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<h1>H5: General Library Functions</h1>
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These functions and macros serve general-purpose needs of the HDF5 
library and its users.

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<strong>The C Interfaces:</strong>

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    <li><a href="#Library-Open">H5open</a></li>
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    <li><a href="#Library-DontAtExit">H5dont_atexit</a></li>
    <li><a href="#Library-SetFreeListLimits">H5set_free_list_limits</a></li>
    <li><a href="#Library-GarbageCollect">H5garbage_collect</a></li>
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    <li><a href="#Library-AllocateMemory">H5allocate_memory</a></li>
    <li><a href="#Library-ResizeMemory">H5resize_memory</a></li>
    <li><a href="#Library-FreeMemory">H5free_memory</a></li>
    <li><a href="#Library-Version">H5get_libversion</a></li>
    <li><a href="#Library-VersCheck">H5check_version</a></li>
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    <li><a href="#Library-VersionGE">H5_VERSION_GE</a></li>
    <li><a href="#Library-VersionLE">H5_VERSION_LE</a></li>
    <li><a href="#Library-IsLibraryThreadsafe">H5is_library_threadsafe</a></li>
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<i>Alphabetical Listing</i>

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      <li><a href="#Library-VersionGE">H5_VERSION_GE</a></li>
      <li><a href="#Library-VersionLE">H5_VERSION_LE</a></li>
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<strong>The Fortran Interface:</strong>
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In general, each Fortran subroutine performs exactly the same task 
as the corresponding C function.  
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