Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: nps@nmla.eee.nott.ac.uk (Nick Smith)
Subject: Re: hostfile and ep
Keywords: hostfile
Organization: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham
Date: 6 Jan 1996 14:21:33 GMT
Message-ID: <4cm0hd$sku@griffin.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk>

In article <4ckbfs$687@dildog.lgc.com>, cindy@Advance.COM (Cindy A. McMullen)
writes:
> In reference to a previous question (pvmd and hostfile), the problem is not
> getting the pvmd to read the hostfile (it does).  It appears as though the
> "ep=path" does not recognize programs which are in subdirectories beneath
> that path.  
> 
> For example, suppose you set ep=/advance/sys/exe
> 
> and you have a program you wish to spawn in
> /advance/sys/exe/fxydecon/fxydecon.exe
> 
> Your client program tries to spawn using the program name
> "fxydecon/fxydecon.exe"
> This fails because PVM cannot find it.


Try setting the working directory too. EG, I have:

#
# Hostfile for setting up PVM3
#

# Search paths and working directory
* ep=/usr/local/pvm3/bin/HPPA:/users/nps/pvm:/users/nps/pvm/bin wd=/users/nps/pvm

# Relative speeds of HPs by seqtherm benchmark
&nmla sp=1350
&nmlb sp=1000
&nmlc sp=2260
&nmld sp=3000
&nmle sp=2410
&nmlf sp=1780

Regards,
nick

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