Re: given dataset id, can I find the group?

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• Subject: Re: given dataset id, can I find the group?
• From: Quincey Koziol <koziol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 20:34:29 -0500 (CDT)

Hi Ed,

> > Here's a question: if I have a dataset id (of a dimension scale, for
> > example), can I find group id that the dataset is in?
> 
>     Hmm, no, that's not something we support.

    Robb Matzke just mentioned another possible solution to this problem:
you could call the H5Iget_name() routine on the dataset ID and strip off the
last component of the name (the dataset) to get the group name; and then open
that group.

    Quincey

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