Remove a link from a group — H5Ldelete • rhdf5

Remove a link from a group

H5Ldelete(h5loc, name)

Arguments

h5loc: An object of class H5IdComponent representing a H5 location identifier (file or group).
name: The name of the link to be deleted.

Examples


h5file <- tempfile(pattern = "_ex_H5L.h5")

# create an hdf5 file and a group
h5createFile(h5file)
h5createGroup(h5file, "/foo")

# reopen file and confirm "/foo" exists but "/baa" does not
fid <- H5Fopen(h5file)
H5Lexists(fid, "/foo")
#> [1] TRUE

# remove the link to "/foo" and confirm it no longer exists
H5Ldelete(fid, "/foo")
H5Lexists(fid, "/foo")
#> [1] FALSE

H5Fclose(fid)