PMIX_FINALIZE(3)

💖 PMIX_FINALIZE(3) — OpenPMIx 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is literally the goodbye page. this is PMIx_Finalize from the OpenPMIx manual, section 3, and it's the page you read when you're done and you need to ✨leave gracefully✨.

🌸 NAME 🌸

PMIx_Finalize — finalize the PMIx client, aka the softest, politest exit you'll ever write.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <pmix.h>

pmix_status_t PMIx_Finalize(void);

no arguments. no drama. no notes. she takes nothing and gives you a status code. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she do? PMIx_Finalize finalizes the PMIx client, which is the fancy way of saying it closes the connection with the local PMIx server. that's it. that's the whole job. you called PMIx_Init at the start, you did your puts and commits, and now you're hanging up the phone. 📞✨

it's giving "thanks for everything, bestie, I'm heading out" energy. don't skip the goodbye, fr fr, it matters.

👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

returns PMIX_SUCCESS when it works, which is the good timeline. 🫶

on error, it returns a negative value that corresponds to a PMIx errno. so like — if it's negative, something went sideways, and that number is telling you what.

💀 ERRORS 💀

PMIx errno values are defined in pmix_common.h. that's the file you go peek at when you're like "wait, what does this negative number MEAN". 🔍

👀 See also 👀

• PMIx_Abort(3) <#man3-pmix-abort>
• PMIx_Commit(3)
• PMIx_Init(3) <#man3-pmix-init>
• PMIx_Initialized(3)
• PMIx_Put(3)
• pmiAddInstance(3)
• pmiAddMetric(3)

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📜 Copyright 📜

2014-2026, OpenPMIx Community. iconic run, honestly. 🎀

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and that's the page, angel! you just read PMIX_FINALIZE(3) from the OpenPMIx manual, and this version dropped on Aug 04, 2026. now go call PMIx_Finalize and log off like the main character you are. periodt. 💜🦋