Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: hilberg@sophia.th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de (Detlev Hilberg)
Subject: Re: problems (?) with hostfile
Organization: University Frankfurt/M
Date: 27 Feb 1995 11:20:11 GMT
Message-ID: <3ischb$13ur@jurpool0.rz.uni-frankfurt.de>

Kris.VanAlsenoy (alsenoy@sch2.uia.ac.be) wrote:

: Dear PVM'ers

: I encountered a problem with my hostfile.

[Host files deleted]

: In the first case, host2 is not added to pvm. 
: Specifying dx and ep on two separate lines does not give a problem the first time.

: any comments ?

Yes, according to the PVM Book the correct syntax for the host file
is:

* <option> <option> <option>....
Host1
Host2
...
Another Host <option> <option>

Further more it is said that if there is more than one line with 
a global options (beginning with a '*'),
only the last line with a '*' will be active.
So you only have to combine all options into a single '*'-line, as
in the second half or your working host file.
Maybe you had luck with the first half of the working host file
because on Host1 the pvmd sits on its default position
$PVM_ROOT/lib/$PVM_ARCH/pvmd, so the * dx=...-line is not needed and only
the * ep=...-line is used. 

I ran into the same trouble and 'always' combining the global options
into one single line help to solve my problems.

Bye,
Detlev
--
Detlev Hilberg                               hilberg@th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de
Institut fuer Theoretische Physik  
JWG Universitaet Frankfurt/Main        (Voice: [+49|0]-69-798-3310, Fax: -8350)
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: sincerely,
:      kris

