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Let's document: Open MPI

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#17,138 opened on Jul 5, 2025

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Description

Command description

Open MPI is used to parallelize programs in C, C++ and more.

Documentation

https://docs.open-mpi.org/en/v5.0.x/man-openmpi/man1/index.html

Platform

Common

VCS repository link (e.g. GitHub, GitLab)

https://github.com/open-mpi/ompi

Additional information

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Commands

  • mpic++ #17137
  • mpicc #9966
  • mpicxx #17188
  • mpiexec #17137
  • mpif77
  • mpif90
  • mpifort
  • mpijavac #17583
  • mpirun #17137
  • mpirun_prof
  • mpisync
  • ompi_info
  • ompi_timing_post
  • opal_wrapper

Contributor guide

Research direction
Refer to the provided Open MPI documentation link and create tldr pages for the unmarked commands: mpif77, mpif90, mpifort, mpirun prof, mpisync, ompi info, ompi timing post, opal wrapper. Use the existing pages for similar commands as a template.
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