Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: getin@uni-paderborn.de (Markus Fischer)
Subject: Re: help: PVMEPID and PVMSOCK
Organization: Universitaet Paderborn, Germany
Date: 23 Jun 1996 12:02:58 GMT
Message-ID: <4qjbpi$j17@news.uni-paderborn.de>

Djemai.Kebbal (kebbal@lifl.fr) wrote:

: I am using PVMEPID and PVMSOCK  environment variables which reflect
: the PID of the pvmd and the  socket adress used by the pvmd to allow tasks 
: to connect at it (to enrolle at PVM for example)  in my work .
: I read in PVM user's guide that these variables are set automatically
: because they changes in the time.  But, in my environment (my accout on SUN4) are
: not set thought I have installed PVM correctly.
: I think there are some details that I ignore.
: Please, if you an idea about how I can set these variables, send me quickly.
: thank you.

: Note: PVM_ROOT and PVM_ARCH,... are set.


the environment variable are set during run time,
you should be able to get them with getenv

hope this helps,
Markus

