Removes a link from a group
Procedure:
H5L_DELETE(loc_id, name, lapl_id)
Signature:
herr_t H5Ldelete( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t lapl_id )
SUBROUTINE h5ldelete_f(loc_id, name, hdferr, lapl_id)
IMPLICIT NONE
INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id ! Identifier of the file or group
! containing the object
CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: name ! Name of the link to delete
INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr ! Error code:
! 0 on success and -1 on failure
INTEGER(HID_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: lapl_id
! Link access property list identifier
END SUBROUTINE h5ldelete_f
Parameters:
hid_t loc_id | IN: Location identifier; may be a file, group, dataset, named datatype or attribute identifier |
const char *name | IN: Name of the link to delete |
hid_t lapl_id | IN: Link access property list identifier |
Description:
H5L_DELETE removes the link specified by name from the location loc_id.
If the link being removed is a hard link, H5L_DELETE also decrements the link count for the object to which name points. Unless there is a duplicate hard link in that group, this action removes the object to which name points from the group that previously contained it.
Object headers keep track of how many hard links refer to an object; when the hard link count, also referred to as the reference count, reaches zero, the object can be removed from the file. The file space associated will then be released, i.e., identified in memory as freespace. Objects which are open are not removed until all identifiers to the object are closed.
Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.
Example:
History:
| Release | Change |
|---|
| 1.8.0 | Function introduced in this release. |
--- Last Modified: April 25, 2019 | 12:39 PM
