alternatives

[Pete Wyckoff]

cjs107 at mail.usask.ca said on Wed, 12 Mar 2003 09:21 -0600:
> I need to access a single text file with many processes and was
> redirecting the file to stdin. However, since stdin does not appear work
> on all the processes, I think I might need to use mpiexec.  However, is
> there no mpirun tag that I could use to accomplish this?  I also don't
> think I have sufficient permission to install mpiexec (root, I presume)

Actually you could get away with compiling and using mpiexec in your home
directory, but to make the multiple-stdin feature work it is necessary
to patch PBS.  Too bad.

Most people end up having each process explicitly open the input file
and feeding it on stdin, i.e. modifying the code.

		-- Pete