From 4b6228e52c8184bc14e25132ce4abf3e30255d83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Hahn <thomas.hahn01@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:48:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Bug fix in h5::file ctor

---
 c++/h5/file.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/c++/h5/file.cpp b/c++/h5/file.cpp
index 1e5d5b2..7088dae 100644
--- a/c++/h5/file.cpp
+++ b/c++/h5/file.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace h5 {
         break;
       }
       // create new file in read-write mode if the file does not exist yet
-      case 'e': id = H5Fopen(name, H5F_ACC_EXCL, H5P_DEFAULT); break;
+      case 'e': id = H5Fcreate(name, H5F_ACC_EXCL, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT); break;
       default: throw std::runtime_error("File mode is not one of r, w, a, e");
     }