Hi Rhys, I added both your requests for h5dump and h5copy to JIRA (HDFFV-8759 and HDFFV-8760). No promises, but your request is timely since we will be planning our next release in two weeks.
Thank you! Elena ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elena Pourmal The HDF Group http://hdfgroup.org 1800 So. Oak St., Suite 203, Champaign IL 61820 217.531.6112 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Apr 28, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Rhys Ulerich <[email protected]> wrote: > Would you please consider adding an "overwrite" or "clobber" flag to h5copy? > > Unless I've missed it, there's no way to overwrite a dataset with > another unless the target is first removed. And, unless I've missed > it, there's no out-of-the-box "h5rm" utility for accomplishing that > forcing users to each roll their own (e.g. [1]). The use case I have > in mind is transferring simulation settings or initial conditions from > one file into another. > > Thanks, > Rhys > > [1] https://github.com/RhysU/suzerain/blob/master/postproc/remove_hdf5.py
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