Andrew, This is a bug. Thank you for reporting! I will add it to our bugs for the HDF5 1.8.9 release. We will let you know when we have a fix.
Elena ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elena Pourmal The HDF Group http://hdfgroup.org 1800 So. Oak St., Suite 203, Champaign IL 61820 217.531.6112 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:17 PM, Andrew Collette wrote: > Hi, > > I've been having some issues copying datasets; in some cases the new > dataset will be created but will be empty (no storage allocated). > I've finally tracked it down to an open identifier; if you create a > dataset, write to it and then call H5Ocopy, a new dataset will be > created but it will be empty. > > This is a problem for my application (h5py) because I don't directly > control the lifecycle of the identifiers; my users do. In any case > this behavior isn't documented. > > I've attached a C file which demonstrates the problem. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Andrew Collette > <test.c>_______________________________________________ > Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. > [email protected] > http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org
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