MSTAT(3PVM)

💅 MSTAT(3PVM) — like, the pvm_mstat vibe check ✨

okay bestie, welcome to MSTAT from PVM Version 3.4 🦋 pull up a chair, we're about to find out if a host is okay or if it's giving "ghosted us" energy 💀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

pvm_mstat — returns the status of a host in the virtual machine.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

C:

int mstat = pvm_mstat( char *host )

Fortran:

call pvmfmstat( host, mstat )

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• host — a character string holding the host name. literally just the name of the computer we're checking on 🫶
• mstat — the integer coming back at you with the machine status, and here's the whole menu, no cap:
  • PvmOk — host is OK ✅
  • PvmNoHost — host is not in virtual machine 🙈
  • PvmHostFail — host is unreachable (and thus possibly failed) 😭

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The routine pvm_mstat returns the status mstat of the computer named host with respect to running PVM processes. so like, it's the vibe check for a specific machine in your virtual machine 👑

This routine can be used to determine if a particular host has failed and if the virtual machine needs to be reconfigured. that's the whole point bestie, you gotta know if someone needs a glow-up (reconfiguration) or if they're just... gone 💀

The function pvm_notify() can also be used to notify the caller that a host has failed. so if you'd rather be told the tea instead of asking for it, that's your girl 🌈

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🌟 EXAMPLES 🌟

C:

mstat = pvm_mstat( "msr.ornl.gov" );

Fortran:

CALL PVMFMSTAT( 'msr.ornl.gov', MSTAT )

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🔥 ERRORS 🔥

These error conditions can be returned by pvm_mstat:

• PvmSysErr — pvmd not responding. it's giving silence, and not the cute kind 😭
• PvmNoHost — giving a host name not in the virtual machine. bestie that host does NOT exist here 🙈
• PvmHostFail — host is unreachable (and thus possibly failed). no response, no notes, possibly in shambles 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

pvm_notify(3PVM), pvm_config(3PVM)

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periodt 💅 go check on your hosts, they need you.

mwah, this page was served fresh from the PVM Version 3.4 era — dated 30 August, 1993 🎀 iconic behavior honestly, we stan a vintage manpage ⭐