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writeScalarDataAttribute

herr_t writeScalarDataAttribute (hid_t loc_id, hid_t type_id, const char* name, void* buf)

Writes a scalar value to an HDF5 file.

Arguments:

loc_id: The group or dataset the attribute should be written to.

type_id: The datatype of the attribute.

name: The name that should be used for the attribute.

buf: The data that should be written.

Returns 0 upon success, otherwise -1.




2000-08-08