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MPI_File_set_view(3OpenMPI)                                                      MPI_File_set_view(3OpenMPI)



NAME
       MPI_File_set_view - Changes process's view of data in file (collective).

SYNTAX
       C Syntax
           #include <mpi.h>
           int MPI_File_set_view(MPI_File fh, MPI_Offset disp,
                  MPI_Datatype etype, MPI_Datatype filetype,
                  char *datarep, MPI_Info info)

       Fortran Syntax (see FORTRAN 77 NOTES)
           INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
           MPI_FILE_SET_VIEW(FH, DISP, ETYPE,
                   FILETYPE, DATAREP, INFO, IERROR)
             INTEGER FH, ETYPE, FILETYPE, INFO, IERROR
             CHARACTER*(*) DATAREP
             INTEGER(KIND=MPI_OFFSET_KIND) DISP


C++ Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       void MPI::File::Set_view(MPI::Offset disp,
            const MPI::Datatype& etype,
            const MPI::Datatype& filetype, const char* datarep,
            const MPI::Info& info)


INPUT/OUTPUT PARAMETER
       fh        File handle (handle).


INPUT PARAMETERS
       disp      Displacement (integer).

       etype     Elementary data type (handle).

       filetype  File type (handle). See Restrictions, below.

       datarep   Data representation (string).

       info      Info object (handle).


OUTPUT PARAMETER
       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).


DESCRIPTION
       The  MPI_File_set_view routine changes the process's view of the data in the file -- the beginning of
       the data accessible in the file through that view is set to disp; the type of data is set  to  etype;
       and  the distribution of data to processes is set to filetype.  In addition, MPI_File_set_view resets
       the independent file pointers and the shared file pointer to zero. MPI_File_set_view  is  collective;
       all  processes  in  the group must pass identical values for fh and etype; values for disp, filetype,
       and info may vary. It is erroneous to use the shared file pointer data-access routines unless identi-cal identical
       cal  values for disp and filetype are also given. The data types passed in etype and filetype must be
       committed.

       The disp displacement argument specifies the position (absolute offset in bytes from the beginning of
       the file) where the view begins.

       The  MPI_File_set_view  interface allows the user to pass a data-representation string to MPI I/O via
       the datarep argument. To obtain the default value (or "native"), pass NULL. The user  can  also  pass
       information  via  the  info  argument. See the HINTS section for a list of hints that can be set. For
       more information, see the MPI-2 standard.


HINTS
       The following hints can be used as values for the info argument.

       SETTABLE HINTS:

       - MPI_INFO_NULL

       - shared_file_timeout: Amount of time (in seconds) to wait for access  to  the  shared  file  pointer
       before exiting with MPI_ERR_TIMEDOUT.

       -  rwlock_timeout:  Amount  of time (in seconds) to wait for obtaining a read or write lock on a con-tiguous contiguous
       tiguous chunk of a UNIX file before exiting with MPI_ERR_TIMEDOUT.

       - noncoll_read_bufsize:  Maximum size of the buffer used by MPI I/O to satisfy read requests  in  the
       noncollective data-access routines. (See NOTE, below.)

       -  noncoll_write_bufsize: Maximum size of the buffer used by MPI I/O to satisfy write requests in the
       noncollective data-access routines. (See NOTE, below.)

       - coll_read_bufsize:  Maximum size of the buffer used by MPI I/O to satisfy read requests in the col-lective collective
       lective data-access routines. (See NOTE, below.)

       -  coll_write_bufsize:   Maximum  size of the buffer used by MPI I/O to satisfy write requests in the
       collective data-access routines. (See NOTE, below.)

       NOTE: A buffer size smaller than the distance (in bytes) in a UNIX file between the  first  byte  and
       the  last  byte  of  the access request causes MPI I/O to iterate and perform multiple UNIX read() or
       write() calls. If the request includes multiple noncontiguous chunks of data, and the buffer size  is
       greater  than  the  size of those chunks, then the UNIX read() or write() (made at the MPI I/O level)
       will access data not requested by this process in order to reduce the total number of  write()  calls
       made.  If this is not desirable behavior, you should reduce this buffer size to equal the size of the
       contiguous chunks within the aggregate request.

       - mpiio_concurrency: (boolean) controls whether nonblocking I/O routines can bind an extra thread  to
       an LWP.

       -  mpiio_coll_contiguous: (boolean) controls whether subsequent collective data accesses will request
       collectively contiguous regions of the file.

       NON-SETTABLE HINTS:

       - filename: Access this hint to get the name of the file.


FORTRAN 77 NOTES
       The MPI standard prescribes portable Fortran syntax for the DISP argument only for Fortran 90.   FOR-TRAN FORTRAN
       TRAN 77 users may use the non-portable syntax

            INTEGER*MPI_OFFSET_KIND DISP

       where MPI_OFFSET_KIND is a constant defined in mpif.h and gives the length of the declared integer in
       bytes.


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.

       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.





Open MPI 1.2                                   September 2006                    MPI_File_set_view(3OpenMPI)

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