.TH MPI_File_seek 3 "8/31/1998" " " "MPI-2" .SH NAME MPI_File_seek \- Updates the individual file pointer .SH SYNOPSIS .nf #include "mpi.h" int MPI_File_seek(MPI_File fh, MPI_Offset offset, int whence) .fi .SH INPUT PARAMETERS .PD 0 .TP .B fh - file handle (handle) .PD 1 .PD 0 .TP .B offset - file offset (integer) .PD 1 .PD 0 .TP .B whence - update mode (state) .PD 1 .SH NOTES FOR FORTRAN All MPI routines in Fortran (except for 'MPI_WTIME' and 'MPI_WTICK') have an additional argument 'ierr' at the end of the argument list. \&'ierr' is an integer and has the same meaning as the return value of the routine in C. In Fortran, MPI routines are subroutines and are invoked with the 'call' statement. All MPI objects (e.g., 'MPI_Datatype', 'MPI_Comm', 'MPI_File') are of type 'INTEGER' in Fortran.