Hi Bryan and welcome! Not a pytables solution, but you can use the 'h5ls' utility that comes with HDF5
h5ls -v blah.hdf to get at what you're after. Of course, there is also a way to do this with a python/pytables script using the ._v_attrs property on each node. See note in your script below. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/12/2007 04:08:19 AM: > hi Folks > > Anyway, this is my starting script: > import tables > f='blah.hdf' > ff=tables.openFile(f) > for a in ff: > ##try: > print a._v_attrs <--- this is dictionary-like class, type AttributeSet > ##print type(a) > ##print a.getAttr() > ##x=a.attrs._f_list('all') > ##except: pass Hope this helps. Elias Collas Gulfstream Aerospace Corp ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Pytables-users mailing list Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users