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http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/hdf4.htmlThe HDF 4.2r0 documentation is not yet ready but will be available before the new year. You will be able to download it from the following page:
http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/doc.htmlThe RELEASE.txt file in the source code contains detailed information about this release:
ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF/HDF_Current/src/unpacked/release_notes/RELEASE.txt
Please read the INSTALL file in the top HDF4 directory for instructions on how to build the HDF4 library and applications.
http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/doc_resource/SZIP/Commercial_szip.htmlFor more information about SZIP compression, see:
http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/doc_resource/SZIP/NOTE: The pre-compiled binaries were built with SZIP compression enabled, except on the Cray T3E, Cray SV1 and Linux 2.4 SuSE x86_64. To use these binaries, you must download and install the SZIP library.
The fp2hdf utility has been removed and replaced by hdfimport.
Please refer to the RELEASE.txt file in the release_notes/ directory of
the source code for more information on the new features and changes in
HDF 4.2r0.
Platforms Tested
AIX 5.1 Cray T3E, SV1 FreeBSD HP-UX IRIX64 (32 and 64 bit) Linux 2.4 (RH8, RH9, SuSE, Intel, IA-32, IA-64) Mac OS X OSF1 Solaris 2.7 and 2.8 (32 and 64 bit) WindowsFor further information please refer to the following page (or the RELEASE.txt file):
http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/release4/platforms.html
Further information on known problems can be found on the following page:
http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/release4/known_problems.html