---
name: "xpvm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xpvm"
version: "1.2.5-12"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xpvm"
---

# xpvm(1)

graphical console and monitor for PVM

## NAME

xpvm - graphical console and monitor for PVM

## SYNOPSIS

**xpvm** \[ *hostfile* \] \[ **-P** \| **-O** \] \[**-T** *trace* \] \[**-N** *name* \] \[**-M** *nbytes* \] \[ **-Hsetv** \]

## DESCRIPTION

**xpvm** is a tool to monitor PVM and applications using it. It provides a graphical interface to the PVM console commands and information, along with several animated views to monitor the execution of PVM programs.  These views provide information about the interactions among tasks in a parallel PVM program, to assist in debugging and performance tuning.

## OPTIONS

- **-H**

  display usage information

- **-v**

  verbose operation

- **-P**

  start  **xpvm** in playback mode

- **-O**

  start **xpvm** in overwrite mode

- **-S**

  dump SDDF trace file headers and exit.

- **-e**

  dump raw PVM event text

- **-t**

  text mode, no animation in views

- *hostfile*

  **xpvm** will normally use the file  *$HOME/.xpvmhosts* to create and configure the pvm.  You can override this behaviour by specifying  *hostfile* on the command line.

- **-T** *trace*

  **xpvm** will normally create and store a trace file in the  user's home directory. To have the  *trace* file stored in some other location, use this option.

- **-N** *name*

  use the specified  *name* as the local hostname

- **-M** *nbytes*

  set the default message size to *nbytes*

## FILES

**xpvm** will check for the existence of  *$HOME/.xpvm\_hosts* and use it to configure the list of hostnames available.

## SEE ALSO

[pvm(1)](/pvm/1.md), xpvm\_hosts(5)

## BUGS

None, of course.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Anand Kumria \<akumria@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).