Function Reference: H5A.open_name

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: attr_id = H5A.open_name (loc_id, name)

Open an attribute specified by its name, name, which is attached to the object specified with loc_id.

The location object may be either a group, dataset, or named datatype, which may have any sort of attribute.

The attribute identifier attr_id returned by this function must be released with H5A.close or resource leaks will develop.

See also: H5A.close

Source Code: H5A.open_name