Table.copy() createparents=True behavior

[Ken Walker]

I am using Table.copy() to copy a Table from a source file to a new/target file.

The desired table sits several group levels below the root level.

Imagine something like this

h5f1.root.Group1.SubGroup2.SubGroup3.SubGroup4.Table1

(or /Group1/SubGroup2/SubGroup3/SubGroup4/Table1)

I want to copy Table1 to the same hierarchical position in the destination file.

I hoped that the createparents=True argument would allow me do that (without having to first create the intermediate Groups).

This is what I tried:

source_table = h5f1.root.Group1.SubGroup2.SubGroup3.SubGroup4.Table1

source_table.copy(newparent=h5f2.root.Group1.SubGroup2.SubGroup3.SubGroup4, createparents=True)

I get this error message:

NoSuchNodeError: group ``/`` does not have a child named ``Group1``

Is there a way to have createparents do that?

I tried this. It creates Table1 at the root level:

source_table.copy(newparent=h5f2.root, createparents=True)

And this works after creating the Group Hierarchy in the target file with createparents.

target_group = h5f2.create_group(where='/Group1/SubGroup2/SubGroup3',
                                 name='SubGroup4', createparents=True)
source_table.copy(newparent=target_group)

Am I missing something with Table.copy() and createparents?

Thanks!

-Ken