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.TH MPI_File_delete 3 "Oct 29, 2018" "3.1.3" "Open MPI"
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_File_delete\fP \- Deletes a file.

.SH SYNTAX
.ft R
.nf
.SH C Syntax
.nf
#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_File_delete(const char \fI*filename\fP, MPI_Info \fIinfo\fP)

.fi
.SH Fortran Syntax
.nf
USE MPI
! or the older form: INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_FILE_DELETE(\fIFILENAME\fP, \fIINFO\fP, \fIIERROR\fP)
	CHARACTER*(*)	\fIFILENAME\fP
	INTEGER	\fIINFO, IERROR\fP

.fi
.SH Fortran 2008 Syntax
.nf
USE mpi_f08
MPI_File_delete(\fIfilename\fP, \fIinfo\fP, \fIierror\fP)
	CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: \fIfilename\fP
	TYPE(MPI_Info), INTENT(IN) :: \fIinfo\fP
	INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: \fIierror\fP

.fi
.SH C++ Syntax
.nf
#include <mpi.h>
static void MPI::File::Delete(const char* \fIfilename\fP, const
	MPI::Info& \fIinfo\fP)

.fi
.SH INPUT PARAMETERS
.ft R
.TP 1i
filename
Name of file to delete (string).
.TP 1i
info
Info object (handle).

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

.SH DESCRIPTION
.ft R
MPI_File_delete deletes the file identified by the file name
\fIfilename\fP, provided it is not currently open by any process. It is an error to delete the file with MPI_File_delete if some process has it open, but MPI_File_delete does not check this. If the file does not exist, MPI_File_delete returns an error in the class MPI_ERR_NO_SUCH_FILE.
.sp

.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.