h5cc(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   h5cc(1)

NAME

       h5cc - Helper script to compile HDF5 applications.

SYNOPSIS

       h5cc [OPTIONS] <compile line>

DESCRIPTION

       h5cc can be used in much the same way MPIch is used to compile an HDF5 program. It takes care of specifying where the HDF5 header files and
       libraries are on the command line.

       h5cc supercedes all other compiler scripts in that if you've used them to compile the HDF5 library, then h5cc also uses those scripts.  For
       example,  when compiling an MPIch program, you use the mpicc script. If you've built HDF5 using MPIch, then h5cc uses the MPIch program for
       compilation.

       Some programs use HDF5 in only a few modules. It isn't necessary to use h5cc to compile those modules which don't use HDF5. In fact,  since
       h5cc is only a convenience script, you are still able to compile HDF5 modules in the normal way. In that case, you will have to specify the
       HDF5 libraries and include paths yourself.

       An example of how to use h5cc to compile the program hdf_prog, which consists of modules prog1.c and  prog2.c  and  uses  the  HDF5  shared
       library, would be as follows:
	      # h5cc -c prog1.c # h5cc -c prog2.c # h5cc -shlib -o hdf_prog prog1.o prog2.o

OPTIONS

       -help  Prints a help message.

       -echo  Show all the shell commands executed.

       -prefix=DIR
	      Use the directory DIR to find the HDF5 lib/ and include/ subdirectories.	Default: prefix specified when configuring HDF5.

       -show  Show the commands without executing them.

       -shlib Compile using shared HDF5 libraries.

       -noshlib
	      Compile using static HDF5 libraries [default].

       <compile line>
	      The  normal compile line options for your compiler. h5cc uses the same compiler you used to compile HDF5. Check your compiler's man-
	      ual for more information on which options are needed.

ENVIRONMENT

       HDF5_CC
	      Use a different C compiler.

       HDF5_CLINKER
	      Use a different linker.

       HDF5_USE_SHLIB=[yes|no]
	      Use shared version of the HDF5 library [default: no].

SEE ALSO

       h5fc(1), h5c++(1)

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