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NAME

       MPI_Comm_connect -  Make a connection to another MPI process

SYNOPSIS

       #include <mpi.h>
       int
       MPI_Comm_connect(char *port_name, MPI_Info info, int root, MPI_Comm comm,
                       MPI_Comm *newcomm)

INPUT PARAMETERS

       port_name
              - port name (only used at root)
       info   - extra information handle (only used at root)
       root   - rank in comm of root node
       comm   - intracommunicator over which the call is collective

OUTPUT PARAMETER

       newcomm
              - intercommunicator with server as remote group

DESCRIPTION

       The  MPI_Comm_accept  and  MPI_Comm_connect  calls  simulate  the well-
       understood  accept()  /  connect()   semantics   of   standard   socket
       programming -- a client "connects" to a server.

       LAM/MPI allows for previously-unrelated MPI programs to join into a MPI
       program with these calls.  Both MPI programs must  be  running  by  the
       same  user  in  the  same  LAM universe (i.e., in the scope of a single
       lamboot).

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 ) are of type INTEGER in
       Fortran.

USAGE WITH IMPI EXTENSIONS

       The  IMPI standard only supports MPI-1 functions.  Hence, this function
       is currently not designed to operate within an IMPI job.

ERRORS

       If an error occurs in an MPI function, the current MPI error handler is
       called  to  handle  it.   By default, this error handler aborts the MPI
       job.  The error handler may be changed with  MPI_Errhandler_set  ;  the
       predefined  error  handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error
       values to be returned (in C and Fortran; this  error  handler  is  less
       useful  in  with  the  C++  MPI bindings.  The predefined error handler
       MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS should be used in C++ if the  error  value
       needs  to  be recovered).  Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI
       program can continue past an error.

       All MPI routines (except MPI_Wtime and  MPI_Wtick  )  return  an  error
       value;  C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in
       the last argument.  The C++  bindings  for  MPI  do  not  return  error
       values;  instead,  error values are communicated by throwing exceptions
       of type MPI::Exception (but  not  by  default).   Exceptions  are  only
       thrown if the error value is not MPI::SUCCESS .

       Note  that  if  the MPI::ERRORS_RETURN handler is set in C++, while MPI
       functions will return upon an error, there will be no  way  to  recover
       what the actual error value was.
       MPI_SUCCESS
              - No error; MPI routine completed successfully.
       MPI_ERR_COMM
              -  Invalid  communicator.   A  common  error  is  to  use a null
              communicator in a call (not even allowed in MPI_Comm_rank ).
       MPI_ERR_ROOT
              - Invalid root.  The root must be specified as  a  rank  in  the
              communicator.   Ranks  must  be between zero and the size of the
              communicator minus one.
       MPI_ERR_ARG
              - Invalid  argument.   Some  argument  is  invalid  and  is  not
              identified  by a specific error class.  This is typically a NULL
              pointer or other such error.
       MPI_ERR_INTERN
              - An internal error has been detected.  This is  fatal.   Please
              send  a  bug report to the LAM mailing list (see http://www.lam-
              mpi.org/contact.php ).
       MPI_ERR_OTHER
              - Other error; use  MPI_Error_string  to  get  more  information
              about this error code.
       MPI_ERR_FLAGS
              -  Mismatch of run-time flags.  For example, an MPI process that
              is running in lamd mode  cannot  spawn  or  be  connected  to  a
              process that is running in c2c mode.

SEE ALSO

       MPI_Close_port(3), MPI_Comm_accept(3), MPI_Open_port(3)

MORE INFORMATION

       For more information, please see the official MPI Forum web site, which
       contains the text  of  both  the  MPI-1  and  MPI-2  standards.   These
       documents contain detailed information about each MPI function (most of
       which is not duplicated in these man pages).

       http://www.mpi-forum.org/

LOCATION

       connect.c