debian man page for mpi_init

MPI_Init(3)								MPI							       MPI_Init(3)

NAME
       MPI_Init -  Initialize the MPI execution environment

SYNOPSIS
       int MPI_Init( int *argc, char ***argv )

INPUT PARAMETERS
       argc   - Pointer to the number of arguments
       argv   - Pointer to the argument vector

THREAD AND SIGNAL SAFETY
       This routine must be called by one thread only.	That thread is called the main thread and must be the thread that calls MPI_Finalize .

NOTES
       The  MPI standard does not say what a program can do before an MPI_INIT or after an MPI_FINALIZE .  In the MPICH implementation, you should
       do as little as possible.  In particular, avoid anything that changes the external state of the program, such  as  opening  files,  reading
       standard input or writing to standard output.

NOTES FOR FORTRAN
       The Fortran binding for MPI_Init has only the error return
       subroutine MPI_INIT( ierr )
       integer ierr

ERRORS
       All  MPI  routines (except MPI_Wtime and MPI_Wtick ) return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in
       the last argument.  Before the value is returned, the current MPI error handler is called.  By default, this error handler aborts  the  MPI
       job.   The  error  handler  may	be  changed  with  MPI_Comm_set_errhandler  (for  communicators), MPI_File_set_errhandler (for files), and
       MPI_Win_set_errhandler (for RMA windows).  The MPI-1 routine MPI_Errhandler_set may be used but its  use  is  deprecated.   The	predefined
       error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be returned.  Note that MPI does not guarentee that an MPI program can
       continue past an error; however, MPI implementations will attempt to continue whenever possible.

       MPI_SUCCESS
	      - No error; MPI routine completed successfully.
       MPI_ERR_OTHER
	      - This error class is associated with an error code that indicates that an  attempt  was	made  to  call	MPI_INIT  a  second  time.
	      MPI_INIT may only be called once in a program.

SEE ALSO
       MPI_Init_thread, MPI_Finalize

LOCATION
       init.c

								     1/12/2011							       MPI_Init(3)