From: Harsh Anand (hanand_at_lbl.gov)
Date: 01/07/2004
Dear NERSC users, HDF 4.2r0 has been installed on the IBM SP, and the Visualization Server. This release of the HDF4 library includes SZIP compression support, several bug fixes and new utilities viz: hrepack, hdiff, hdfimport, h4cc and h4fc. Please note "fp2hdf" utility has been removed from this version and replaced by "hdfimport". For more information on the new features and changes see HDF 4.2r0 release notes: http://hpcf.nersc.gov/software/libs/io/hdf/release-notes-4.2r0.txt To access the new version, use: "module load hdf/4.2r0". IBM SP users: please note,both 32-bit and 64-bit address space libraries are available. To access 64-bit version on the IBM SP, use: "module load hdf_64/4.2r0". Unless problems are found, this version will become the default on January 27, 2004. The current version, 4.1r5 will be disabled on February 10, 2004 and deleted soon thereafter. For further information see: http://hpcf.nersc.gov/software/libs/io/hdf Regards, -- Harsh Anand email: hanand_at_lbl_dot_gov NERSC User Services phone: (510) 486-5575