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+from mpi4py import MPI
+import pnetcdf
+from netCDF4 import Dataset
+
+
+comm = MPI.COMM_WORLD
+rank = comm.Get_rank()
+size = comm.Get_size()
+# Create two files with pnetcdf-python and copy attributes from one file to another
+f0 = pnetcdf.File("tmp_test0.nc",'w', format = None, comm = comm)
+f1 = pnetcdf.File("tmp_test1.nc",'w', format = None, comm = comm)
+
+v0 = f0.def_var('var0', 'i4', ())
+v1 = f1.def_var('var1', 'i4', ())
+
+f0.put_att('history','today')
+v0.put_att('history','today')
+att = f0.get_att("history")
+v_att = v0.get_att("history")
+f1.put_att('history', att)
+v1.put_att('history', v_att)
+f0.close()
+f1.close()
+
+# Create the file with netCDF4-python 
+rootgrp = Dataset("test.nc", "w", format="NETCDF4")
+dim0 = rootgrp.createDimension("x", 10)
+rootgrp.close()
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