# Copy this file into the clipboard and paste into 'script -c python'. from tables.nodes import FileNode import tables h5file = tables.openFile('fnode.h5', 'w') fnode = FileNode.newNode(h5file, where='/', name='fnode_test') print h5file.getAttrNode('/fnode_test', 'NODE_TYPE') print >> fnode, "This is a test text line." print >> fnode, "And this is another one." print >> fnode fnode.write("Of course, file methods can also be used.") fnode.seek(0) # Go back to the beginning of file. for line in fnode: print repr(line) fnode.close() print fnode.closed node = h5file.root.fnode_test fnode = FileNode.openNode(node, 'a+') print repr(fnode.readline()) print fnode.tell() print >> fnode, "This is a new line." print repr(fnode.readline()) fnode.seek(0) for line in fnode: print repr(line) fnode.attrs.content_type = 'text/plain; charset=us-ascii' fnode.attrs.author = "Ivan Vilata i Balaguer" fnode.attrs.creation_date = '2004-10-20T13:25:25+0200' fnode.attrs.keywords_en = ["FileNode", "test", "metadata"] fnode.attrs.keywords_ca = ["FileNode", "prova", "metadades"] fnode.attrs.owner = 'ivan' fnode.attrs.acl = {'ivan': 'rw', '@users': 'r'} fnode.close() h5file.close()