On 17. feb. 2011, at 12.09, Giraudon Cyril wrote: > Paul, > > I think the function H5Lexists does the job : > http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/RM_H5L.html#Link-Exists > > I use it in one of my projects : > http://code.google.com/p/amelet-hdf/source/browse/amelethdf-fortran/trunk/src/amelethdf/hdfpath.f90#36 > > Regards, > > Cyril. > > > Le 17/02/2011 10:58, Paul Anton Letnes a écrit : >> Hi! >> >> I am using the fortran90 interface to hdf5 1.8 patch 1. >> >> I am unable to find a function that lets me know whether a group exists >> already. It is clearly not allowed to create an already existing group, so I >> need to check this with an if (...) statement. Does such a function exist? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Paul. >> _______________________________________________ >> Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. >> >> [email protected] >> http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org > > _______________________________________________ > Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. > [email protected] > http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org
Merci beaucoup Cyril! I suppose I did not understand the syntax, I was not familiar with the 'link' concept before. I suppose a 'link' is just about anything, like a dataset, a group, or similar? Anyway, thanks again! Cheers, Paul. _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected] http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org
