H5Dget_storage_size {rhdf5}R Documentation

Find the amount of storage allocated for a dataset

Description

H5Dget_storage_size returns the amount of storage, in bytes, allocated in an HDF5 file to hold a given dataset. This is the amount of space required on-disk, which not typically a good indicator of the amount of memory that will be required to read the complete dataset.

Usage

H5Dget_storage_size(h5dataset)

Arguments

h5dataset

Object of class H5IdComponent representing an open HDF5 dataset

Value

Returns an integer giving the number of bytes allocated in the file to the dataset.


[Package rhdf5 version 2.37.4 Index]