Tool Name: h5mkgrp
Syntax:
  `h5mkgrp [OPTIONS] file_name group_name...`
Purpose:
  Creates new group(s) in an HDF5 file.

Description:
  `h5mkgrp` creates one or more new groups in an HDF5 file.

Options and Parameters:

`file_name`
  Name of HDF5 file within which new group is to be created.
`group_name`
  Name of group to be created; specified as full path name from the root group, i.e., starting with a slash (/).
Options:
`-h, --help`
  Print a usage message and exit.
`-l, --latest`
  Use latest version of file format to create new group.
`-p, --parents`
  Create parent or intervening groups as needed. Issue no error if intervening groups or new group already exist.
`-v, --verbose`
  Print verbose output, including information about file, group(s), and options.
`-V, --version`
  Print tool version number then exit. Tool version number is that of the corresponding HDF5 Library.

Exit Status:

  0 | Succeeded.
  >0 | An error occurred.

Example Usage
  Create a new group, `new_group`, within the existing group `/a/b` in the file `HDF5_file`.

          h5mkgrp "HDF5_file" "/a/b/new_group"

  Create a new group, `new_group`, within the group `/a/b` in the file `HDF5_file`. Create the groups `a` and `b` if they do not already exist. Issue no error if the intervening groups or the new group already exist.

          h5mkgrp -p "HDF5_file" "/a/b/new_group"

  Create the new groups `/a/b/new_c` and `/a/x/new_4` in the file `HDF5_file`. The groups `/a/b` and `/a/x` must already exist.

          h5mkgrp -p "HDF5_file" "/a/b/new_c" "/a/x/new_4"

History:

Release | Command Line Tool
1.8.0 | Tool introduced in this release.