h5info - Script command – Ansys Optics

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Returns information about the structure of an HDF5 file.

Syntax	Description
info = h5info("filename");	Returns a struct "info" that contains information about the structure of the HDF5 file named "filename."

Parameter	Type	Description
filename	string	name of the HDF5 file.

Examples

filename = "samplefile.h5";
info = h5info(filename);
?info;
> Struct with fields:
> Attributes
> Datasets
> Datatypes
> FileName
> Groups
> Name

The struct containing the information about the HDF5 file has the following fields:

Belongs to	Field	Description
File	Attributes	structure containing a list of the attributes of the file.
Datasets	structure containing a list of the datasets in the file.
Datatypes	structure containing a list of the datatypes in the file.
Filename	string containing the name of the file.
Groups	structure containing a list of the top-level groups.
Name	string containing the path to the root. The value is always "/".
Groups	Attributes	structure containing a list of the attributes of the group.
Datasets	structure containing a list of the datasets in the group.
Datatypes	structure containing a list of the datatypes in the group.
Groups	structure containing a list of the sub-groups within the group.
Name	string containing the name (path) of the group.
Datasets	Attributes	structure containing a list of the attributes of the dataset.
Dataspace	structure containing information about the size of the dataset.
Datatype	structure containing information about the dataset type.
Name	string containing the name (path) of the dataset.
Propertylist	structure containing various properties of the dataset such as fill value, filter, etc.
Datatypes	Class	string containing the HDF5 class of the datatype.
Name	string containing the name of the datatype.
Size	size of the datatype in bytes.
Type	string describing the type of the datatype.

h5info - Script command