Change the dimensions of an HDF5 dataset

Source: R/H5D.R

Change the dimensions of an HDF5 dataset

H5Dset_extent(h5dataset, size)

Arguments

h5dataset

Object of class H5IdComponent representing an open HDF5 dataset.

size

An integer vector with the new dimension of the dataset.

Value

A logical vector of length 1. Value will be TRUE if the operation was sucessful and FALSE otherwise.

Details

This function can only be applied to datasets that meet the following criteria:

  • A chunked dataset with unlimited dimensions

  • A chunked dataset with fixed dimensions if the new dimension sizes are less than the maximum sizes set with maxdims

Author

Bernd Fischer, Mike Smith