NAME

pvm_lookup − retrieve data from pvmd database
 

SYNOPSIS

Cint cc = pvm_lookup( char ∗name, int index, int ∗data )
 
FortranNot available

PARAMETERS

nameThe class name, a null-terminated string. 

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

dataReturns 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)
 

  —  27 June, 1994