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8 -== General information about HDF5 ==
8 +== General information about HDF5 and how to look on it ==
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10 10  HDF5 is a data format maintained by the HDF group. For detailed general information see [[here>>url:https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support||shape="rect"]]
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12 +The easiest way to look at the HDF5 files from your beamtime is to use the Jupyter notebook interface to Maxwell:  [[https:~~/~~/max-jhub.desy.de/>>https://max-jhub.desy.de/]]
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14 + The file content can be browsed by double clicking on the file.
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16 +Typically the Jupyter notebook starts at your home directory and you have to create a (soft) link to your beamtime folder: open a terminal window (File->New-> Terminal) and create the link via :
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18 +{{code language="none"}}> ln -sn beamtime path linkname
19 +e.g.
20 +> ln -sn /asap3/flash/gpfs/fl23/2025/data/11024321/ ~/beamtime_11024321 {{/code}}
21 +Then a “beamtime_11024321” folder should appear in your home directory.
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24 +Alternativaly you can also use a conventional HDF viewer:
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12 12  To download the HDF5 Viewer click [[here>>url:https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/Download+HDFView||shape="rect"]]
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14 14  For use on the DESY Maxwell or PAL (max-fsc or pal) **hdfview** is available in the xray module :