Name: H5Gget_comment
Signature:
int H5Gget_comment(hid_t loc_id, const char *name, size_t bufsize, char *comment )
Purpose:
Retrieves comment for specified object.
Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Oget_comment.
Description:
H5Gget_comment retrieves the comment for the the object specified by loc_id and name. The comment is returned in the buffer comment.

loc_id can specify any object in the file. name can be one of the following:
  — The name of the object relative to loc_id
  — An absolute name of the object, starting from /, the file’s root group
  — A dot (.), if loc_id fully specifies the object

At most bufsize characters, including a null terminator, are returned in comment. The returned value is not null terminated if the comment is longer than the supplied buffer. If the size of the comment is unknown, a preliminary H5Gget_comment call will return the size of the comment, including space for the null terminator.

If an object does not have a comment, the empty string is returned in comment.

Parameters:
Returns:
Returns the number of characters in the comment, counting the null terminator, if successful; the value returned may be larger than bufsize. Otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface: h5gget_comment_f
SUBROUTINE h5gget_comment_f(loc_id, name, size, buffer, hdferr)
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id         ! File, group, dataset, or
                                               ! named datatype identifier  
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: name         ! Name of the object link 
  CHARACTER(LEN=size), INTENT(OUT) :: buffer   ! Buffer to hold the comment
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr               ! Error code 
                                               ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
END SUBROUTINE h5gget_comment_f
    
History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function deprecated in this release.