Common arguments


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All of the commands take as there first argument a specification of the processors to run on. To simplify this for the user, the specification allows arbitrary combinations of ranges (consequtive processors) and individual processors. The format is (in a YACC-like format, where [ a ] denotes an optional a and single quotes surround terminal symbols)

 
 
    nodelist -> '-all' 
    nodelist -> range [ , nodelist ] 
    nodelist -> nodenum [ , nodelist ] 
    range    -> nodenum '-' nodenum 
    nodenum  -> digit [ nodenum ] 
Nodes are numbered from one. For example, 1-64 specifies the first 64 nodes and 1,3,5,7,11 specifies the first five prime-numbered nodes. Note that ranges and numbers can be mixed; 1,2,20-40,128 specifies nodes 1, 2, 128, and 20 through 40. The special value -all denotes all nodes.



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