.\"Copyright 2006, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Thinking Machines Corporation
.TH MPI_File_close 3OpenMPI "September 2006" "Open MPI 1.2" " "
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_File_close\fP \- Closes a file (collective).

.SH SYNTAX
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.nf
C Syntax
    #include <mpi.h>
    int MPI_File_close(MPI_File \fI*fh\fP)

Fortran Syntax
    INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
    MPI_FILE_CLOSE(\fIFH\fP,\fI IERROR\fP)
        	 INTEGER	  FH, IERROR

.SH C++ Syntax
.nf
#include <mpi.h>
void MPI::File::Close()

.SH INPUT/OUTPUT PARAMETER
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.TP 1i
fh    
File handle (handle).

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

.SH DESCRIPTION
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MPI_File_close first synchronizes file state, then closes the file
associated with 
.I fh. 
MPI_File_close is a collective routine. The user is responsible for
ensuring that all outstanding requests associated with
.I fh
have completed before calling MPI_File_close.

.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.
.sp
Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler is
called. For MPI I/O function errors, the default error handler is set to MPI_ERRORS_RETURN. The error handler may be changed with MPI_File_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_ARE_FATAL may be used to make I/O errors fatal. Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.