.PVM.bufinfo {rpvm} | R Documentation |
Returns information about the requested message buffer.
.PVM.bufinfo (bufid)
bufid |
id of a particular message buffer |
Returns information about the requested message buffer. Typically it is used to determine about the last received message such as it size or source. It is especially useful when an application is able to receive any incoming message (with the use of wildcards).
Return a list (bytes
, msgtag
, tid
) of information
about the requested message buffer.
bytes |
the length in bytes of the entire message |
msgtag |
the message label |
tid |
the source of the message |
Na (Michael) Li nali@umn.edu and A.J. Rossini rossini@u.washington.edu
PVM documentation
.PVM.send
, .PVM.nrecv
,
.PVM.recv
## Not run: bufid <- .PVM.recv (-1, -1) ## Not run: info <- .PVM.bufinfo (bufid)