diff libinterp/corefcn/load-save.cc @ 27065:ad77f3204eda stable

doc: state that Octave can only load HDF5 files created by itself (bug #56148). * load-save.cc (Fload): Document under -hdf5 option that Octave can only load HDF5 files created by Octave with save().
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Tue, 23 Apr 2019 21:25:01 -0700
parents 00f796120a6d
children f02695656257
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--- a/libinterp/corefcn/load-save.cc	Tue Apr 23 15:56:43 2019 -0700
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/load-save.cc	Tue Apr 23 21:25:01 2019 -0700
@@ -1638,9 +1638,9 @@
 Force Octave to assume the file is in @sc{hdf5} format.
 (@sc{hdf5} is a free, portable binary format developed by the National
 Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois.)
-Note that Octave can read @sc{hdf5} files not created by itself, but may
-skip some datasets in formats that it cannot support.  This format is
-only available if Octave was built with a link to the @sc{hdf5} libraries.
+Note that Octave can only read @sc{hdf5} files that were created by itself with
+@code{save}.  This format is only available if Octave was built with a link to
+the @sc{hdf5} libraries.
 
 @item -import
 This option is accepted for backward compatibility but is ignored.