[MPICH] mpiexec syntax

Rusty Lusk lusk at mcs.anl.gov
Thu Nov 24 10:14:26 CST 2005


The Standard is available at http://www.mp-forum.org.  If you have any
trouble finding the section on mpiexec and its arguments, let me know
and I will track down the exact page.

Regards,
Rusty

From: Ashley Pittman <ashley at quadrics.com>
Subject: [MPICH] mpiexec syntax
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:32:51 +0000

> On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 13:29 -0800, William Gropp wrote:
> 
> > MPICH2 uses "mpiexec", as recommended by the MPI-2 standard, for process 
> > startup.  For simple use, you can set a link from mpiexec to mpirun, e.g.,
> 
> > Applications should switch to mpiexec, as that is the only portable way to 
> > start MPI processes.  Up-to-date MPI implementations will provide mpiexec .
> 
> Can you send me a link to the minimum set of options a user should
> expect mpiexec to support according to the standard.  I'm sure I've
> asked this before but can't find find your reply in my mail folders
> anywhere.
> 
> Ashley,
> 




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