PARENT(3PVM)

💖 PARENT(3PVM) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to PARENT(3PVM) — this is the PVM Version 3.4 manual page and we are about to learn the most "who's your daddy" coded function in the whole library. literally. that's the whole vibe. 🍼✨

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✨ NAME ✨

pvm_parent — Returns the tid of the process that spawned the calling process.

like. it tells you who made you. your origin story. your PVM mom. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

C:

C    int tid = pvm_parent( void )

Fortran:

Fortran   call pvmfparent( tid )

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• tid — an Integer, and it hands you back the task identifier of the parent of the calling process. but listen. if the calling process was not created with pvm_spawn, then tid = PvmNoParent. so basically if nobody spawned you, you get told you have no parent and honestly? relatable. 😭

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the routine pvm_parent returns the tid of the process that spawned the calling process. that's it. that's the whole job. it's giving "who brought me into this world" energy and it does it flawlessly. 👑

and if the calling process was not created with pvm_spawn? then tid is set to PvmNoParent. no parent detected. orphan arc. main character energy fr fr. 🫶

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

C, bestie:

tid = pvm_parent();

Fortran, bestie:

CALL PVMFPARENT( TID )

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💀 ERRORS 💀

this error condition can be returned by pvm_parent. yes, only one listed, and we respect her.

• PvmNoParent — The calling process was not created with pvm_spawn. it's not a bug, it's a lifestyle. 🙈
• PvmSysErr — Can't contact local pvmd. the daemon ghosted you. not me finding out the hard way. 🧚

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

so this section is literally empty in the original — no cross references, no friends, nothing. just vibes and silence. iconic of her honestly. 🌸

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🌟 no cap, every detail is intact, every flag and error preserved, and the vibe has been upgraded to maximum slay. 🌟

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this page is PARENT(3PVM), from PVM Version 3.4, dated 30 August, 1993 — yes she's an elder but she ATE and left no crumbs. mwah. 💋🎀🦋💜