Joe, Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately, most of the data in the file is, apparently, "Vdata with column storage order", which h4mapwriter can't handle :-(
I think, with all of the suggestions that I've gotten, I've got enough now to figure it all out and should hopefully have my problem worked out by the weekend, as long as we don't the next foot of snow we're supposed to get Wednesday... Bruce On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:54:12 -0600, H. Joe Lee wrote: > Hi, Bruce, > > You may also want to try "h4mapwriter" tool. > > Please take a look at sample XML outputs from the HDF4 files and see the > map writer fits your purpose: > > http://www.hdfgroup.org/projects/h4map/h4map_examples.html > > -- > HDF: Software that Powers Science > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 1:38 AM, > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Bruce, >> >> The dumper hdp prints out sort of a file structure at the end of the >> output of dumpvg command. It starts at: >> >> Graphical representation of the file >> >> However, it also shows some internal vgroups and vdatas, so you'll have >> to look at the names/classes from the output above that, and match up >> with the indices to figure out which ones internal and can be ignored. >> You can look at the Reference Manual pages of Vgisinternal and >> VSisinternal for information about internal vgroups and vdatas. >> >> It is in the work to provide an option for hdp to suppress these >> internal objects. >> >> Please let us know if you have other questions. >> >> Thanks, >> Binh-Minh >> >> >> Quoting Bruce Bowler <[email protected]>: >> >>> Mike, >>> >>> Thanks. Looks interesting, but I suppose I forgot to mention (blush), >>> I'm dealing with HDF4. Poking around a bit, I see hdfls and friends, >>> but they don't seem to provide as much detail as h5dump does. I >>> suppose I could try and write it as hdf5 and then use h5toh4 and back >>> convert it... >>> >>> I can probably figure it out, but I was hoping for something like a >>> tree diagram of what's there etc. Oh well, I guess I know what I'll >>> be doing this weekend :-( >>> >>> Bruce >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:19:14 -0500, Michael Jackson wrote: >>> >>>> h5dump may be what you are looking for. It is part of the standard >>>> HDF5 distribution. >>>> ___________________________________________________________ >>>> Mike Jackson Principal Software Engineer >>>> BlueQuartz Software Dayton, Ohio >>>> [email protected] >>>> www.bluequartz.net >>>> >>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Bruce Bowler wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, I'm a newb at writing HDF files but have a small bit (really >>>>> small) >>>>> of experience reading HDF files in IDL and MATLAB. >>>>> >>>>> I have an HDF file that contains some data. I need to create a new >>>>> file that has different data but has the same "structure" as the >>>>> extant file. By "structure", I mean vgroups, vdata, etc. Ideally >>>>> I'd be creating this new file using MATLAB. It needs to be the same >>>>> so a bit of 3rd party software that I don't have the source for can >>>>> process the file properly. >>>>> >>>>> Is there a tool that will describe, in a fair bit of detail, the >>>>> contents of the extant file such that I can figure out what calls I >>>>> need to make to write the new one? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> Bruce >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
