without copying attributes
.TP
allflags
Switches all flags from the default to the non\-default setting
.IP
These flag types correspond to the following API symbols
.IP
H5O_COPY_SHALLOW_HIERARCHY_FLAG
H5O_COPY_EXPAND_SOFT_LINK_FLAG
H5O_COPY_EXPAND_EXT_LINK_FLAG
H5O_COPY_EXPAND_REFERENCE_FLAG
H5O_COPY_WITHOUT_ATTR_FLAG
H5O_COPY_ALL
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B h5copy:
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B h5copy:
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info h5copy:
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.