petsc-3.3-p7 2013-05-11

PetscGetTmp

Gets the name of the tmp directory

Synopsis

PetscErrorCode  PetscGetTmp(MPI_Comm comm,char dir[],size_t len)
Collective on MPI_Comm

Input Parameters

comm - MPI_Communicator that may share /tmp
len - length of string to hold name

Output Parameters

dir -directory name

Options Database Keys

-shared_tmp - . -not_shared_tmp
-tmp tmpdir- Environmental Variables: + PETSC_SHARED_TMP
PETSC_NOT_SHARED_TMP -- PETSC_TMP

If the environmental variable PETSC_TMP is set it will use this directory as the "/tmp" directory.

Level:developer
Location:
src/sys/fileio/fretrieve.c
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