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# PetscSynchronizedFGets
Multiple MPI processes all get the same line from a file. 
## Synopsis
```
PetscErrorCode PetscSynchronizedFGets(MPI_Comm comm, FILE *fp, size_t len, char string[])
```
Collective


## Input Parameters

- ***comm -*** the MPI communicator
- ***fd -*** the file pointer
- ***len -*** the length of `string`



## Output Parameter

- ***string -*** the line read from the file, at end of file `string`[0] == 0





## See Also
 `PetscSynchronizedPrintf()`, `PetscSynchronizedFlush()`,
`PetscFOpen()`, `PetscViewerASCIISynchronizedPrintf()`, `PetscViewerASCIIPrintf()`

## Level
intermediate

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/sys/fileio/mprint.c.html#PetscSynchronizedFGets">src/sys/fileio/mprint.c</A>


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