pvm_lookup(3) - Linux man page

Name

pvm_lookup - retrieve data from pvmd database
[In Version 3.4: Relaced by pvm_getinfo]

Synopsis

C

int cc = pvm_lookup( char *name, int index, int *data )

Fortran

Not available

Parameters

name

The class name, a null-terminated string.

index

The class index, >= 0 or -1 for first available.

data

Returns the data stored in the <name, index> entry.

Description

See pvm_insert(3PVM) for a description of this database.

pvm_lookup retrieves data stored in the location given by <name, index>. If index is -1, the data stored at the first existing index in the named class is returned.

Errors

If successful, pvm_lookup returns the index at which the data was stored (>= 0), otherwise it returns a negative error code:

PvmBadParam

giving an invalid argument value.

PvmNoEntry

the requested <name, index> pair does not exist.

See Also

pvm_delete(3PVM), pvm_insert(3PVM)