HDF5 minimal example

ref.cpp

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ main (void)
                                                     "the 5 lazy dogs"},
                         *rdata2,
                         *name;
-    int                 ndims;
-    hsize_t             i;
+    int                 ndims,
+                        i;
 
     /*
      * Create a new file using the default properties.
@@ -88,49 +88,27 @@ main (void)
     /*
      * Create the dataset and write the region references to it.
      */
+
     dset = H5Dcreate (file, DATASET, H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG, space, H5P_DEFAULT,
                 H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
     status = H5Dwrite (dset, H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT,
                 wdata);
-
+                    status = H5Dclose (dset);
     /*
      * Close and release resources.
      */
-    status = H5Dclose (dset);
+
     status = H5Dclose (dset2);
     status = H5Sclose (space);
     status = H5Fclose (file);
 
 
-    /*
-     * Now we begin the read section of this example.  Here we assume
-     * the dataset has the same name and rank, but can have any size.
-     * Therefore we must allocate a new array to read in data using
-     * malloc().
-     */
-
-    /*
-     * Open file and dataset.
-     */
-    file = H5Fopen (FILE, H5F_ACC_RDONLY, H5P_DEFAULT);
-    dset = H5Dopen (file, DATASET, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-    /*
-     * Get dataspace and allocate memory for read buffer.
-     */
-    space = H5Dget_space (dset);
-    ndims = H5Sget_simple_extent_dims (space, dims, NULL);
-    rdata = (hdset_reg_ref_t *) malloc (dims[0] * sizeof (hdset_reg_ref_t));
-    status = H5Sclose (space);
 
-  
 
     /*
      * Close and release resources.
      */
-    free (rdata);
-    status = H5Dclose (dset);
-    status = H5Fclose (file);
+
 
     return 0;
 }