1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5IO.cc b/src/H5IO.cc
index d5d8795..d52ac2b 100644
--- a/src/H5IO.cc
+++ b/src/H5IO.cc
@@ -629,6 +629,12 @@ int H5IO::readAttribute(int number,void *data){
   hid_t attrib = H5Aopen_idx(dataset,number);
   hid_t atype = H5Aget_type(attrib);
   H5Aread(attrib,atype /*DataType2H5(H5DataType2DataType(atype))*/ ,data);
+  // need to explicitely set the terminating NUL character in string attributes
+  if (H5Tget_class (atype) == H5T_STRING)
+  {
+    size_t len = H5Tget_size (atype);
+    ((char *) data)[len] = 0;
+  }
   H5Tclose(atype);
   H5Aclose(attrib);
   return 1;