pvm_tasks

Arguments

where

(optional) integer, specifying what tasks to return information about. The options are:

0(default) for all the tasks on the virtual machine
pvmd tid for all tasks on a given host
  tid  for a specific task

res

list of 7 elements such that:

res(1)

integer returning task ID of one task

res(2)

integer returning parent task ID

res(3)

integer returning pvmd task ID of host task is on

res(4)

integer returning status of task

res(5)

string returning the name of spawned task. Manually started tasks return blank.

res(6)

integer returning the number of tasks being reported on.

res(7)

integer status code returned by the routine.

Description

pvm_tasks returns information about tasks presently running on the virtual machine. The information returned is the same as that available from the console command

The pvm_tasks function returns information about the entire virtual machine in one call.

If pvm_tasks is successful,

will be 0. If some error occurs then

will be < 0.

for example:

-->res = pvm_tasks()
 res  =
 
       res(1)
 
!   262148.    262151.    262152. !
 
       res(2)
 
!   262147.    0.    262151. !
 
       res(3)
 
!   262144.    262144.    262144. !
 
       res(4)
 
!   6.    4.    6. !
 
       res(5)
 
!pvmgs    /home/ubeda/SCILAB/scilab-2.4/bin/scilex  !
 
       res(6)
 
    3.  
 
       res(7)
 
    0.

See Also

• pvm_config — sends a message
• pvm_tidtohost — returns the host of the specified PVM process.