debian man page for pvm_perror

PERROR(3PVM)							  PVM Version 3.4						      PERROR(3PVM)

NAME
       pvm_perror - Prints message describing the last error returned by a PVM call.

SYNOPSIS
       C    int info = pvm_perror( char *msg )

       Fortran	 call pvmfperror( msg, info )

PARAMETERS
       msg     Character string supplied by the user which will be prepended to the error message of the last PVM call.

       info    Integer status code returned by the routine.  Values less than zero indicate an error.

DESCRIPTION
       The routine pvm_perror returns the error message of the last PVM call. The user can use msg to add additional information to the error mes-
       sage, for example, its location.

       Unless redirected, all stdout and stderr messages are placed in the file /tmp/pvml.<uid> on the master host.

EXAMPLES
       C:
	    if ( pvm_send( tid, msgtag ) )
		 pvm_perror();

       Fortran:
	    CALL PVMFSEND( TID, MSGTAG )
	    IF( INFO .LT. 0 ) CALL PVMFPERROR( 'Step 6', INFO )

ERRORS
       No error condition is returned by pvm_perror.

								  30 August, 1993						      PERROR(3PVM)