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NAME

       MPI_File_delete - Deletes a file.

SYNTAX

       C Syntax
           #include <mpi.h>
           int MPI_File_delete(char *filename, MPI_Info info)

       Fortran Syntax
           INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
           MPI_FILE_DELETE(FILENAME, INFO, IERROR)
             CHARACTER*(*) FILENAME
             INTEGER INFO, IERROR

C++ Syntax

       #include <mpi.h>
       static void MPI::File::Delete(const char* filename, const
            MPI::Info& info)

INPUT PARAMETERS

       filename  Name of file to delete (string).

       info      Info object (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETER

       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION

       MPI_File_delete  deletes the file identified by the file name filename,
       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.

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++  func-
       tions  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.

       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.

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