.\"Copyright 2007-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Thinking Machines Corporation
.TH MPI_Win_test 3 "Dec 08, 2009" ""1.4"" "Open MPI"
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_Win_test\fP \- Attempts to complete an RMA exposure epoch; a nonblocking version of MPI_Win_wait

.SH SYNTAX
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.SH C Syntax
.nf
#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Win_test(MPI_Win \fIwin\fP, int *\fIflag\fP)

.SH Fortran Syntax
.nf
INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_WIN_TEST(\fI WIN, FLAG, IERROR\fP)
	INTEGER \fI WIN, IERROR\fP

.SH C++ Syntax
.nf
#include <mpi.h>
bool MPI::Win::Test() const 

.SH INPUT PARAMETERS
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.TP 1i
win
Window object (handle)


.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
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.TP 1i
IERROR
Fortran only: Error status (integer). 
.TP 1i
flag
The returning state of the test for epoch closure.


.SH DESCRIPTION
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MPI_Win_test is a one-sided MPI communication synchronization call, a 
nonblocking version of MPI_Win_wait. It returns \fIag = true\fP if
MPI_Win_wait would return, \fIag = false\fP otherwise. The effect of return of MPI_Win_test with \fIflag = true\fP is the same as the effect of a return of MPI_Win_wait. If \fIag = false\fP is returned, then the call has no visible effect.
.sp
Invoke MPI_Win_test only where MPI_Win_wait can be invoked. Once
the call has returned \fIag = true\fP, it must not be invoked anew, until the window is posted anew.


.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.
.sp
Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler is
called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job, except for I/O function errors. The error handler may be changed with MPI_Win_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.  

.SH SEE ALSO
MPI_Win_post
MPI_Win_wait
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