.\" Copyright 2006-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Thinking Machines Corporation
.TH MPI_Errhandler_free 3 "Feb 10, 2012" "1.4.5" "Open MPI"
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_Errhandler_free \fP \- Frees an MPI-style error handler.

.SH SYNTAX
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.SH C Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Errhandler_free(MPI_Errhandler *\fIerrhandler\fP)

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.SH Fortran Syntax
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INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_ERRHANDLER_FREE(\fIERRHANDLER, IERROR\fP)
	INTEGER	\fIERRHANDLER, IERROR\fP 

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.SH C++ Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
void Errhandler::Free() 

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.SH INPUT PARAMETER
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.TP 1i
errhandler
MPI error handler (handle). Set to MPI_ERRHANDLER_NULL on exit.

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

.SH DESCRIPTION
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Marks the error handler associated with errhandler for deallocation and sets errhandler to MPI_ERRHANDLER_NULL. The error handler will be deallocated after all communicators associated with it have been deallocated. 

.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
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MPI_Comm_create_errhandler
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MPI_Comm_get_errhandler
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MPI_Comm_set_errhandler