I agree, something like h5fck would be an interesting tool. Maybe one can even do more. What I was thinking about was something like an HDF5 carving tool (like scalpel for file systems) which tries to rescue as much data as possible from a corrupted file. I do not know if this is possible. I just had a look at the binary data layout of HDF5 files and was wondering if something like this already exists ;)
regards Eugen On Mon, 2013-10-07 at 17:05 +0000, Miller, Mark C. wrote: > Not sure if it will 'repair' a file but 'h5debug' might help diagnose what > is wrong with the file? > For that matter, 'h5dump' and 'h5ls' also migth provide some information > > I think maybe The HDF Group could use an h5fck (like fsck for a > file-system). > > Mark > > > On 10/7/13 3:37 AM, "Wintersberger, Eugen" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >Hi folks > > though I never experienced problems with corrupted HDF5 files I just > >wonder if there is a tool available to repair damaged HDF5 files? > > > >regards > > Eugen > >-- > >--------------------------------------- > >DI. Dr. Eugen Wintersberger > > > >FS-EC > >DESY > >Notkestr. 85 > >D-22607 Hamburg > >Germany > > > >E-Mail: [email protected] > >Telefon: +49-40-8998-1917 > >--------------------------------------- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. > [email protected] > http://mail.lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org
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