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AdCommunications - advanced communication toolbox for parallel programming

Example - just to test the environment

pvm_addhosts - add hosts to the virtual machine.

pvm_barrier - blocks the calling process until all processes in a group have called it.

pvm_bcast - broacasts a message to all members of a group

pvm_bufinfo - Returns information about a message buffer.

pvm_config - sends a message

pvmd3 - PVM daemon

pvm_delhosts - deletes hosts from the virtual machine.

pvm_error - Prints message describing an error returned by a PVM call

pvm_exit - tells the local pvmd that this process is leaving PVM.

pvm_f772sci - Convert a F77 complex into a complex scalar

pvm_getinst - returns the instance number in a group of a PVM process.

pvm_gettid - returns the tid of the process identified by a group name and instance number

pvm_get_timer - Gets the system's notion of the current time.

pvm_gsize - returns the number of members presently in the named group.

pvm_halt - stops the PVM daemon

pvm_joingroup - enrolls the calling process in a named group.

pvm_kill - Terminates a specified PVM process.

pvm_lvgroup - Unenrolls the calling process from a named group.

pvm_mytid - returns the tid of the calling process.

pvm_parent - tid of the process that spawned the calling process.

pvm_probe - Check if message has arrived.

pvm_recv - receive a message.

pvm_reduce - Performs a reduce operation over members of the specified group

pvm_sci2f77 - Convert complex scalar into F77

pvm_send - immediately sends (or multicast) data.

pvm_set_timer - Sets the system's notion of the current time.

pvm_spawn_independent - Starts new PVM processes.

pvm_spawn - Starts new Scilab processes.

pvm_start - Start the PVM daemon

pvm_tasks - information about the tasks running on the virtual machine.

pvm_tidtohost - returns the host of the specified PVM process.

pvm - communications with other applications using Parallel Virutal Machine