SEND (3)
Immediately sends the data in the active message buffer.
SYNOPSIS
B
C int info = pvm_send( int tid, int msgtag )
Fortran call pvmfsend( tid, msgtag, info )
PARAMETERS
Integer task identifier of destination process.
Integer message tag supplied by the user.
msgtag should be >= 0.
Integer status code returned by the routine.
DESCRIPTION
The routine
pvm_send
sends a message stored in the active send buffer
to the PVM process identified by
tid.
msgtag
is used to label the content of the message.
If pvm_send is successful,
info
will be 0. If some error occurs then
info
will be < 0.
The pvm_send routine is asynchronous.
Computation on the sending processor resumes as soon as the message is
safely on its way to the receiving processor. This is in
contrast to synchronous communication, during which computation on
the sending processor halts until the matching receive is
executed by the receiving processor.
The PVM model guarantees the following about message order.
If task 1 sends message A to task 2, then task 1 sends message B to task 2,
message A will arrive at task 2 before message B.
Moreover, if both messages arrive before task 2 does a receive,
then a wildcard receive will always return message A.
Terminating a PVM task immediately after sending a message or messages
from it may result in those messages being lost.
To be sure,
always call pvm_exit() before stopping.
EXAMPLES
C:
info = pvm_initsend( PvmDataDefault );
info = pvm_pkint( array, 10, 1 );
msgtag = 3 ;
info = pvm_send( tid, msgtag );
Fortran:
CALL PVMFINITSEND(PVMRAW, INFO)
CALL PVMFPACK( REAL8, DATA, 100, 1, INFO )
CALL PVMFSEND( TID, 3, INFO )
ERRORS
These error conditions can be returned by
pvm_send
giving an invalid tid or a msgtag.
no active send buffer. Try pvm_initsend() before send.
SEE ALSO
pvm_initsend(3PVM) pvm_mcast(3PVM) pvm_pack(3PVM) pvm_psend(3PVM) pvm_recv(3PVM)
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