Detailed Description

This creation property applies to links only, and advises the library to automatically create missing intermediate groups when creating new objects.

Link creation property list functions (H5P)
Function	Purpose
H5Pset_create_intermediate_group/H5Pget_create_intermediate_group	Specifies/retrieves whether to create missing intermediate groups.

See also: String Creation Properties

Collaboration diagram for Link Creation Properties:

Functions
herr_t	H5Pget_create_intermediate_group (hid_t plist_id, unsigned *crt_intmd)
	Determines whether property is set to enable creating missing intermediate groups.

herr_t	H5Pset_create_intermediate_group (hid_t plist_id, unsigned crt_intmd)
	Specifies in property list whether to create missing intermediate groups.

Function Documentation

◆ H5Pget_create_intermediate_group()

herr_t H5Pget_create_intermediate_group	(	hid_t	plist_id,
		unsigned *	crt_intmd
	)

Determines whether property is set to enable creating missing intermediate groups.

Parameters

[in]	plist_id	Link creation property list identifier
[out]	crt_intmd	Flag specifying whether to create intermediate groups upon creation of an object

Returns: Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise, returns a negative value.

H5Pget_create_intermediate_group() determines whether the link creation property list plist_id is set to allow functions that create objects in groups different from the current working group to create intermediate groups that may be missing in the path of a new or moved object.

Functions that create objects in or move objects to a group other than the current working group make use of this property. H5Gcreate_anon() and H5Lmove() are examples of such functions.

If crt_intmd is positive, missing intermediate groups will be created; if crt_intmd is non-positive, missing intermediate groups will not be created.

Since: 1.8.0

◆ H5Pset_create_intermediate_group()

herr_t H5Pset_create_intermediate_group	(	hid_t	plist_id,
		unsigned	crt_intmd
	)

Specifies in property list whether to create missing intermediate groups.

Parameters

[in]	plist_id	Link creation property list identifier
[in]	crt_intmd	Flag specifying whether to create intermediate groups upon the creation of an object

Returns: Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise, returns a negative value.

H5Pset_create_intermediate_group()

Since: 1.8.0