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.TH MPI_File_close 3 "Sep 30, 2023" "4.1.6" "Open MPI"
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_File_close\fP \- Closes a file (collective).

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

.fi
.SH Fortran Syntax
.nf
USE MPI
! or the older form: INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_FILE_CLOSE(\fIFH\fP, \fIIERROR\fP)
	INTEGER	\fIFH, IERROR\fP

.fi
.SH Fortran 2008 Syntax
.nf
USE mpi_f08
MPI_File_close(\fIfh\fP, \fIierror\fP)
	TYPE(MPI_File), INTENT(INOUT) :: \fIfh\fP
	INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: \fIierror\fP

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

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

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

.SH DESCRIPTION
.ft R
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.