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NAME

       h5fromh4 - convert HDF4 scientific datasets to an HDF5 file

SYNOPSIS

       h5fromh4 [OPTION]... [HDF4FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       h5fromh4  takes one or more files in HDF4 format and outputs files in HDF5 format containing the datasets
       from the HDF4 files.  (Currently, only a single dataset per HDF4 file is converted.)

       HDF4 and HDF5 are free, portable binary formats and supporting libraries developed by the National Center
       for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

       A  single  h5  file can contain multiple data sets; by default, h5fromh4 creates a dataset called "data",
       but this can be changed via the -d option, or by using the syntax HDF5FILE:DATASET with  the  -o  option.
       The  -a option can be used to append new datasets to an existing HDF5 file.  If the -o option is used and
       multiple HDF4 files are specified, all the HDF4 datasets are output into that HDF5 file  with  the  input
       filenames (minus the ".hdf" suffix) used as the dataset names.

       The most basic usage is something like ´h5fromh4 foo.hdf´, which will output a file foo.h5 containing the
       scientific dataset from foo.hdf.

OPTIONS

       -h     Display help on the command-line options and usage.

       -V     Print the version number and copyright info for h5fromh4.

       -v     Verbose output.

       -a     If the HDF5 output file already exists, append the data as a new dataset rather  than  overwriting
              the  file  (the  default  behavior).   An  existing  dataset  of  the same name within the file is
              overwritten, however.

       -o file
              Send HDF5 output to file rather than to the input  filename  with  .hdf  replaced  with  .h5  (the
              default).   If multiple input files were specified, this causes all input datasets to be stored in
              file (rather than in separate files), with the input filenames (minus  the  .hdf  suffix)  as  the
              dataset names.

       -d name
              Write  to  dataset  name in the output; otherwise, the output dataset is called "data" by default.
              Alternatively, use the syntax HDF5FILE:DATASET with the -o option.

BUGS

       Send bug reports to S. G. Johnson, stevenj@alum.mit.edu.

AUTHORS

       Written by Steven G. Johnson.  Copyright (c) 2005 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.