Returns the value of a symbolic link
Procedure:
H5L_GET_VAL(link_loc_id, link_name, linkval_buff, size, lapl_id)
Signature:
herr_t H5Lget_val( hid_t link_loc_id, const char *link_name, void *linkval_buff, size_t size, hid_t lapl_id )
Parameters:
hid_t link_loc_id | IN: Location identifier; may be a file, group, dataset, named datatype or attribute identifier |
const char *link_name | IN: Link whose value is to be returned |
void *linkval_buff | OUT: The buffer to hold the returned link value |
size_t size | IN: Maximum number of characters of link value to be returned |
hid_t lapl_id | IN: List access property list identifier |
Description:
H5L_GET_VAL returns the link value of the link link_name.
The parameter link_loc_id is a location identifier.
link_name identifies a symbolic link and is defined relative to link_loc_id. Symbolic links include soft and external links and some user-defined links. This function is not for use with hard links.
The link value is returned in the buffer linkval_buff. For soft links, this is the path to which the link points, including the null terminator; for external and user-defined links, it is the link buffer.
size is the size of linkval_buff and should be the size of the link value being returned. This size value can be determined through a call to H5L_GET_INFO; it is returned in the val_size field of the H5L_info_t struct.
If size is smaller than the size of the returned value, then the string stored in linkval_buff will be truncated to size bytes. For soft links, this means that the value will not be null terminated.
In the case of external links, the target file and object names are extracted from linkval_buff by calling H5L_UNPACK_ELINK_VAL.
The link class of link_name can be determined with a call to H5L_GET_INFO.
lapl_id specifies the link access property list associated with the link link_name. In the general case, when default link access properties are acceptable, this can be passed in as H5P_DEFAULT. An example of a situation that requires a non-default link access property list is when the link is an external link; an external link may require that a link prefix be set in a link access property list (see H5P_SET_ELINK_PREFIX).
This function should be used only after H5L_GET_INFO has been called to verify that link_name is a symbolic link. This can be deteremined from the link_type field of the H5L_info_t struct.
Returns:
Returns a non-negative value, with the link value in linkval_buff, if successful. Otherwise returns a negative value.
Example:
History:
| Release | Change |
|---|
| 1.8.0 | Function introduced in this release. |
--- Last Modified: April 25, 2019 | 12:47 PM
