/runtimes/osx-x64/native/ binaries not found when calling H5T

[davidmeijer]

I am using HDF.PInvoke.1.10 with F# on OS X. However, H5F.create() results in the following exception being thrown:

Unhandled exception. System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'HDF.PInvoke.H5T' threw an exception.
 ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'HDF.PInvoke.H5DLLImporter' threw an exception.
 ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: hdf5
   at HDF.PInvoke.H5MacDllImporter..ctor(String libName) in /home/appveyor/projects/hdf-pinvoke-1-10/src/HDF.PInvoke.1.10/H5DLLImporter.cs:line 169
   at HDF.PInvoke.H5DLLImporter..cctor() in /home/appveyor/projects/hdf-pinvoke-1-10/src/HDF.PInvoke.1.10/H5DLLImporter.cs:line 42
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at HDF.PInvoke.H5T..cctor() in /home/appveyor/projects/hdf-pinvoke-1-10/submodules/HDF.PInvoke/HDF5/H5Tglobals.cs:line 38
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at [email protected](Int64 id, String name, String[] data) in /Users/davidmeijer/Dropbox/My Mac (Davids-Mac-mini.local)/Downloads/h5/Program.fs:line 11
   at Program.run() in /Users/davidmeijer/Dropbox/My Mac (Davids-Mac-mini.local)/Downloads/h5/Program.fs:line 18
   at <StartupCode$h5>.$Program.main@() in /Users/davidmeijer/Dropbox/My Mac (Davids-Mac-mini.local)/Downloads/h5/Program.fs:line 23

The following code sample in a F# project reproduces the previously shown error:

module Program

open HDF.PInvoke

type IHdf5ReaderWriter =
    abstract WriteStrings: int64 * string * string [] -> unit

let Hdf5AttributeRW () =
    { new IHdf5ReaderWriter with
        member _.WriteStrings (id : int64, name : string, data : string []) =
            let dataType = H5T.create(H5T.class_t.STRING, H5T.VARIABLE)
            ()
    }
    
let run () =
    let fileId = H5F.create("./test_hdf5.h5", H5F.ACC_TRUNC)
    let rw = Hdf5AttributeRW()
    rw.WriteStrings(fileId, "version", [| "0.1.0" |])
    H5F.close(fileId) |> ignore    
    0

[<EntryPoint>]
run() |> printfn "%A"

I managed to find a work-around by copying the binaries in /runtimes/osx-x64/native/ directly to the bin/Debug/net5.0 folder. I'm not sure, but I think the exception is caused by the H5MacDllImporter not being able to properly find those files.

I was hoping somebody could shed some light on this issue for me. Thanks!