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Elena Pourmal <epourmal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Ed,
>
> You have to use
> H5Tset_size (typeid,H5T_VARIABLE) instead of H5Tset_size(typeid, strlen(txt))
>
> Elena
When I try this I get a seg fault when I reach H5Awrite...
The question is, do I have to tell HDF5 the length of a string in a
scalar string attribute?
Thanks!
Ed
/* See if we can write an attribute to the root group. */
if ((fileid = H5Fcreate(FILE_NAME, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT,
H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0) ERR;
if ((grpid = H5Gopen(fileid, "/")) < 0) ERR;
/* Attach a text attribute with some of Hamlet's lines. */
if ((spaceid = H5Screate(H5S_SCALAR)) < 0) ERR;
if ((typeid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1)) < 0) ERR;
if (H5Tset_size(typeid, H5T_VARIABLE) < 0) ERR;
if ((attid = H5Acreate(grpid, ATT1_NAME, typeid, spaceid,
H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0) ERR;
if (H5Awrite(attid, typeid, txt) < 0) ERR;
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Ed Hartnett -- ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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