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Getting the Current Position of a File Pointer

Function Syntax

MPI_File_get_position(MPI_File fh, MPI_Offset *offset)

PMPI_File_get_position(MPI_File fh, MPI_Offset *offset)

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Value Range

Input/Output

fh

File (handle)

Non-empty

Input

*offset

Destination address for storing the offset

Non-empty

Output

Return Value

  • Success: MPI_SUCCESS
  • Failure: An error code is returned.

Error Code

Error Code

Description

MPI_ERR_FILE

Invalid file handle