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H5G_GET_COMMENT

Retrieves comment for specified object (DEPRECATED)

This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5O_GET_COMMENT.

Procedure:

H5G_GET_COMMENT(loc_id, name, bufsize, comment)

Signature:

int H5Gget_comment(hid_t loc_id, const char *name, size_t bufsize, char *comment )

SUBROUTINE h5gget_comment_f(loc_id, name, size, buffer, hdferr)
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id         ! File, group, dataset, or
                                               ! named datatype identifier  
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: name         ! Name of the object link 
  CHARACTER(LEN=size), INTENT(OUT) :: buffer   ! Buffer to hold the comment
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr               ! Error code 
                                               ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
END SUBROUTINE h5gget_comment_f

Parameters:
hid_t loc_idIN: Identifier of the file, group, dataset, or named datatype
const char *name    IN: Name of the object in loc_id whose comment is to be retrieved
name must be '.' (dot) if loc_id fully specifies the object for which the associated comment is to be retrieved
size_t bufsizeIN: Anticipated required size of the comment buffer
char *commentOUT: The comment

Description:

H5G_GET_COMMENT retrieves the comment for the the object specified by loc_id and name. The comment is returned in the buffer comment.

loc_id can specify any object in the file. name can be one of the following: 
  — The name of the object relative to loc_id 
  — An absolute name of the object, starting from /, the file’s root group 
  — A dot (.), if loc_id fully specifies the object

At most bufsize characters, including a null terminator, are returned in comment. The returned value is not null terminated if the comment is longer than the supplied buffer. If the size of the comment is unknown, a preliminary H5G_GET_COMMENT call will return the size of the comment, including space for the null terminator.

If an object does not have a comment, the empty string is returned in comment.

Returns:

Returns the number of characters in the comment, counting the null terminator, if successful; the value returned may be larger than bufsize. Otherwise returns a negative value.

History:
Release    Change
1.8.0Function deprecated in this release.

--- Last Modified: August 19, 2019 | 01:58 PM