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.TH pvm_tasks 1 "May 1998" "Scilab // Group" "Scilab function"
.so ../sci.an
.SH NAME
pvm_tasks - returns information about the tasks running
on the virtual machine.
.SH CALLING SEQUENCE
.nf
res  = pvm_tasks([where 0])
.fi
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP 5
where (optional)
: integer, specifying what tasks to return information about.
The options are:
.ta 0.5i 1.5i
.nf

	0(default)	for all the tasks on the virtual machine
	pvmd tid	for all tasks on a given host
	  tid		for a specific task
.fi
.IP res,  list of 7 elements such that:
.br
.IP res(1): 
integer returning task ID of one task
.br
.IP res(2): 
integer returning parent task ID
.br
.IP res(3): 
integer returning pvmd task ID of host task is on
.br
.IP res(4): 
integer returning status of task
.br
.IP res(5): 
string returning the name of spawned task.
Manually started tasks return blank.
.br
.IP res(6): 
integer returning the number of tasks being reported on.
.br
.IP res(7): 
integer status code returned by the routine.


.SH DESCRIPTION
\fVpvm_tasks\fR 
returns information about
tasks presently running on the virtual machine.
The information returned is the same as
that available from the console command
.I ps.
The \fVpvm_tasks\fR function returns information about the entire
virtual machine in one call. 

If pvm_tasks is successful,
.I info
will be 0.
If some error occurs then
.I info
will be < 0.

for example:
.nf
-->res = pvm_tasks()
 res  =
 
       res(1)
 
!   262148.    262151.    262152. !
 
       res(2)
 
!   262147.    0.    262151. !
 
       res(3)
 
!   262144.    262144.    262144. !
 
       res(4)
 
!   6.    4.    6. !
 
       res(5)
 
!pvmgs    /home/ubeda/SCILAB/scilab-2.4/bin/scilex  !
 
       res(6)
 
    3.  
 
       res(7)
 
    0. 
.fi
.SH SEE ALS
pvm_config, pvm_tidtohost