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    <refnamediv>
        <refname>h5attr</refname>
        <refpurpose>Create an attribute</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsynopsisdiv>
        <title>Syntax</title>
        <synopsis>
            h5attr(obj, location, name, data [, targetType])
            h5attr(filename, location, name, data [, targetType])
        </synopsis>
    </refsynopsisdiv>
    <refsection>
        <title>Arguments</title>
        <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>obj</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a H5Object</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>location</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a string giving the location in the object or in the file</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>name</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a string giving the path to the new dataset</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>data</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a Scilab data</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>targetType</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a string giving the type of the target</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>filename</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a string giving the filename</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>Description</title>
        <para>Create a new named attribute based on the Scilab data passed as argument.</para>
        <para>
            The target HDF5 type can be chosen in the list available in the <ulink url="http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/PredefDTypes.html">HDF5 manual</ulink>.
            Examples of this HDF5 type are "H5T_MIPS_U32" or "H5T_STD_B64BE", but shortcuts as "MIPS_U32" or "STD_B64BE" can also be used.
        </para>
        <para>An attribute can be located in a group or in a dataset</para>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>Examples</title>
        <programlisting role="example"><![CDATA[
x = 1:5 + %pi;
save(TMPDIR + "/x.sod", "x"); // SOD files are HDF5 ones

// We open the file
a = h5open(TMPDIR + "/x.sod");

// Add an attribute to the root element
h5attr(a, ".", "My Attribute", int8(123));

// Check
h5dump(a)

// ...or
a.root("My Attribute").data

// Add an attribute to the dataset named "x"
h5attr(a, "/x", "My Dataset Attribute", int16(321));

// Check
h5dump(a.root.x)

// 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="h5group">h5group</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="h5attr">h5dataset</link>
            </member>
        </simplelist>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>History</title>
        <revhistory>
            <revision>
                <revnumber>5.5.0</revnumber>
                <revremark>HDF5 module introduced.</revremark>
            </revision>
        </revhistory>
    </refsection>
</refentry>
