Hi Allen,

On Dec 18, 2009, at 7:07 PM, Allen Sanderson wrote:

> One followup could this problem be related to perhaps already having the one 
> link open ??? and then trying to open it again???

        Hmm, are you using the latest release (1.8.4)?

        Quincey

> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Allen 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 18, 2009, at 6:02 PM, Allen Sanderson wrote:
> 
>> I have a file with two external links that at are both at the top level:
>> 
>> HDF5 "DATA.h5" {
>> GROUP "/" {
>>     EXTERNAL_LINK "Mesh" {
>>       TARGETFILE "Mesh.h5"
>>       TARGETPATH "/Mesh"
>>          GROUP "/Mesh" {
>>       }
>>     }
>>    EXTERNAL_LINK "Step#0" {
>>       TARGETFILE "step_0.h5"
>>       TARGETPATH "/Step#0"
>>          GROUP "/Step#0" {
>>       }
>>     }
>>   }
>> }
>> 
>> When I open the main file, DATA.h5 as RDONLY I am able to traverse both 
>> links as one would expect. 
>> 
>> However, when I open the main file, DATA.h5 as RDWR the group "/Mesh" 
>> succeeds but the "Step#0" fails. Both links are created in the exact same 
>> manner. 
>> 
>>  if( H5Lcreate_external(MESH_NAME, "/Mesh",
>>                       file_id, "Mesh",
>>                       H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT) < 0 ) {
>>  }
>> 
>> So I am at a loss as to why the access is different. I tried to follow 
>> through and understand more on the Property list that is set to teh default. 
>> ie this var:
>> hid_t lapl_id        IN: Link access property list identifier.
>> 
>> but I did not get far. Should I be setting something here???? 
>> 
>>  
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Allen
>> 
>> 
>> Allen Sanderson
>> SCI Institute
>> University of Utah
>> www.sci.utah.edu
>> 
>> 
>> 
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