Appendix A. Description of hostfile

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Specifying the hostfile
How to describe
Details of Hostfile
DTD (Document Type Definition) of hostfile.

The hostfile is an XML file that describes the execution environment. We will show the procedure to describe it.

Specifying the hostfile

In the hostfile, you should specify which host a client program uses. You should type the command option "--hostfile" for the client program.

% a.out --hostfile  host_file args...
      

If "--hostfile" is not set, by default the hosts.xml in each user's registry is used. In other words, "$HOME/.omrpc-registry/hosts.xml" is nnused as the default setting.