GETSBUF(3PVM)

✨ NAME ✨

pvm_getsbuf — bestie, this is the lil routine that hands you back the message buffer identifier for the active send buffer 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

C:

int bufid = pvm_getsbuf( void )

Fortran:

call pvmfgetsbuf( bufid )

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• bufid — an Integer that comes back holding the message buffer identifier for the active send buffer. she's returning the goods, no cap 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: pvm_getsbuf returns the message buffer identifier bufid for the active send buffer — or 0 if there's literally no current buffer. that's it. that's the whole function. lowkey iconic for how chill she is 💅

this page lives in the PVM Version 3.4 manual, just so you know what era we're vibing in ⭐

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

C:

bufid = pvm_getsbuf();

Fortran:

CALL PVMFGETSBUF( BUFID )

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💜 ERRORS 💜

No error conditions are returned by pvm_getsbuf — not a single one. she simply does not have a bad day 😌✨

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🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

• pvm_getrbuf(3PVM) — the receive-buffer sibling, go say hi 🧚

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! sending u so much love from the PVM Version 3.4 squad, dated 30 August, 1993 — yeah she's vintage but she ate and left no crumbs 💅🎀💖