Delete objects within a HDF5 file — h5_delete • rhdf5

Deletes the specified group or dataset from within an HDF5 file.

Usage

h5delete(file, name)

Arguments

file: The filename (character) of the file in which the object is located.
name: For h5delete the name of the object to be deleted. For h5deleteAttribute the name of the object to which the attribute belongs.

Author

Mike Smith

Examples

h5File <- tempfile(pattern = "ex_createFile.h5")

h5createFile(h5File)
h5createGroup(h5File, "foo")

h5ls(h5File)
#>   group name     otype dclass dim
#> 0     /  foo H5I_GROUP           

h5delete(h5File, "foo")
h5ls(h5File)
#> [1] group  name   otype  dclass dim   
#> <0 rows> (or 0-length row.names)