Delete an HDF5 Attribute — h5_delete_attr • h5lite

Deletes an attribute from an object.

Usage

h5_delete_attr(file, name, attribute)

Arguments

file: Path to the HDF5 file.
name: The path to the object (dataset or group).
attribute: The name of the attribute to delete.

Value

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

See also

Examples

file <- tempfile(fileext = ".h5")
h5_write(file, "data", 1)
h5_write_attr(file, "data", "attr1", I("some info"))
print(h5_ls_attr(file, "data")) # "attr1"
#> [1] "attr1"

h5_delete_attr(file, "data", "attr1")
print(h5_ls_attr(file, "data")) # character(0)
#> character(0)
unlink(file)