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            *** Parallel Programming with MatlabMPI ***
            ***         Dr. Jeremy Kepner           ***
            ***      MIT Lincoln Laboratory         ***
            ***        kepner@ll.mit.edu            ***
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WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION X

-Known bugs:
   mkdir() command doesn't work on SunOS.


-Added pc support.  Resulting in numerous changes:



http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/server/help/ntcmds.htm

[Done] Default to local machine type on leader and unix on followers.

[Done] Add syntax machine[':unix'|':pc'][:dir]
  type = pc or unix (add linux, sun, ... for compilation?)

[DONE] figure out DOS ' ; & syntax for rsh command.
  Use " instead '

Figure out DOS rshd configuration:
   rshd: automap.ini
    net use Z: \\strata\kepner

   -customize for user.
   -terminal behavior.
   -matlab flexLM behavior.


[DONE] add pc/unix directory mapping to settings
  ask Andy McCabe
  A: Can be done.  Check http://msdn.microsoft.com

  WORKAROUND: User define mapping in MatMPI_Comm_settings,
    create directory pairings.
[DONE]    Step 1: Allow rsh launch.  Create unixpwd and pcpwd in MPI_Run.
[DONE]    Step 2: in MPI_Init scan directory names and convert to unix type.
          Step 3: Create send_dir and recv_dir.  send_dir defaults to recv_dir,
          but can be rank dependent (allows simple tunnel_host implementation).

    Alternative:  create MPI_COMM_WORLD_unix.mat and MPI_COMM_WORLD_pc.mat
     with appropriate directories.

[DONE] Need to allow control of exit for host node.  Perhaps
  a command like MatMPI_Host_rank(comm). Returns rank
  of host or -1 if host isn't a target machine.
  This would allow syntax like:
    if (my_rank <> MatMPI_Host_rank(comm))
      exit;
    end

[Done] Add MatMPI_Host_rank syntax to all example codes.

[Done] Need to allow away to force background launching on host
  node (i.e. get rid of 'setenv $HOST ' hack to run unit tests).
  Change machines syntax to:
    machine['&'][':unix'|':pc'][:dir]
  where '&' would force launching on background on host
  (and sets MatMPI_Host_rank(comm) == -1).

Add checks of MPI_Run syntax to unit tests.


Add a command like:
  MatMPI_Recv_dir(rank,dir)
  to create rank dependent recieve directory,
  specifically addresses case if leader can't cross mount
  all of follower disks.

  No.  Instead add MPI_COMM_WORLD.tunnel_host,
  then inside MatMPI_Buffer_file do:

   if ((source == MatMPI_Host_rank(comm)) && MatMPI_Tunnel_host(comm))
    dir = source dir instead of recv dir
   end

  Change machines syntax to:
    machine['&'][+][':unix'|':pc'][:dir]

[DONE] MatMPI_Delete_all (how to clean up directories?)

[DONE] Bug: why is comm via local dir slow when interactive (possibly due to
     REALTIME priority).

Bug: 'MASTER:C:\...'  syntax tries to run .sh scripts?

Check MPI_cc.
  Create cross compile script:
    MPI_Run('cross_compile',1,{'target'})
    cross_compile.m:
      MPI_Init;
      MPI_cc('my_script');
      MPI_Finalize;
      exit;

    eval(MPI_Run('compiled my_script',N,{'host:pc','targer1:unix','target2:unix', ...}

[DONE] Check MPI_Bcast (symbolic links)
  Use shortcuts? Aliases?
  WORKAROUND: Make duplicates.

Bug: Performance issues with MPI_Bcast on pc.

[TEST] MPI_Abort (how to kill windows jobs)
  To kill all remote jobs.
  use:  tasklist /?, taskkill /?, schtasks /?, netsh /?

  Could potentially set title bar in "start command" and then
    use this to track to the process via tasklist or taskkill.

  Netsh could be good way to launch jobs on other windows platforms

  WORKAROUND:  User aborts jobs by hand, use taskill on remote
    windows platforms.