Index: fact/tools/pyscripts/sandbox/dneise/h5py/test.py
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--- fact/tools/pyscripts/sandbox/dneise/h5py/test.py	(revision 13445)
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+#!/usr/bin/python -tti
+
+print 'creating a file and writing some data to it'
+
+import h5py
+f = h5py.File('myfile.h5', 'w')
+dset = f.create_dataset('test', (100,100,100), 'i')
+dset[...] = 42
+f.close()
+
+del f
+del dset
+
+print 'file is now closed and all variables are deleted ...'
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+print 'reopening file for read access  -- as variable f'
+
+f = h5py.File('myfile.h5', 'r')
+
+print 'type f.items() to look at its contents,'
+print 'retrieve the contents, as you would with a dict'
+print 'e.g. f[<name of item>]'
+
+print 'you can even access only part of the contents'
+print 'use slicing for this:'
+print 'e.g. f[<name of item>][23,10:20]'
+