introu - introduction to LAM user interface commands
Name Appears Description
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bfctl bfctl.1 Control message buffers (optional).
bfstate bfstate.1 Get message buffer status (optional).
doom doom.1 Deliver a signal (optional).
fctl fctl.1 Control remote file access (optional).
fstate fstate.1 Get remote file status (optional).
hboot hboot.1 Start LAM on a local node.
mpicc mpicc.1 Compile LAM C programs.
mpiCC mpicc.1 Compile LAM C++ programs.
mpif77 mpif77.1 Compile LAM F77 programs.
lamboot lamboot.1 Start LAM.
lamclean lamclean.1 Clean all nodes.
lamexec lamexec.1 Run non-MPI programs.
lamgrow lamgrow.1 Add a node.
lamhalt lamhalt.1 Terminate LAM.
lamshrink lamshrink.1 Remove a node.
lamtrace lamtrace.1 Unload trace data.
loadgo loadgo.1 Execute program (optional).
mpimsg mpimsg.1 Display MPI buffered messages.
mpirun mpirun.1 Run an MPI application.
mpitask mpitask.1 Display MPI processes.
recon recon.1 Verify LAM setup.
state state.1 Get process status (optional).
sweep bfctl.1 Clean out message buffers (optional).
tkill tkill.1 Terminate local node LAM session.
tping tping.1 Echo messages to a node.
lamwipe lamwipe.1 Terminate LAM (deprecated; use lamhalt).
Target nodes are given on the command line. Nodes are generically identified as
nlist, where list can be a single node identifier or a list of node
identifiers. For example:
Additionally,
clist can be used to list specific CPUs on a given machine
(
lamboot(1) is used to specify how many CPUs LAM may use on each node).
Node/CPU identifiers are established in the boot schema (see
bhost(5)), and can
be written in decimal or hexadecimal notation. In addition to explicit node
identification, LAM has special mnemonics that refer to special nodes or a
group of nodes.
- h
- the local node where the command is typed (as in
"here")
- o
- the origin node where LAM was started with lamboot(1)
- N
- all nodes
- C
- all CPUs
LAM processes can be specified in two ways: by process identifier from the
underlying operating system or by LAM process index. PIDs are written as
plist, where list can be a single PID or a list of PIDs. Process
indices are written as
ilist, where list can be a single index or a
list of indices.