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HDF Windows Support
The document outlines the support for HDF software on Windows platforms, highlighting the libraries and tools available, ease of installation, and compatibility with various compilers. It emphasizes automated testing, comprehensive documentation, and official support for Cygwin, noting successful builds and tests for HDF5. The efforts mentioned include guidance for installation, testing, and utilizing external libraries, with acknowledgments for support from NASA and other agencies.
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- 1. HDF Windows Support MuQunYang, Xuan Bai, Elena Pourmal, Barbara Jones, Pedro Vincent, Robert E. McGrath National Center for Supercomputing Applications University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- 2. Goals • Support HDFsoftware for Windows platforms • Easy to install • Build from source
- 3. What do wesupport? All HDF Software is supported on Windows platforms • HDF5 library and tools, • HDF4 library and tools, • HDF4 to HDF5 conversion library and utilities, • HDF5 Lite library
- 4. Supported Platforms and Compilers Platforms C/C++Compilers Fortran Compilers Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Windows2000 DEC Fortran 6.0 .NET N/A Intel 7.1 C/C++ Intel 7.1 Fortran under Visual Studio compiler 6.0 environment XP Code Warrior (XP only) N/A
- 5. Important Efforts • • • • • • Easy tobuild, test and install Automatic tool testing Comprehensive documentation Windows support website CYGWIN investigation Quick feedback from Help Desk
- 6. Easy to build,test and install • C, C++ and Fortran in one zip file • Using environmental variables to add or remove external libraries • Automatic tool tests • Building HDF5 in command line • Automatic installation See poster and documentation for details
- 7. Cygwin Support • Cygwinwill be officially supported • • • • HDF5 has been successfully built on Cygwin Most of HDF5 C library tests passed Some data type conversion tests failed. All HDF5 tools tests passed
- 8. Extensive Documentation • FAQ’sand Tips – Please see: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/windows • release_docs – detailed installation and build instructions
- 9. Acknowledgements This report isbased upon work supported in part by a Cooperative Agreement with NASA under NASA grants NAG 5-0240 and NCC5-599. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Other support provided by NCSA and other sponsors and agencies.
- 10. Acknowledgements This report isbased upon work supported in part by a Cooperative Agreement with NASA under NASA grants NAG 5-0240 and NCC5-599. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Other support provided by NCSA and other sponsors and agencies.