---
name: "mpdhelp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mpich2"
version: "1.2.1.1-5"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mpdhelp"
---

# mpdhelp(1)

## NAME

**mpdhelp**

## FILE

**/Users/goodell/svn/mpich2-1.2.1p1-tmp/src/pm/mpd/mpdhelp.py**

## DESCRIPTION

- **The following mpd commands are available.**

  **For usage of any specific one,** **invoke it with the single argument --help .**

- **mpd**

  **start an mpd daemon**

- **mpdtrace**

  **show all mpd's in ring**

- **mpdboot**

  **start a ring of daemons all at once**

- **mpdringtest**

  **test how long it takes for a message to circle the ring**

- **mpdexit**

  **remove one mpd from the ring**

- **mpdallexit**

  **take down all daemons in ring**

- **mpdcleanup**

  **repair local Unix socket if ring crashed badly**

- **mpdlistjobs**

  **list processes of jobs (-a or --all: all jobs for all users)**

- **mpdkilljob**

  **kill all processes of a single job**

- **mpdsigjob**

  **deliver a specific signal to the application processes of a job**

- **mpiexec**

  **start a parallel job**

**Each command can be invoked with the --help argument, which prints usage** **information for the command without running it.**

## FUNCTIONS

**ctime(...)** **ctime(seconds) -\> string**

**Convert a time in seconds since the Epoch to a string in local time.** **This is equivalent to asctime(localtime(seconds)). When the time tuple is** **not present, current time as returned by localtime() is used.**

## DATA

**\_\_author\_\_ = 'Ralph Butler and Rusty Lusk'** **\_\_credits\_\_ = ''** **\_\_date\_\_ = 'Mon Feb 22 16:28:13 2010'** **\_\_version\_\_ = '$Revision: 1.8 $'**

## VERSION

**1.8**

## DATE

**Mon Feb 22 16:28:13 2010**

## AUTHOR

**Ralph Butler and Rusty Lusk**

## CREDITS