NAME

       MPI_Comm_spawn -  Spawn up to maxprocs instances of a single MPI application

SYNOPSIS

       int MPI_Comm_spawn(const char *command, char *argv[], int maxprocs, MPI_Info info,
                         int root, MPI_Comm comm, MPI_Comm *intercomm,
                         int array_of_errcodes[])

INPUT PARAMETERS

       command
              - name of program to be spawned (string, significant only at root)
       argv   - arguments to command (array of strings, significant only at root)
       maxprocs
              - maximum number of processes to start (integer, significant only at root)
       info   -  a  set  of  key-value  pairs  telling  the  runtime system where and how to start the processes
              (handle, significant only at root)
       root   - rank of process in which previous arguments are examined (integer)
       comm   - intracommunicator containing group of spawning processes (handle)

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       intercomm
              - intercommunicator between original group and the newly spawned group (handle)
       array_of_errcodes
              - one code per process (array of integer)

THREAD AND INTERRUPT SAFETY

       This routine is thread-safe.  This means that this routine may be safely used by multiple threads without
       the  need  for  any  user-provided thread locks.  However, the routine is not interrupt safe.  Typically,
       this is due to the use of memory allocation routines such as malloc or other non-MPICH  runtime  routines
       that are themselves not interrupt-safe.

NOTES FOR FORTRAN

       All MPI routines in Fortran (except for MPI_WTIME and MPI_WTICK ) have an additional argument ierr at the
       end of the argument list.  ierr is an integer and has the same meaning as the return value of the routine
       in C.  In Fortran, MPI routines are subroutines, and are invoked with the call statement.

       All MPI objects (e.g., MPI_Datatype , MPI_Comm ) are of type INTEGER in Fortran.

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_COMM
              - Invalid communicator.  A common error is to use a null communicator in a call (not even  allowed
              in MPI_Comm_rank ).
       MPI_ERR_ARG
              -  Invalid  argument.   Some  argument  is invalid and is not identified by a specific error class
              (e.g., MPI_ERR_RANK ).
       MPI_ERR_INFO
              - Invalid Info
       MPI_ERR_SPAWN
              -

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