python-hdf4 is a fork of pyhdf with some improvements:
- Removes use of deprecated numpy API
- Adds support for Python 3, while keeping compatibility with Python 2.
- Sphinx documentation
- Planned: unit tests
python-hdf4 is a python wrapper around the NCSA HDF version 4 library. The SD (Scientific Dataset), VS (Vdata) and V (Vgroup) API's are currently implemented. netCDF files can also be read and modified.
To install, see file INSTALL.rst.
For documentation, see http://fhs.github.io/python-hdf4/
Additional documentation on the HDF4 format can be found in the User Guide: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/training/HDFtraining/UsersGuide/
Example python programs using the pyhdf package can be found inside the examples/ subdirectory.