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Source: R/H5L.R
H5Lget_info.Rd

H5Lget_info() identifies the type of link specified by the the h5loc and name arguments. This is more limited than the equivalent function in the standard HDF5 library.

Usage

H5Lget_info(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 queried.

Value

A character vector of length 1 giving the type of link. Possible values are: H5L_TYPE_HARD, H5L_TYPE_SOFT, H5L_TYPE_EXTERNAL, H5L_TYPE_ERROR