ebfpy 0.0.40

a module to read and write .ebf files (efficient and easy to use binary format) for python 2 and 3

EBF (Efficient Binary File Format)*

The EBF library is a collection of software tools to read and write EBF format files. ebfpy is a module for Python 2 and 3. The full EBF copyright notice, including terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in the files COPYING and COPYRIGHT.

Description

EBF is a binary format for storing data. It is designed to read and write data, easily and efficiently.

• Store multiple data items in one file, each having a unique tag name * tagnames follow the convention of unix style pathname e.g. /x or /mydata/x

• Automatic type and endian conversion

• Support for multiple programming languages * data can easily read in C, C++, Fortran, Java, IDL and Matlab * facilitates easy distribution of data

• Comprehensive numpy support

  • data is read back as numpy arrays

  • almost any numpy array can be written

  • Nested numpy structures are also supported

• Read and write directly a recursive dictionary of numpy arrays

• Internally uses hashtable for fast retireival of data items.

  • also allows for overwrite prevention

Installation

To install do the following

pip install –user –upgrade git+https://github.com/sanjibs/ebfpy.git@master

unzip ebfpy-master.zip cd ebfpy-master python setup.py install

This will install both the python library and the python script ebftk. ebftk is a general purpose command line utility to work with ebf files. If your computer cannot locate ebftkpy, you can just manually copy the ebftk to a location which is in your search path.

Documentation

Detailed documentation is available at http://ebfformat.sourceforge.net/build/index.html For quick start do >>>import ebf >>>help(ebf)