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Parallel CGNS User's Guide

Document Version 1.1.1
CGNS Version 3.2

This document describes the use of parallel input/output within the CGNS library, and the associated routines. It utilizies MPI-IO within the context of HDF5external link to do the IO, and thus the CGNS library must be built with this support.

The PDF form of the Parallel CGNS User's Guide manual was created using pdflatex, and is designed to be printed. The PDF file may be viewed and/or printed using a variety of freely available software packages, including Acrobat Reader external link, GhostScript external link, and xpdf external link. The HTML form is designed for interactive use, and the contents are listed below.

The complete Parallel CGNS User's Guide document in HTML form is also available for installation on a local system. This is a gzip'ed tar file (50K, 378K gunzip'ed), and may be downloaded by clicking on the link while holding down the shift key, assuming your browser supports this capability. A dialogue box will appear for you to specify the directory and file name. To unpack the contents, do

   gunzip -c pcgns.tar.gz | tar xvf -
The files will be extracted and stored in the directory pcgns. Point your browser to the local file pcgns/index.html to display the Parallel CGNS User's Guide home page. Note that this does not include the PDF form of the manual. Note also that some links, to other manuals, etc., may not work.