NAME¶

h5copy: - Copies HDF5 objects from a file to a new file

DESCRIPTION¶

usage: h5copy [OPTIONS] [OBJECTS...]

OBJECTS

-i, --input

input file name

-o, --output

output file name

-s, --source

source object name

-d, --destination

destination object name

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Print a usage message and exit

-p, --parents

No error if existing, make parent groups as needed

-v, --verbose

Print information about OBJECTS and OPTIONS

-V, --version

Print version number and exit

-f, --flag

Flag type

Flag type is one of the following strings:

shallow

Copy only immediate members for groups

soft

Expand soft links into new objects

ext

Expand external links into new objects

ref

Copy references and any referenced objects, i.e., objects that the references point to.

Referenced objects are copied in addition to the objects

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.

(Default:Without this option, reference value(s) in any

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.)

noattr

Copy object without copying attributes

allflags

Switches all flags from the default to the non-default setting

These flag types correspond to the following API symbols

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

SEE ALSO¶

The full documentation for h5copy: is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and h5copy: programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info h5copy:

should give you access to the complete manual.