The PVMmake Menu

The PVMmake menu (Figure 5.7) is used to create the PVMmake config file (see Chapter 4) and run PVMmake .

 

Figure 5.7. The PVMmake menu

 

Figure 5.8. The Set Files and Commands to Save window

The entries are:

• Set Files and Commands to Save -- opens another window (Figure 5.8) in which you select a subset of hosts to send commands to, and, for each host, a subset of files to send. This gives PADE nearly as much power for parallel applications as is found in the widely used make command for sequential applications in a Unix environment. The left half of the window allows you to choose which hosts will receive commands, and to toggle between hosts for the setting of which files to send. The right half of the window allows you to choose which files are to be sent to the selected host. The Files modified since last PVMmake button at the bottom will select those files that have been changed since the last time PVMmake was run. The version of this button on the left selects these files for all hosts, while the version on the right selects them for one host. If the last PVMmake run was with the current PADE data, then this acts like make in the sense that only those files that have been changed will be sent and recompiled. Be cautious, however, if PVMmake is being run with different PVMmake files, as in the ``PVMmake clean'' example in the tutorial (Section 3.2).

• Save Config File as... -- writes a PVMmake config file containing the information in the PADE data, filtered by those items selected by Set Files and Commands to Save. It brings up a file browser to select the name of the config file. Be careful not to overwrite an unfiltered file with the filtered data.

• Pick Config File: <current filename> -- selects an existing PVMmake config file. It brings up a file browser.

• Edit Config File... -- creates or edits a PVMmake config file. It brings up a PADE Edit File window.

• List Config File -- lists the current PVMmake config file in a scrollable window.

• Run (in xterm) -- runs PVMmake with the output going to an xterm window, or the type of term specified by the user's preference (Section 5.4).

• Run (in PADE window) -- runs PVMmake with the output going to a scrollable window.

• Save Config File and Run (in xterm) -- this is a shortcut that is equivalent to pressing Save Config File as..., selecting the file shown under Pick Config File: <current filename>, and pressing Run (in xterm).

• Save Config File and Run (in PADE window) -- same as previous button except output goes to a scrollable window.