Name

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

Calling Sequence

[inum] = pvm_getinst(group, tid)

Parameters

group

string, string group name of an existing group.

tid

integer, task identifier of a PVM process.

inum

integer, instance number returned by the routine.

Description

pvm_getinst takes a group name group and a PVM task identifier tid and returns the unique instance number that corresponds to the input. It can be called by any task whether in the group or not.

The returned value inumwill be >= 0 if the call is successful and will be will be < 0 if some error occurs.

See Also

pvm_joingroup , pvm_gettid