.\"Copyright 2006-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Thinking Machines Corporation
.TH MPI_File_create_errhandler 3 "Dec 08, 2009" "1.4" "Open MPI"
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_File_create_errhandler \fP \- Creates an MPI-style error handler that can be attached to a file. 

.SH SYNTAX
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.SH C Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_File_create_errhandler(MPI_File_errhandler_fn \fI*function\fP,
	MPI_Errhandler \fI*errhandler\fP)

.SH Fortran Syntax
.nf
INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_FILE_CREATE_ERRHANDLER(\fIFUNCTION, ERRHANDLER, IERROR\fP)
	EXTERNAL	\fIFUNCTION\fP
	INTEGER	\fIERRHANDLER, IERROR\fP

.SH C++ Syntax
#include <mpi.h>
static MPI::Errhandler
	MPI::File::Create_errhandler(MPI::File::Errhandler_fn*
	\fIfunction\fP)

.SH INPUT PARAMETER
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.TP 1i
function
User-defined error handling procedure (function).

.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
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.TP 1i
errhandler
MPI error handler (handle).
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.TP 1i
IERROR
Fortran only: Error status (integer). 

.SH DESCRIPTION
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Registers the user routine \fIfunction\fP for use as an MPI exception handler. Returns in errhandler a handle to the registered exception handler. 
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In the C language, the user routine \fIfunction\fP should be a C function of type MPI_File_errhandler_fn, which is defined as
.sp
.nf
    typedef void (MPI_File_errhandler_fn)(MPI_File *, int *, 
    \&...); 
.fi
.sp
The first argument to \fIfunction\fP is the file in use. The second is the error code
to be returned by the MPI routine that raised the error. 
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In the Fortran language, the user routine should be of the form:
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    SUBROUTINE FILE_ERRHANDLER_FN(FILE, ERROR_CODE, ...)
        INTEGER FILE, ERROR_CODE
.fi
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In C++, the user routine \fIfunction\fP should be of the form:
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    typedef void MPI::File::Errhandler_fn(MPI::File &, int *, 
    ...);
.fi
.sp

.SH ERRORS
Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument. C++ functions do not return errors. If the default error handler is set to MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS, then on error the C++ exception mechanism will be used to throw an MPI:Exception object.
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Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler is
called. For MPI I/O function errors, the default error handler is set to MPI_ERRORS_RETURN. The error handler may be changed with MPI_File_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_ARE_FATAL may be used to make I/O errors fatal. Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.