[openib-general] MPI error when using a "system" call in mpi job.

Greg Lindahl greg.lindahl at qlogic.com
Wed Jun 14 01:36:42 PDT 2006


On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 05:11:47PM -0700, Ira Weiny wrote:

> After some tracking down he found that apparently if he used a "system" call
> [int system(const char *string)] the next MPI command will fail.

Are you sure MVAPICH supports fork()? It is not unusual for MPI
implementations to not support fork(). system() uses fork().

-- greg




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