# PetscViewerASCIISetFILE
Given an open file sets the ASCII viewer to use the file for output 
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscviewer.h"   
PetscErrorCode PetscViewerASCIISetFILE(PetscViewer viewer, FILE *fd)
```
Not collective


## Input Parameters

- ***viewer -*** the `PetscViewer` to use with the specified file
- ***fd -*** the FILE pointer





## Notes
This `PetscViewer` can be destroyed with `PetscViewerDestroy()`, but the fd will NOT be closed.

If a multiprocessor communicator is used (such as `PETSC_COMM_WORLD`),
then only the first processor in the group uses the file.  All other
processors send their data to the first processor to print.


## See Also
 `MatView()`, `VecView()`, `PetscViewerDestroy()`, `PetscViewerBinaryOpen()`,
`PetscViewerASCIIGetPointer()`, `PetscViewerPushFormat()`, `PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_`, `PETSC_VIEWER_STDERR_`,
`PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_WORLD`, `PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_SELF`, `PetscViewerASCIIOpen()`, `PetscViewerASCIIOpenWithFILE()`, `PETSCVIEWERASCII`

## Level
beginner

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/sys/classes/viewer/impls/ascii/vcreatea.c.html#PetscViewerASCIISetFILE">src/sys/classes/viewer/impls/ascii/vcreatea.c</A>


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