HDF5 is a Hierarchical Data Format product consisting of a data format specification and a supporting library implementation.
HDF5 includes the following features which make it a widely-used scientific data format:
HDF5 is fully documented - see /opt/hdf5-oscar-1.4.4-post2/doc/hdf5/index.html for the documentation that accompanied the release of HDF5 that is installed with this OSCAR distribution. For documentation of the current release of HDF5 as served from the HDF Group's website, see http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/.
For further information regarding HDF5, such as lists of current users, supporting agencies, and applications that employ the library, see http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/.
OSCAR installs the HDF5 library at /opt/hdf5-oscar-1.4.4-post2/lib/. Please note that the HDF5 library included in OSCAR is presently only available for serial operation. Parallel operation will be enabled in a future version of OSCAR.
When compiling HDF5 in parallel mode, two compiler issues must be considered:
-cflags="-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
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