Thanks a lot for that hint. I will have a look at this. 

regards
  Eugen

On Thu, 2013-07-18 at 09:00 -0500, Gerd Heber wrote:
> Not the most direct way, but how about H5Iget_name?
> 
> http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/RM_H5I.html#Identify-GetName
> 
> "If the object identified by obj_id is an attribute, as determined via 
> H5Iget_type,
> H5Iget_name retrieves the name of the object to which that attribute is 
> attached.
> To retrieve the name of the attribute itself, use H5Aget_name."
> 
> G.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hdf-forum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> Wintersberger, Eugen
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:29 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Hdf-forum] Attribute parents
> 
> Hi folks
>   has anyone an idea how to obtain the parent object an attribute is attached 
> to?
> 
> regards
>   Eugen
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