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# PetscFileRetrieve

Obtains a file from a URL or compressed 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 Parameter

| comm | - processors accessing the file
| url | - name of file, including entire URL (with or without .gz)
| llen | - length of localname

### Output Parameter

| localname | - name of local copy of file - valid on only process zero
| found | - if found or retrieved the file - valid on all processes

### Notes

if the file already exists local this function just returns without downloading it.

### Level

intermediate

### Location

src/sys/fileio/fretrieve.c

### Examples

src/ts/tutorials/extchem.c.html
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