mpi_lookup_name.3

MPI stands for the Message Passing Interface. Written by the MPI Forum (a large committee comprising

.\"Copyright 2007, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Thinking Machines Corporation
.TH MPI_Lookup_name 3OpenMPI "March 2007" "Open MPI 1.2" " "

.SH NAME
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\fBMPI_Lookup_name\fP \- Finds port associated with a service name

.SH SYNTAX
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.SH C Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Lookup_name(char *\fIservice_name\fP, MPI_Info \fIinfo\fP,
	char *\fIport_name\fP)

.SH Fortran Syntax
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INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_LOOKUP_NAME(\fISERVICE_NAME, INFO, PORT_NAME, IERROR\fP)
	CHARACTER*(*)	\fISERVICE_NAME, PORT_NAME\fP
	INTEGER		\fIINFO, IERROR\fP

.SH C++ Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
void MPI::Lookup_name(const char *\fIservice_name\fP, const MPI::Info& \fIinfo\fP,
	char* \fIport_name\fP)

.SH INPUT PARAMETERS
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.TP 1.4i
service_name
A service name (string).
.TP 1.4i
info
Options to the name service functions (handle). No options currently supported.

.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
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.TP 1.4i
port_name
a port name (string).
.TP 1.4i
IERROR
Fortran only: Error status (integer). 

.SH DESCRIPTION
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This function retrieves a \fIport_name\fP published under
\fIservice_name\fP by a previous invocation of MPI_Publish_name. The
application must supply a \fIport_name\fP buffer large enough to hold
the largest possible port name (i.e., MPI_MAX_PORT_NAME bytes).
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The \fIinfo\fP parameter should be MPI_INFO_NULL, as this routine does
not parse any MPI Info arguments.

.SH ERRORS
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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. 
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See the MPI man page for a full list of MPI error codes.

.SH SEE ALSO
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MPI_Publish_name
MPI_Open_port

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