Declare a file to be transient

H5F_ACC_TRANSIENT is a symbol defined in sshdf5.h.

Synopsis:

H5F_ACC_TRANSIENT

Description: When this bit is passed as the *flags* argument to ss_file_open or ss_file_create then a no-op HDF5 file is created. Since HDF5 doesn’t support this functionality, SSlib simply notes that there is no underlying HDF5 file.

Issues: We commandeer a high-order bit for our purposes, knowing that the H5F API uses the low-order bits. This bit will never make it into HDF5, but we need to insure that it doesn’t conflict with the other H5F_ACC bits.

See Also:

• ss_file_create: 11.4: Create a new file
• ss_file_open: 11.1: Open or create a file
• HDF5: Introduction for current chapter