Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: bmanchek@ens-lyon.fr (Bob Manchek)
Subject: Re: full path name in pvmfspawn
Organization: Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon
Date: 4 Sep 1994 17:03:24 GMT
Message-ID: <34cuks$ad8@cri.ens-lyon.fr>

In article 5r7@hopper2.lerc.nasa.gov, ciula@lerc.nasa.gov (Kim Ciula) writes:
> I am trying to specify the full path name to an executable when using
> the pvmfspawn command (FORTRAN).  The problem is that it appears that
> the full path can only contain some maximum number of characters - a
> 28 character full path name that I tried worked, but a 32 character
> one didn't. 
> 
> Using the C equivalent (pvm_spawn), I was able to use the longer path 
> name, so this problem is specific to the FORTRAN implementation.
> 
> Any suggestions on how to recompile PVM 3.3.3 on an IBM RS/6000 so the
> longer path names will work in FORTRAN?  The same problem occured on
> a SUN SPARCstation.
> -- 
> Kim Ciula                   | 
> NASA Lewis Research Center  |  "Be excellent to one another" 
> http://warhol.lerc.nasa.gov |

you could edit libfpvm/pvm_consts.h and change MAX_HOST_NAME.  this will be
fixed in the next patch.
b
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