petsc-3.7.3 2016-07-24
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# PetscVFPrintf

All PETSc standard out and error messages are sent through this function; so, in theory, this can can be replaced with something that does not simply write to a file.

### Synopsis

    PetscErrorCode  PetscVFPrintfDefault(FILE *fd,const char *format,va_list Argp)

To use, write your own function for example, .PetscErrorCode mypetscvfprintf(FILE *fd,const char format[],va_list Argp) .{ $ PetscErrorCode ierr;

     PetscFunctionBegin;

      if (fd != stdout && fd != stderr) {  handle regular files

         ierr = PetscVFPrintfDefault(fd,format,Argp);CHKERR(ierr);

     } else {

        char   buff[BIG];

        size_t length;

        ierr = PetscVSNPrintf(buff,BIG,format,&length,Argp);CHKERRQ(ierr);

        now send buff to whatever stream or whatever you want

    }

    PetscFunctionReturn(0);

.} then before the call to PetscInitialize() do the assignment

       PetscVFPrintf = mypetscvfprintf;

Notes: For error messages this may be called by any process, for regular standard out it is called only by process 0 of a given communicator

Developer Notes: this could be called by an error handler, if that happens then a recursion of the error handler may occur and a crash

### See Also

PetscVSNPrintf(), PetscErrorPrintf()

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