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+module HDF5_io
+  use prec
+  use IO
+  use hdf5
+
+contains
+
+subroutine HDF5_init(filename, total_inc, total_time)
+  integer(pInt), intent(in) :: total_inc
+  real(pReal),   intent(in) :: total_time
+
+  write(6,*) 'pretend to write something'
+
+end subroutine HDF5_init
+
+end module HDF5_io
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