Section: PVM Version 3.4 (3PVM)Updated: 30 August, 1993Local indexUp
NAME
pvm_getinst - Returns the instance number in a group of a PVM process.
SYNOPSIS
C int inum = pvm_getinst( char *group, int tid )
Fortran call pvmfgetinst( group, tid, inum )
PARAMETERS
group
Character string group name of an existing group.
tid
Integer task identifier of a PVM process.
inum
Integer instance number returned by the routine.
Instance numbers start at 0 and count up.
Values less than zero indicate an error.
DESCRIPTION
The routine
pvm_getinst
takes a group name
group
and a PVM task identifier
tid
and returns the unique
instance number that corresponds to the input.
It can be called by any task whether in the group or not.
If pvm_getinst is successful,
inum
will be >= 0.
If some error occurs then
inum
will be < 0.