H5Lcreate_external: Create a link to an object in a different HDF5 file

In grimbough/rhdf5: R Interface to HDF5

Create a link to an object in a different HDF5 file

Description

H5Lcreate_external() creates a new external link. An external link is a soft link to an object in a different HDF5 file from the location of the link.

Usage

H5Lcreate_external(target_file_name, target_obj_name, link_loc, link_name)

Arguments

target_file_name	Name of the external HDF5 to link to
target_obj_name	Path to the object in the file specified by target_file_name to link to.
link_loc	H5IdComponent object giving the location where the new link should be created. Can represent an HDF5 file or group.
link_name	Name (path) of the new link, relative to the location of link_loc.

Examples

## The example below creates a new HDF5 file in a temporary director, and then
## links to the group "/foo" found in the file "multiple_dtypes.h5" 
## distributed with the package.

h5File1 <- system.file("testfiles", "multiple_dtypes.h5", package="rhdf5")
h5File2 <- tempfile(pattern = "H5L_2_", fileext = ".h5")
h5createFile(h5File2)

## open the new file & create a link to the group "/foo" in the original file
fid <- H5Fopen(h5File2)
H5Lcreate_external(target_file_name = h5File1, target_obj_name = "/foo", 
  link_loc = fid, link_name = "/external_link")
H5Fclose(fid)

## check the new file has a group called "/external_link"
h5ls(h5File2)

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