Delete an HDF5 Object — h5_delete • h5lite

Deletes an object (dataset or group) from an HDF5 file. If the object is a group, all objects contained within it will be deleted recursively.

Usage

h5_delete(file, name)

Arguments

file: Path to the HDF5 file.
name: The full path of the object to delete (e.g., "/data/dset" or "/groups/g1").

Value

Invisibly returns NULL. This function is called for its side effects.

See also

h5_delete_attr()

Examples

file <- tempfile(fileext = ".h5")
h5_write(file, "/g1/d1", 1:10)
h5_write(file, "d2", 1:5)
print(h5_ls(file, recursive = TRUE))
#> [1] "g1"    "g1/d1" "d2"   

# Delete a dataset
h5_delete(file, "d2")
print(h5_ls(file, recursive = TRUE))
#> [1] "g1"    "g1/d1"

# Delete a group (and its contents)
h5_delete(file, "g1")
print(h5_ls(file, recursive = TRUE))
#> character(0)
unlink(file)