The HDF5 1.8.2 release is now available, and can be downloaded from:
https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain5.html
This page can be accessed from the HDF5 Home page, at:
https://support.hdfgroup.org/products/hdf5/index.html
The documentation for 1.8.2 is located in:
https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/
HDF5 1.8.2 is a minor release with a few new features and several bug fixes. New Features include:
Libtool was upgraded to version 2.2.6a.
Two new public routines are now available for working with external links (H5Pget_elink_fapl, H5Pset_elink_fapl).
Support was added for Intel 10.1 on Mac OS X 10.5.4.
Improvements were made to the free space tracking performance.
Additional capabilities have been added to the h5repack, h5ls, h5dump, h5diff, and h5import utilities.
Some of the bugs that were fixed are included here:
Failure when building with "make check install".
When using the shared SZIP library, you had to add the path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Several problems when mounting files.
Object header test failure due to deficiency in mktime() on Windows.
Several problems with the tools (h5import, h5diff, h5dump).
Please refer to the Release Notes for a comprehensive list of new features and changes in this release:
ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-1.8.2-RELEASE.txt
The HDF5 1.6.8 release is now available and can be downloaded from:
https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain5.html
This page is accessible from the HDF5 home page, at:
https://support.hdfgroup.org/products/hdf5/index.html
The documentation for 1.6.8 is located in:
https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc1.6/
HDF5 1.6.8 is a minor release with a few new features and several bug fixes. New Features and changes include:
Additional capabilities have been added to the h5repack, h5ls, h5dump, h5diff, and h5import utilities.
Version compatibility macros were added for functions changed in 1.8.
The GASS and SRB virtual file drivers have been retired and removed from the HDF5 library.
Some of the bugs that were fixed are included here:
Failure when building with "make check install".
Several problems with the tools (h5import, h5diff, h5dump).
Please refer to the Release Notes for a comprehensive list of new features and changes in this release:
ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/current16/src/hdf5-1.6.8-RELEASE.txt
A minor configuration change was made to the SZIP source code. It fixed the problem where the math library was not getting included when building SZIP.
The change did not affect the pre-built binaries.
You can obtain the updated SZIP source code from the following location:
ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/lib-external/szip/2.1/src/
Please note that the SZIP version was not updated for this change.
Due to problems in the past, we have instituted changes to our FTP provider, and have hopefully resolved all of the issues. Also note that the FTP server can now be accessed from the HDF web pages, for those who are interested:
https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/
If you encounter any problems with the HDF Group web or FTP site, please
send the HDF Helpdesk the error message you are getting, along with the time
and timezone, and your IP Address.
The Mathworks graciously provided us with example programs for using HDF5 with MATLAB. These can be found on the HDF5 home page, and the link to them is:
https://gamma.hdfgroup.org/UserSupport/matlab-examples/api16-m.html
If you have any questions regarding them, please let us know.