zio_new_iocomm

INTERFACE:

         integer function zio_new_iocomm(iocomm,niopes)

DESCRIPTION:

Create an I/O staging communicator object with a staging communicator made of the first niopes processes.

REVISION HISTORY:

       2003-Jan-31 -- first prototype
       2003-Aug-16 -- support single task mode: ZIO_SPMD undefined

USES:

         implicit none

OUTPUT PARAMETERS:

         integer, intent(out) :: iocomm    ! communicator obj ID

INPUT PARAMETERS:

         integer, intent(in) :: niopes     ! # of I/O staging processes;
                                           ! overridden by 1 for non-SPMD

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