GETRBUF(3PVM)

💖 GETRBUF 💖

okay bestie so you're out here in the PVM Version 3.4 streets and you need to know which receive buffer is the main character right now?? say less, this is literally the manual page for GETRBUF(3PVM) and it's short, it's sweet, it's giving ✨efficiency✨.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

pvm_getrbuf — returns the message buffer identifier for the active receive buffer 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

C girlies:

int bufid = pvm_getrbuf( void )

Fortran girlies:

call pvmfgetrbuf( bufid )

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• bufid — an Integer</> that comes back holding the message buffer identifier for the active receive buffer. that's it. that's the whole parameter. she's simple, she's iconic 💅

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so the way that pvm_getrbuf works is: it returns the message buffer identifier bufid for the active receive buffer 💖 — or, and this is the plot twist, it returns 0 if there is no current buffer. zero. nada. no buffer bestie, sorry 🥲

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

C:

bufid = pvm_getrbuf();

Fortran:

CALL PVMFGETRBUF( BUFID )

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💀 ERRORS 💀

no error conditions are returned by pvm_getrbuf. like, none. zero drama. she simply does not miss 😌 no cap, this routine is the least stressful thing in your entire codebase.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• pvm_getsbuf(3PVM) — the send-buffer sibling, go say hi 🫶

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okay that's the whole page bestie, go forth and vibe check your buffers 💜 this was PVM Version 3.4, dated 30 August, 1993, and yes she ate and left no crumbs 👑✨