merge_hdf5

Note: If you want to a single file into one hdf5 go see to_hdf5

def merge_hdf5(filelist, combined_name,shortend = True, erase_file='partial', merge_process=False

to_hdf5 take only one argument:

• filelist: list of the files you want to convert and merge into one single file
• combined_name: name of the resulting hdf5 file.
• shortend: (optional) shorten the file path of the files if they are in subfolders)
• erase_file: (optional) if set to anything else other than 'partial' will save intermediary hdf5 of each file in filelist.
• merge_process: (optional) if hdf5 file are passed in filelist and merge_process is set to True, it will try to merge their process folder.

Example of the shortend parameter :

• If all the files are in a subfolder /fold1/data1.ibw, /fold1/data2.ibw, ... then the path in the hdf5 will only be data1, data2, ... if shortend is True, otherwise it will be /fold1/data1, /fold1/data2.
• If you have a subfolder structure like : fold1/sub1/data1.ibw /fold1/sub2/data2.ibw ... then the path in the hdf5 will only be sub1/data1, sub2/data2, ... if shortend is True, otherwise it will be fold1/sub1/data1, /fold1/sub2/data2

Currently it is able to convert the following file types:

• .ibw from Asylum Research instruments
• .ardf from Asylum Research instruments
• .sxm from Nanonis instruments
• .xrdml from Philips instruments
• .gsf from Gwyddion software
• the standards .jpg, .png, .bmp and .csv