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H5COPY:(1) User Commands H5COPY:(1)

h5copy: - Copies HDF5 objects from a file to a new file

usage: h5copy [OPTIONS] [OBJECTS...]

OBJECTS
input file name
output file name
source object name
destination object name
OPTIONS
Print a usage message and exit
No error if existing, make parent groups as needed
Print information about OBJECTS and OPTIONS
Print version number and exit
Flag type
Flag type is one of the following strings:
Copy only immediate members for groups
Expand soft links into new objects
Expand external links into new objects
Copy references and any referenced objects, i.e., objects that the references point to.
Referenced objects are copied in addition to the objects
specified on the command line and reference datasets are populated with correct reference values. Copies of referenced datasets outside the copy range specified on the command line will normally have a different name from the original.
(Default:Without this option, reference value(s) in any
reference datasets are set to NULL and referenced objects are not copied unless they are otherwise within the copy range specified on the command line.)
Copy object without copying attributes
Switches all flags from the default to the non-default setting
These flag types correspond to the following API symbols
H5O_COPY_SHALLOW_HIERARCHY_FLAG H5O_COPY_EXPAND_SOFT_LINK_FLAG H5O_COPY_EXPAND_EXT_LINK_FLAG H5O_COPY_EXPAND_REFERENCE_FLAG H5O_COPY_WITHOUT_ATTR_FLAG H5O_COPY_ALL

The full documentation for h5copy: is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and h5copy: programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info h5copy:

should give you access to the complete manual.

August 2011 h5copy: Version 1.8.7