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 C

       As  of  MPI-2,  MPI_Init  will accept NULL as input parameters. Doing so will impact the values stored in
       MPI_INFO_ENV .

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

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