Fix #440 h5write/read with filename (#441)

JuliaIO · Aug 18, 2017 · 99c9718 · 99c9718
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diff --git a/src/HDF5.jl b/src/HDF5.jl
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ function h5rewrite(f::Function, filename::AbstractString, args...)
 end
 
 function h5write(filename, name::String, data)
-    fid = h5open(filename, "r+")
+    fid = h5open(filename, true, true, true, false, true)
     try
         write(fid, name, data)
     finally

diff --git a/test/plain.jl b/test/plain.jl
@@ -345,4 +345,12 @@ f = h5open(fn, "w")
 close(f)
 rm(fn)
 
+# Test the h5read/write interface with a filename as a first argument, when
+# the file does not exist
+h5write(fn, "newgroup/W", W)
+Wr = h5read(fn, "newgroup/W")
+@test Wr == W
+close(f)
+rm(fn)
+
 end # testset plain