Command: nest_indirect

Name:
nest_indirect - Returns a nest call as a string able to spawn distributed simulations
Synopsis:
(sli-filename) nest_indirect -> (string with shell command)
Description:
If a task requires multiple distributed simulations with different numbers of processors NEST needs to be compiled with support for distributed computing and be aware of the corresponding method to start itself. However, some libraries for distributed computing do not support the nested call of further processes. Therefore, nest_indirect provides a serial environment for the preparation of the distributed simulations. The algorithm is as follows: 1. if nest is not compiled with MPI, quit with fatal error 2. if sli command /mpirun is not defined, quit with fatal error 3. return "sli"
Diagnostics:
This function quits nest with a fatal error if there is no support for distributed computing or NEST does not know how to start a distributed version of itself.
Examples:
(hello.sli) nest_indirect -> (/home/dummy/nest/bin/sli hello.sli)
Author:
Diesmann
FirstVersion:
090711
SeeAlso: nest_serial

Source:
/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/nest-2.4.1/lib/sli/processes.sli

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Name:	nest_indirect - Returns a nest call as a string able to spawn distributed simulations
Synopsis:	(sli-filename) nest_indirect -> (string with shell command)
Description:	If a task requires multiple distributed simulations with different numbers of processors NEST needs to be compiled with support for distributed computing and be aware of the corresponding method to start itself. However, some libraries for distributed computing do not support the nested call of further processes. Therefore, nest_indirect provides a serial environment for the preparation of the distributed simulations. The algorithm is as follows: 1. if nest is not compiled with MPI, quit with fatal error 2. if sli command /mpirun is not defined, quit with fatal error 3. return "sli"
Diagnostics:	This function quits nest with a fatal error if there is no support for distributed computing or NEST does not know how to start a distributed version of itself.
Examples:	(hello.sli) nest_indirect -> (/home/dummy/nest/bin/sli hello.sli)
Author:	Diesmann
FirstVersion:	090711
SeeAlso:	`nest_serial`
Source:	/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/nest-2.4.1/lib/sli/processes.sli