zio_nf__open

INTERFACE:

         integer function zio_nf__open(path,omode,chunksize,iocomm,      &
      &                                filedesc)

DESCRIPTION:

Opens a netCDF file using I/O staging communicator object iocomm. Returns the created file descriptor in filedesc. Specific to the parallel netCDF library being developed at NERSC.

REVISION HISTORY:

       2003-Jan-31 -- first prototype

INPUT PARAMETERS:

         implicit none
         character(len=*), intent(in):: path
         integer, intent(in) :: omode         ! omode in netCDF format
         integer, intent(in) :: chunksize     ! chunk size
         integer, intent(in) :: iocomm        ! I/O staging comm object

OUTPUT PARAMETERS:

         integer, intent(out):: filedesc

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