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.\" Copyright 2006-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Thinking Machines Corporation
.TH MPI_Free_mem 3 "#OMPI_DATE#" "#PACKAGE_VERSION#" "#PACKAGE_NAME#"
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_Free_mem \fP \- Frees memory that has been allocated using MPI_Alloc_mem.

.SH SYNTAX
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.SH C Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Free_mem(void *\fIbase\fP)

.fi
.SH Fortran Syntax
.nf
INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_FREE_MEM(\fIBASE, IERROR\fP) 
	<type> \fIBASE\fP(*) 
	INTEGER \fIIERROR\fP 

.fi
.SH C++ Syntax
.nf
#include <mpi.h>
void MPI::Free_mem(void *\fIbase\fP)

.fi
.SH INPUT PARAMETER
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.TP 1i
base
Initial address of memory segment allocated by MPI_Alloc_mem (choice). 

.SH OUTPUT PARAMETER
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.TP 1i
IERROR
Fortran only: Error status (integer). 

.SH DESCRIPTION
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MPI_Free_mem frees memory that has been allocated by MPI_Alloc_mem. 

.SH 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.
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Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler is
called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job, except for I/O function errors. The error handler may be changed with MPI_Comm_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.  

.SH SEE ALSO
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MPI_Alloc_mem