Attribute existance

Is there a way to check for the existence of an attribute before attempting to create one?

H5Lexists doesn't seem to work, I get an error message when I try.

Scott

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Hi Scott,

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On Mar 11, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Mitchell, Scott - IS wrote:

Is there a way to check for the existence of an attribute before attempting to create one?

H5Lexists doesn’t seem to work, I get an error message when I try.

  You probably want H5Aexists and/or H5Aexists_by_name.

  Quincey