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From: edmond@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Edmond Mesrobian)
Subject: Pvm 3.2.6 Spawn Question
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Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Message-ID: <1994Feb02.225608.7584@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 94 22:56:08 GMT
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Hi,
  I have a question about pvm_spawn(). If I do a pvm_spawn("prog", ....)
where prog is in ~/pvm3/... all is fine. However, if I try to spawn an obj
that is specified by an absolute path, it fails (e.g., 
pvm_spawm("/usr/local/bin/prog",....). Can I specify a hard path or do I
have to use the "ep=" option via the config file?

I have a related question on the use of PVM_EXPORT to indicate the names
of environment variables that you would like pvmd to create before it spawns
the process that you requested. Can I update the export list at runtime (via
the application) or can I only set it up before I lauch pvmd?

cheers,
Edmond

