PetscFileRetrieve#
Obtains a file from a URL or a compressed file and copies into local disk space as uncompressed.
Synopsis#
PetscErrorCode PetscFileRetrieve(MPI_Comm comm, const char url[], char localname[], size_t llen, PetscBool *found)
Collective
Input Parameters#
- comm - processors accessing the file 
- url - name of file, including entire URL (with or without .gz) 
- llen - length of - localname
Output Parameters#
- localname - name of local copy of file - valid on only process zero 
- found - if found or retrieved the file - valid on all processes 
Note#
if the file already exists locally this function just returns without downloading it.
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