GFARM_INITIALIZE(3)													       GFARM_INITIALIZE(3)

NAME

       gfarm_initialize - initialize the Gfarm execution environment for client

SYNOPSIS

       #include <gfarm/gfarm.h>

       gfarm_error_t gfarm_initialize (int *argcp, char *** argvp);

DESCRIPTION

       gfarm_initialize()  initializes	the  Gfarm  execution environment for client application.  This function should be called before any Gfarm
       library API.  argcp is a pointer to the number of arguments and argvp is a pointer to the argument vector.

RETURN VALUES

       GFARM_ERR_NO_ERROR
	      The function terminated successfully.

       GFARM_ERR_NO_MEMORY
	      Insufficient memory was available.

       GFARM_ERR_UNKNOWN_HOST
	      The metadata server cannot be resolved.

       GFARM_ERR_NETWORK_IS_UNREACHABLE
	      Network is unrechable.

       GFARM_ERR_OPERATION_TIMED_OUT
	      Connetion timeout occurs.

       GFARM_ERR_PROTOCOL
	      Protocol error occurs.

       GFARM_ERR_BROKEN_PIPE
	      Connection to the metadata server is broken.

       GFARM_ERR_PERMISSION_DENIED
	      The requested access to the file is not allowed, or one of the directories in gfarm_url did not allow search  (execute)  permission.
	      Or, the authentication to the metadata server fails.

       GFARM_ERR_PROTOCOL_NOT_SUPPORTED
	      Specified authentication protocol is not supported.

       GFARM_ERR_AUTHENTICATION
	      User authentication failed when connecting to the metadata server.

       Others An error except the above occurred.  The reason is shown by its gfarm_error_string(3).

SEE ALSO

       gfarm_terminate(3)

Gfarm								   26 June 2010 					       GFARM_INITIALIZE(3)