mbtrack2.tracking.monitors.tools module¶

This module defines utilities functions, helping to deals with tracking output and hdf5 files.

merge_files(files_prefix: str, files_number: int, start_idx: int = 0, file_name: str | None = None)[source]¶

Merge several hdf5 files into one.

The function assumes that the files to merge have names in the follwing format:

“files_prefix_0.hdf5”

“files_prefix_1.hdf5”

… - “files_prefix_files_number.hdf5”

Parameters¶

files_prefixstr: Name of the files to merge.
files_numberint: Number of files to merge.
start_idxint, optional: Start index of the hdf5 files.
file_namestr, optional: Name of the file with the merged data. If None, files_prefix without number is used.

copy_files(source: str, copy: str, version: str | None = None)[source]¶

Copy a source hdf5 file into another hdf5 file using a different HDF5 version.

The function assumes that the source file has only a single group layer.