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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<refentry id='hrepack'>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>hrepack</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>hrepack</refname>
    <refpurpose>copies an HDF file to a new file</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>hrepack</command>
      <arg choice='plain'><option>-i</option> <replaceable>input</replaceable></arg>
      <arg choice='plain'><option>-o</option> <replaceable>output</replaceable></arg>
      <arg choice='opt'><option>-V</option></arg>
      <arg choice='opt'><option>-h</option></arg>
      <arg choice='opt'><option>-v</option></arg>
      <arg choice='opt'><option>-t</option> <replaceable>comp_info</replaceable></arg>
      <arg choice='opt'><option>-c</option> <replaceable>chunk_info</replaceable></arg>
      <arg choice='opt'><option>-f</option> <replaceable>cfile</replaceable></arg>
      <arg choice='opt'><option>-m</option> <replaceable>size</replaceable></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1 id='description'>
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
    <para>
      <command>hrepack</command> copies an HDF file to a new file with/without
      compression and/or chunking.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='options'>
    <title>OPTIONS</title>
    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-i</option> <replaceable>input</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            input HDF File
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-o</option> <replaceable>output</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            output HDF File
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-V</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            prints version of the HDF4 library and exits
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-h</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            prints usage information
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-v</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            verbose mode
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-t</option> <replaceable>comp_info</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            compression type: '<replaceable>comp_info</replaceable>' is a
            string with the format
            &lt;object list&gt;:&lt;type of compression&gt;&lt;parameters&gt;
          </para>
          <para>
            &lt;object list&gt; is a comma separated list of object names
            meaning apply compression only to those objects.
            '*' means all objects.
          </para>
          <para>
            &lt;type of compression&gt; can be:
            <variablelist>

              <varlistitem>
                <term>RLE</term>
                <listitem>
                  <para>
                    for RLE compression
                  </para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistitem>

              <varlistitem>
                <term>HUFF</term>
                <listitem>
                  <para>
                    for Huffman
                  </para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistitem>

              <varlistitem>
                <term>GZIP</term>
                <listitem>
                  <para>
                    for gzip
                  </para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistitem>

              <varlistitem>
                <term>JPEG</term>
                <listitem>
                  <para>
                    for JPEG (for images only)
                  </para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistitem>

              <varlistitem>
                <term>SZIP</term>
                <listitem>
                  <para>
                    for szip
                  </para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistitem>

              <varlistitem>
                <term>NONE</term>
                <listitem>
                  <para>
                    to uncompress
                  </para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistitem>

            </variablelist>
          </para>
          <para>
            &lt;parameters&gt; is optional compression info
            <variablelist>

              <varlistitem>
                <term>RLE</term>
                <listitem>
                  <para>
                    no parameter
                  </para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistitem>
            
              <varlistitem>
                <term>HUFF</term>
                <listitem>
                  <para>
                    the skip-size
                  </para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistitem>

              <varlistitem>
                <term>GZIP</term>
                <listitem>
                  <para>
                    the deflation level
                  </para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistitem>

              <varlistitem>
                <term>JPEG</term>
                <listitem>
                  <para>
                    the quality factor
                  </para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistitem>

              <varlistitem>
                <term>SZIP</term>
                <listitem>
                  <para>
                    pixels per block, compression mode (NN or EC)
                  </para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistitem>

            </variablelist>
          </para>
          <para>
            
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-c</option> <replaceable>chunk_info</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            apply chunking.
            <replaceable>chunk_info</replaceable> is a string with the format
            &lt;object list&gt;:&lt;chunk information&gt;
          </para>
          <para>
            &lt;object list&gt; is a comma separated list of object names
            meaning apply chunking only to those objects.
            '*' means all objects
          </para>
          <para>
            &lt;chunk information&gt; is the chunk size of each dimension:
            <replaceable>dim_1 x dim_2 x ... dim_n</replaceable> or
            NONE, to unchunk a previous chunked object
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-f</option> <replaceable>cfile</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            file with compression information <option>-t</option> and
            <option>-c</option>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-m</option> <replaceable>size</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            do not compress objects smaller than size (bytes)
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='examples'>
    <title>EXAMPLES</title>

    <example>
      <para>
        compresses all objects in the file <filename>file1.hdf</filename>,
        using RLE compression
      </para>

      <screen>
<command>hrepack</command> <option>-v</option> <option>-i</option> <filename>file1.hdf</filename> <option>-o</option> <filename>file2.hdf</filename> <option>-t</option> <literal>'*:RLE'</literal>
      </screen>
    </example>

    <example>
      <para>
        applies Skipping Huffman compression with skip factor of 1,
        for objects /group1/A, /group2/B and C
      </para>

      <screen>
<command>hrepack</command> <option>-v</option> <option>-i</option> <filename>file1.hdf</filename> <option>-o</option> <filename>file2.hdf</filename> <option>-t</option> <literal>'/group1/A,/group2/B,C:HUFF 1'</literal>
      </screen>
    </example>

    <example>
      <para>
        applies RLE compression for object /group1/D.
      </para>
      <para>
        applies chunking to objects D and E using a chunk size of 10 for the 2 dimensions
      </para>

      <screen>
<command>hrepack</command> <option>-v</option> <option>-i</option> <filename>file1.hdf</filename> <option>-o</option> <filename>file2.hdf</filename> <option>-t</option> <literal>'/group1/D:RLE'</literal> <option>-c</option> <literal>'D,E:10x10'</literal>
      </screen>
    </example>

    <example>
      <para>
        uncompresses object A
      </para>

      <screen>
<command>hrepack</command> <option>-v</option> <option>-i</option> <filename>file1.hdf</filename> <option>-o</option> <filename>file2.hdf</filename> <option>-t</option> <literal>'A:NONE'</literal>
      </screen>
    </example>

    <example>
      <para>
        applies SZIP compression to object A, with parameters 8 and NN
      </para>

      <screen>
<command>hrepack</command> <option>-v</option> <option>-i</option> <filename>file1.hdf</filename> <option>-o</option> <filename>file2.hdf</filename> <option>-t</option> <literal>'A:SZIP 8,NN'</literal>
      </screen>

      <para>
        Note: the use of the verbose option -v is recommended
      </para>
    </example>

  </refsect1>

</refentry>