diff --git a/examples/charm++/ckio/Makefile b/examples/charm++/ckio/Makefile
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+++ b/examples/charm++/ckio/Makefile
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+-include ./home/ec2-user/charm-project/charm/examples/common.mk
+CHARMC=/home/ec2-user/charm-project/charm/bin/charmc $(OPTS)
+
+all: iotest
+
+iotest: iotest.ci iotest.C
+	$(CHARMC) iotest.ci
+	$(CHARMC) iotest.C -o $@ -module CkIO
+
+test: iotest
+	$(call run, ./iotest +p4 4 )
+
+testp: iotest
+	$(call run, ./iotest +p$(P) $(P) )
+
+smptest: iotest
+	$(call run, ./iotest 4 +p2 ++ppn 2)
+	$(call run, ./iotest 4 +p4 ++ppn 2)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.o *.decl.h *.def.h iotest test*
+
diff --git a/examples/charm++/ckio/iotest.C b/examples/charm++/ckio/iotest.C
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+++ b/examples/charm++/ckio/iotest.C
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+#include "iotest.decl.h"
+#include <vector>
+
+class Main : public CBase_Main{
+	Main_SDAG_CODE;
+	std::vector<Ck::IO::File> _files; // holds all of the CkIO File objects
+	int _num_writers;
+	int _num_iterations;
+	CProxy_Writer writers;
+public:
+	Main(CkArgMsg* msg){
+		// make sure the example program is being used correctly
+		if(msg -> argc != 3){
+			ckout << "Usage: ./<program_name> <number_writers> <number_of_files>" << endl;
+			CkExit();
+		}
+		_num_writers = atoi(msg -> argv[1]); // assign the number of writers
+		_num_iterations = atoi(msg -> argv[2]); // assign the number of files to write
+		int num_files = _num_iterations; // save the number of files
+		_files.resize(_num_iterations);
+		for(int i = 0; i < num_files; ++i){
+			thisProxy.startWritingCycle(i); // start writing to the file numbered i
+		}
+		delete msg;
+
+	}
+	// standard bookkeeping for how many iterations we need to go through
+	void decrementRemaining(){
+		_num_iterations--;
+		if(!_num_iterations){
+			ckout << "Successfully completed parallel output!" << endl;
+			CkExit();
+		}
+	}	
+
+};
+
+
+class Writer : public CBase_Writer {
+	
+public:
+	/**
+	 * Takes in a Session object to the current writing session. The constructor
+	 * will actually write data to the file in the incoming_session object.
+	 */
+	Writer(Ck::IO::Session incoming_session){
+		char out[11]; // 10 bytes for the message, 1 for the nullbyte
+		sprintf(out, "Writer[%d]\n", thisIndex);
+		Ck::IO::write(incoming_session, out, 10, 10*thisIndex); // writing 10 bytes starting at 10*thisIndex from the beginning of the file
+	}
+	
+	Writer(CkMigrateMessage* m){
+	
+	}
+};
+
+#include "iotest.def.h"
diff --git a/examples/charm++/ckio/iotest.ci b/examples/charm++/ckio/iotest.ci
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea08a9509c
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+++ b/examples/charm++/ckio/iotest.ci
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+mainmodule iotest {
+	include "ckio.h"; // includes the necessary functions for CkIO
+	mainchare Main {
+		entry Main(CkArgMsg* m);
+		entry void ready(Ck::IO::FileReadyMsg* msg);
+		entry void startWrite(Ck::IO::SessionReadyMsg* msg);
+		entry void postWrite(CkReductionMsg* msg);
+		entry void close(CkReductionMsg* msg);
+		entry void decrementRemaining();
+
+		entry void startWritingCycle(int file_number){
+			serial {
+				/**
+				Set the Options struct so that CkIO opens the file and sets the correct configuration for writing.
+				The writeStripe parameter determines the amount of contiguous bytes each writer chare will write to file.
+				The peStripe parameters determines how much actual data each writer chare will aggregate at a given time. This is used so that 
+				a bunch of tiny data gets distributed across many writing chares when it would be better to all go to a single chare. 
+				It is required that peStripe >= writeStripe.
+				*/
+				ckout << "starting the writing cycle for " << file_number << endl;
+				Ck::IO::Options opts; // struct containing the options for the writer
+				opts.writeStripe = 1024; // collect up to 1kB of data before writing; use the specific number you'd like or it defaults to 4MB
+				opts.peStripe = 4 * opts.writeStripe; // the amount of data that is aggregated by each "write chare"
+				CkCallback open_cb(CkIndex_Main::ready(NULL), thisProxy); // index the function for the callback to use
+				char name[20]; // buffer for the file name
+				sprintf(name ,"file_%d", file_number);
+				open_cb.setRefNum(file_number); // set the reference number of callback and function to the file_number
+				ckout << "about to enter the open function of CkIO in " << file_number << endl;
+
+				// open the file file_<file_number>, pass a FileReadyMsg* to the open_cb calback function ready, and also pass the options struct for the IO
+				Ck::IO::open(name, open_cb, opts);
+			}
+			/**
+			ready is the function that is called after opening the file by the open_cb callback in line 24.
+			Uses the FileReadyMsg* msg passed to it by Ck::IO::open in order to get the file represented by (msg -> file).
+			ready will create a callback start_session that will be invoked by the startSession function in the beginning. 
+			After the start_session callback is invoked and the write is done, the end_session callback will be invoked.
+			Note that the commit_message variable will be written only after the start_session callback is completed. Having a
+			commit message is optional.
+			*/
+			when ready[file_number](Ck::IO::FileReadyMsg* msg) serial{
+				ckout << "ready function for file[" << file_number << "]." << endl;
+				_files[file_number] = msg -> file; // set the file opened by the Ck::IO to the index of file_number
+				CkCallback start_session(CkIndex_Main::startWrite(0), thisProxy); // create the callback to be used when you start session
+				start_session.setRefNum(file_number);
+
+				CkCallback end_session(CkIndex_Main::postWrite(0), thisProxy); // callback to be used when you close the session
+				end_session.setRefNum(file_number); // invoked at the end of the session, or on completion of the data being written
+
+				std::string commit_message = "Commit message\n"; // the message that gets committed at the end of the batched write; commits are an optional argument
+				Ck::IO::startSession(_files[file_number], 10*_num_writers, 0, start_session, commit_message.c_str(), commit_message.size(), 10 * _num_writers, end_session); // start the writing session
+			}
+			/**
+			This function actually does the writing to the files. It creates a chare array of Writer chares, whose constructor
+			will do the writing, as defined in iotest.C.
+			*/
+			when startWrite[file_number](Ck::IO::SessionReadyMsg* msg) serial{
+				writers = CProxy_Writer::ckNew(msg -> session, _num_writers); // create n writers, and pass all of them the the session
+				ckout << "Finished writing\n";	
+				delete msg; // it's the user's responsibility to free the SessionMsg*
+			}
+			
+			// this function is called after the session has written the amount of bytes specified	
+			// by the end_session callback. Will also create a close callback, which will be invoked
+			// after the call to Ck::IO::close and CkIO closes the specified file
+			when postWrite[file_number](CkReductionMsg* msg) serial{
+				ckout << "This session has written the amount of bytes\n";
+				delete msg;
+				// Time to close the file
+				CkCallback close_cb(CkIndex_Main::close(0), thisProxy); // create the callback after the file closed
+				close_cb.setRefNum(file_number); // tag the callback
+				Ck::IO::close(_files[file_number], close_cb); // close the file
+			}
+			// executed after CkIO closes the file via the close_cb on line 70	
+			when close[file_number](CkReductionMsg* msg) serial{ // only called after the file has been closed
+				ckout << "File " << file_number << " has succesfully been closed!" << endl;
+				delete msg;
+				thisProxy.decrementRemaining(); // called to tell the Mainchare another file has been opened and closed successfully
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	array [1D] Writer {
+		entry Writer(Ck::IO::Session incoming_session); // constructor for the writer; stores the Ck::IO::Session token
+		
+
+	}
+}