Get HDF5 library version

Computing platforms may have multiple version of the HDF5 library installed. The HDF5 library version currently being used can be determined by the program as in the following examples by language. The HDF5 library can write backward-compatible HDF5 files by HDF5 version bounds. At the time of writing, there is no way to introspect the HDF5 library version required to read a specific HDF5 file.

Matlab

Matlab release vs. HDF5 library version:

Check Matlab HDF5 library version:

[major, minor, rel] = H5.get_libversion()

Python

Check Python h5py HDF5 library version:

import h5py

print(h5py.h5.get_libversion())

C, C++, Fortran

In C, C++, Fortran, check HDF5 library version with H5get_libversion().

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