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.\" Copyright 2007-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Thinking Machines Corporation
.TH MPI_Open_port 3 "#OMPI_DATE#" "#PACKAGE_VERSION#" "#PACKAGE_NAME#"
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_Open_port\fP \- Establishes a network address for a server to accept connections from clients.

.SH SYNTAX
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.SH C Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Open_port(MPI_Info \fIinfo\fP, char *\fIport_name\fP)

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.SH Fortran Syntax
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INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_OPEN_PORT(\fIINFO, PORT_NAME, IERROR\fP)
	CHARACTER*(*)	\fIPORT_NAME\fP
	INTEGER		\fIINFO, IERROR\fP 

.fi
.SH C++ Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
void MPI::Open_port(const MPI::Info& \fIinfo\fP, char* \fIport_name\fP)

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.SH INPUT PARAMETER
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.TP 1i
info
Options on how to establish an address (handle). No options currently supported.

.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
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.TP 1i
port_name
Newly established port (string).
.TP 1i
IERROR
Fortran only: Error status (integer). 

.SH DESCRIPTION
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MPI_Open_port establishes a network address, encoded in the \fIport_name\fP string, at which the server will be able to accept connections from clients. \fIport_name\fP is supplied by the system. 
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MPI copies a system-supplied port name into \fIport_name\fP. \fIport_name\fP identifies the newly opened port and can be used by a client to contact the server. The maximum size string that may be supplied by the system is MPI_MAX_PORT_NAME.

.SH SUPPORTED INFO KEYS
None. 

.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
MPI_Comm_accept
MPI_Comm_connect
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