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<body class='hmmessage'><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>Hallo!!!</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>I´m running mpiexec on a Windows system and getting the return value of the command line.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>For instance<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>mpiexec –noprompt foo.exe<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>where foo.exe is just a “non existing” executable.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>On console I´m getting the message<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>launch failed: CreateProcess(pii) on 'myhost' failed, error 2 - The system cannot find the file specified.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>and this is, of course, fine. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>But at the same time, getting the exiting value of the command with <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>echo %ERRORLEVEL%<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>returns to me the 0 value, which is considered as correct returning value!!!<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>I would have expected some different return values or way to intercept this situation. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>Checking into the code <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>smpd_state_machine.c, Line 1712<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">shows that the returning value of </SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">SMPD_ABORT</B><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">is, in a sense, reset by the calls <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">smpd_post_read_command()</B> and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">smpd_post_abort_command()</B>,<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New">else if (result == SMPD_ABORT)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>{<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>result = smpd_post_read_command(context);<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>if (result != SMPD_SUCCESS)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>{<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>smpd_err_printf("unable to post a read for the next command on %s context.\n", smpd_get_context_str(context));<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>smpd_exit_fn(FCNAME);<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>return SMPD_FAIL;<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>}<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>result = smpd_post_abort_command("");<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>if (result != SMPD_SUCCESS)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>{<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>smpd_err_printf("unable to post an abort command.\n");<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>smpd_exit_fn(FCNAME);<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>return SMPD_FAIL;<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>}<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>}<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>else<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>{<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>…<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>}<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>smpd_exit_fn(FCNAME);<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>return SMPD_SUCCESS;<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New">}<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></PRE><PRE><o:p><FONT face="Courier New" color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>Is there anything I´m maybe missing??? Should this be considered as a bug?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT color=#000000> Thanks a lot and </FONT></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>Best Regards, <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Eugenio</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></PRE>
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