PetscPOpen

Runs a program on processor zero and sends either its input or output to a file.

Synopsis

int PetscPOpen(MPI_Comm comm,char *machine,char *program,const char mode[],FILE **fp)
Collective on MPI_Comm, but only process 0 runs the command

Input Parameters

comm - MPI communicator, only processor zero runs the program
machine - machine to run command on or PETSC_NULL, or string with 0 in first location
program - name of program to run
mode - either r or w

Output Parameter

fp -the file pointer where program input or output may be read or PETSC_NULL if don't care

Notes

Does not work under Windows

The program string may contain ${DISPLAY}, ${HOMEDIRECTORY} or ${WORKINGDIRECTORY}; these will be replaced with relevent values.

See Also

PetscFOpen(), PetscFClose(), PetscPClose()

Level:intermediate
Location:
src/sys/src/fileio/mpiuopen.c
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