Tool Names: h5fc and h5pfc
Syntax:
h5fc [OPTIONS ] compile_line
h5pfc [OPTIONS ] compile_line
Purpose:
Helper scripts to compile HDF5 Fortran90 applications.
Description:
h5fc and h5pfc can be used in much the same way mpif90 by MPICH is used to compile an HDF5 program. These tools take care of specifying on the command line the locations of the HDF5 header files and libraries. h5fc is for use in serial computing environments; h5pfc is for parallel environments.

h5fc and h5pfc subsume all other compiler scripts in that if you have used a set of scripts to compile the HDF5 Fortran library, then h5fc and h5pfc also use those scripts. For example, when compiling an MPICH program, you use the mpif90 script. If you have built HDF5 using MPICH, then h5fc uses the MPICH program for compilation.

Some programs use HDF5 in only a few modules. It is not necessary to use h5fc and h5pfc to compile those modules which do not use HDF5. In fact, since h5fc and h5pfc are only convenience scripts, you can still compile HDF5 Fortran modules in the normal manner, though you will have to specify the HDF5 libraries and include paths yourself. Use the -show option to see the details.

An example of how to use h5fc to compile the program hdf_prog, which consists of the modules prog1.f90 and prog2.f90 and uses the HDF5 Fortran library, would be as follows. h5pfc is used in an identical manner. 

        # h5fc -c prog1.f90
        # h5fc -c prog2.f90
        # h5fc -o hdf_prog prog1.o prog2.o
Options and Parameters:
-help
Print a help message.
-echo
Show all the shell commands executed.
-prefix=DIR
Use the directory DIR to find HDF5 lib/ and include/ subdirectories.
Default: prefix specified when configuring HDF5.
-show
Show the commands without executing them.
compile_line
The normal compile line options for your compiler. h5fc and h5pfc use the same compiler you used to compile HDF5; check your compiler's manual for more information on which options are needed.
Environment Variables:
When set, these environment variables override some of the built-in h5fc and h5pfc defaults.
HDF5_FC
Use a different Fortran90 compiler.
HDF5_FLINKER
Use a different linker.
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