pvm_config - sends a message

Calling Sequence

res = pvm_config()

Parameters

• res list of 7 elements such that:
  • (1) : integer returning the number of hosts (pvmds) in the virtual machine.
  • (2) : integer returning the number of different data formats being used.
  • (3) : integer returning pvmd task ID for host.
  • (4) : character string returning name of host.
  • (5) : character string returning architecture name of host
  • (6) : integer returning relative speed of host. Default value is 1000.
  • (7) : integer status code returned by the routine.

Description

pvm_config returns information about the present virtual machine. The information returned is similar to that available from the console command.

The pvm_config function returns information about the entire virtual machine in one call.

The returned value res(7) will be zero if the call is successful and will be will be < 0 if some error occurs.

Examples

if pvm_start()==0 then
    res = pvm_config()
    pvm_halt()
end
 
  

See Also

pvm_start ,   pvm_tasks ,