static char help[] = "Reads in a binary file, extracts a submatrix from it, and writes to another binary file.\n\
Options:\n\
  -fin  <mat>  : input matrix file\n\
  -fout <mat>  : output marrix file\n\
  -start <row> : the row from where the submat should be extracted\n\
  -size  <sx>  : the size of the submatrix\n";

#include "petscmat.h"
#include "petscvec.h"

#undef __FUNCT__
#define __FUNCT__ "main"
int main(int argc,char **args)
{  
  char           fin[PETSC_MAX_PATH_LEN],fout[PETSC_MAX_PATH_LEN] ="default.mat";
  PetscViewer    fdin,fdout;               
  Vec            b;   
  const MatType  mtype = MATSEQBAIJ;            
  Mat            A,*B;             
  PetscErrorCode ierr;
  PetscInt       start=0;
  PetscMPIInt    size;
  IS             isrow,iscol;
  PetscTruth     flg;

  PetscInitialize(&argc,&args,(char *)0,help);


  ierr = PetscOptionsGetString(PETSC_NULL,"-fin",fin,PETSC_MAX_PATH_LEN-1,&flg);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  if (!flg) SETERRQ(1,"Must indicate binary file with the -fin option");
  ierr = PetscViewerBinaryOpen(PETSC_COMM_SELF,fin,FILE_MODE_READ,&fdin);CHKERRQ(ierr);

  ierr = PetscOptionsGetString(PETSC_NULL,"-fout",fout,PETSC_MAX_PATH_LEN-1,&flg);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  if (!flg) {ierr = PetscPrintf(PETSC_COMM_WORLD,"Writing submatrix to file : %s\n",fout);CHKERRQ(ierr);}
  ierr = PetscViewerBinaryOpen(PETSC_COMM_SELF,fout,FILE_MODE_WRITE,&fdout);CHKERRQ(ierr);

  ierr = MatLoad(fdin,mtype,&A);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = PetscViewerDestroy(fdin);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  
  ierr = MatGetSize(A,&size,&size);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  size /= 2;
  ierr = PetscOptionsGetInt(PETSC_NULL,"-start",&start,PETSC_NULL);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = PetscOptionsGetInt(PETSC_NULL,"-size",&size,PETSC_NULL);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  
  ierr = ISCreateStride(PETSC_COMM_SELF,size,start,1,&isrow);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = ISCreateStride(PETSC_COMM_SELF,size,start,1,&iscol);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = MatGetSubMatrices(A,1,&isrow,&iscol,MAT_INITIAL_MATRIX,&B);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = MatView(B[0],fdout);CHKERRQ(ierr);

  ierr = VecCreate(PETSC_COMM_SELF,&b);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = VecSetSizes(b,PETSC_DECIDE,size);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = VecSetFromOptions(b);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = MatView(B[0],fdout);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = PetscViewerDestroy(fdout);CHKERRQ(ierr);

  ierr = MatDestroy(A);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = MatDestroy(B[0]);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = VecDestroy(b);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = PetscFree(B);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = ISDestroy(iscol);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = ISDestroy(isrow);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = PetscFinalize();CHKERRQ(ierr);
  return 0;
}