Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: manchek@duncan.CS.UTK.EDU (Bob Manchek)
Subject: Re: Patch #2 for PVM version 3.3 is available.
Organization: Computer Science Dept, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Date: 6 Jul 1994 14:56:39 GMT
Message-ID: <2vegn7INNslg@CS.UTK.EDU>

In article <CsIDCF.GDI@Yuri.CC.Uni-Augsburg.DE>, wilhelms@Uni-Augsburg.DE (Gerhard Wilhelms) writes:
> ...
> The setting of PVM_DPATH in the example above does NOT work on
> my system (RS6K). I have installed pvm3 in an unusual place
> (~/SOURCE/pvm3) and I have to set PVM_DPATH to ~/SOURCE/pvm3/lib/pvmd
> to start remote pvmd's without specifying the dx parameter
> in the hostfile.
> 
> Is there an error in the example above or am I missing something?
> ...

It works for me.  Make sure:

Those two environment variables are set on the master host (nothing need
be set on the slave if you're using PVM_DPATH).

PVM_DPATH is set to the correct path on the slave host (are your
home directories different?).  If you didn't quote the ~ above, it
was expanded on the master host (possibly incorrect).

You should set PVM_ROOT to $HOME/SOURCE/pvm3 and PVM_DPATH to either
SOURCE/pvm3/lib/pvmd or '$HOME/SOURCE/pvm3/lib/pvmd' (note the single
quotes to prevent expansion of $HOME).

b
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