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    <refnamediv>
        <refname>h5mv</refname>
        <refpurpose>Move an object</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsynopsisdiv>
        <title>Syntax</title>
        <synopsis>
            h5mv(srcobj [, srcloc], destobj [, destloc])
            h5mv(srcobj [, srcloc], destfile, destloc)
            h5mv(srcfile, srcloc, destobj [, destloc])
            h5mv(srcfile, srcloc, destfile, destloc)
        </synopsis>
    </refsynopsisdiv>
    <refsection>
        <title>Arguments</title>
        <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>srcobj</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a H5Object</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>destobj</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a H5Object</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>srcloc</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a string giving the source location</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>destloc</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a string giving the destination location</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>srcfile</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a string the source filename</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>destfile</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a string giving the destination filename</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>Description</title>
        <para>
            Move an object to another place (same file or not). This command is equivalent to <code>h5cp</code> followed by <code>h5rm</code>.
        </para>
        <para>Before moving a newly created object, the file must be flushed.</para>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>Examples</title>
        <programlisting role="example"><![CDATA[
// We create a HDF5 file
a = h5open(TMPDIR + "/test.h5");
b = h5open(TMPDIR + "/test1.h5");

// We create a group and a dataset
h5group(a, "Grp_1");
h5write(a.root.Grp_1, "Dset_1", [1 2 ; 3 4]);

// We flush the file to be sure that the modifications
// will be taken into account when the move will occur
h5flush(a);

// Create a group and a dataset in b
h5group(b, "BGrp");
h5write(b("/BGrp"), "BDset", 11:18);
h5close(b)

// Now we copy Dset_1 to Dset_2 located under root
h5mv(a.root.Grp_1, "Dset_1", a, "Dset_2")

// Copy BDset to a dataset under Grp_1
h5mv(TMPDIR  +"/test1.h5", "/BGrp/BDset", a.root.Grp_1)

// We have finished so we free all the resources
h5close(a);
    ]]></programlisting>
    </refsection>
    <refsection role="see also">
        <title>See also</title>
        <simplelist type="inline">
            <member>
                <link linkend="h5open">h5open</link>
            </member>
        </simplelist>
        <simplelist type="inline">
            <member>
                <link linkend="h5cp">h5cp</link>
            </member>
        </simplelist>
        <simplelist type="inline">
            <member>
                <link linkend="h5rm">h5rm</link>
            </member>
        </simplelist>
        <simplelist type="inline">
            <member>
                <link linkend="h5flush">h5flush</link>
            </member>
        </simplelist>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>History</title>
        <revhistory>
            <revision>
                <revnumber>5.5.0</revnumber>
                <revremark>HDF5 module introduced.</revremark>
            </revision>
        </revhistory>
    </refsection>
</refentry>
