Local Considerations for PVM

Environment Variables in .cshrc

Add the following lines to your .cshrc file

setenv PVM_ROOT /usr/local/pvm3
setenv PVM_ARCH `$PVM_ROOT/lib/pvmgetarch`
set path=($path $PVM_ROOT/lib/$PVM_ARCH)
set path=($path $PVM_ROOT/bin/$PVM_ARCH)

Directory for PVM Programs

Create the directory ~/pvm3/bin/PMAX to hold our executable programs for PVM.

Include Statement in Fortran Programs

Place the following statement at the beginning of your Fortran programs.

include '/usr/local/pvm3/include/fpvm3.h'

The part in single quotes must be in lower case.

Compiling Fortran Programs for PVM

You have to include the fpvm and pvm libraries when you compile your programs.

f77 -o ~/pvm3/bin/PMAX/file file.f -L/usr/local/pvm3/lib/PMAX -lfpvm3 -lpvm3

where file is replaced by the name of your source file.

On-Line Manual Pages for PVM

You can get on-line help for PVM routines. For example, to find out about the pvmfrecv command, type

avocet> man -P /usr/local/pvm3/man pvmfrecv