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Chapter 4. Documentation
This chapter describes the documentation that supports the MPT 1.2.1
release. It contains information about the following:
* Online information access
* Documentation included with the release
4.1 Online Information Access
The following types of online information products are available to MPT
1.2.1 customers:
* The Cray Research Online Software Publications Library, which is
available through the World Wide Web at the following URL:
http://www.cray.com/products/software/publications
* The Cray DynaWeb server, which allows you to view manuals online using
a World Wide Web browser such as Netscape or Mosaic. Please see your
Cray Research system administrator for the local URL of the Cray
DynaWeb server.
* The User Publications Catalog, publication CP-0099, describes Cray
Research product documentation available to customers. Cray Research
customers who subscribe to the Cray Inform (CRInform) program can
access this information on CRInform. For additional information about
the CRInform program, see Section 5.5. Cray Research personnel can
access the catalog through the World Wide Web at the following URL:
http://wwwsdiv.cray.com/PUBLIC/pubs
* Man pages, which describe a particular element of the operating system
or a compatible product. To see a detailed description of a particular
command or routine, use the man(1) command.
* A message system, available on UNICOS and UNICOS/mk systems, which
provides explanations of error messages. To see an explanation of a
message, use the explain(1) command.
* Cray Research online glossary, available on UNICOS and UNICOS/mk
systems, which explains the terms used in a manual. To get a
definition, use the define(1) command.
* IRIX books, man pages, and release notes at the following URLs:
http://techpubs.sgi.com/infosearch
http://techpubs.sgi.com/library
* IRIS InSight, available on IRIX systems, which allows you to view
manuals online. For a description of IRIS InSight, see the insight(1)
man page
4.2 Documentation Included with the Release
Documentation included with this release is online only. For a description
of MPI, see the Message Passing Toolkit: MPI Programmer's Manual,
publication SR-2197. For a description of PVM, see the Message Passing
Toolkit: PVM Programmer's Manual, publication SR-2196. For information on
accessing these documents, see Section 4.1
The man pages for MPI and PVM are available in online form only. SHMEM man
pages are printed in the SHMEM Library Ready Reference, publication SQ-2232
and in the Application Programmer's Library Reference Manual, publication
SR-2165. The following publications are also available for purchase through
the Cray Research Distribution Center. For ordering information, see Section
6.4.1.
* Application Programmer's Library Reference Manual, publication SR-2165
* Using MPI: Portable Parallel Programming with the Message-Passing
Interface, by Gropp, Lusk, and Skjellum, publication TPD-0011
COPYRIGHT(c) 1998 Cray Research, Inc.