Yes, I am pretty sure the slash character is used by HDF5 library to break up dataset names into group paths much like a unix filesystem does.
I don't know if there is a way to tell HDF5 to use a different separator character for this purpose for a given file. Mark On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 14:42, Dr. X wrote: > Hi All, > I am trying > hid_t dataset_id = H5Dcreate(group_frame_id, "mass > (GeV/(c^2))", std_type_id, space_id, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT); > And the returned dataset_id = -1. If I changed the string to "mass > (GeV_(c^2))", I got a valid dataset_id. > Is "/" a special/reserved character in HDF5? Is there such a reserved > character list for HDF5? > Thanks so much. > > Best, > xunlei > > > _______________________________________________ > Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. > [email protected] > http://*mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org -- Mark C. Miller, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ================!!LLNL BUSINESS ONLY!!================ [email protected] urgent: [email protected] T:8-6 (925)-423-5901 M/W/Th:7-12,2-7 (530)-753-851 _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected] http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org
