---
name: "mslaved"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "mandelspawn"
version: "0.07pl2-0.1"
release: "Debian 2.1 (Slink)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mslaved"
---

# mslaved(8)

MandelSpawn computation server

## NAME

mslaved - MandelSpawn computation server

## SYNOPSIS

**mslaved** \[ **-t** timeout \] \[ **-n** niceval \]

## DESCRIPTION

*mslaved* is the computation server daemon for MandelSpawn (see  *xms (1)* and [*bms*(1)](/bms/1.md)). It accepts requests for calculating rectangles of pixels on its  standard input, which should be a datagram socket.   Normally *mslaved* is started on demand by  *inetd*(8C); it may also be started manually using  [*mslavedc*(8)](/mslavedc/8.md), as in

	mslavedc ./mslaved

To spawn  *mslaved* processes on multiple machines, use [*enslave*(1)](/enslave/1.md).

Note that *mslaved* can *not* be started directly from the shell without using *mslavedc* or *enslave*.

The **-n** option specifies a nice value; if no **-n** option is present, nice 10 will be used.  Use **-n0** for no nice. The **-t** option specifies a timeout: *mslaved* will exit if no calculation requests are received within the given number of seconds.  The default timeout is 60 seconds, **-t0** means never time out.

## SEE ALSO

xms(1), [bms(1)](/bms/1.md), [enslave(1)](/enslave/1.md), [mslavedc(8)](/mslavedc/8.md)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1990, 1991 Andreas Gustafsson (gson@niksula.hut.fi)