pvm_tasks

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

Calling sequence

res  = pvm_tasks([where])

Parameters

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.

pvm_tasks

Calling sequence

Parameters

Description

See also