[Iterm-discuss] using iterm with mpi

[Jean-Luc V. <JL...@lb...>]

I would like to use iterm's tab capability to run parallel programs  
(using MPI for message passing), each tab session corresponding to  
one process. I could not find a way which would work so far. I could  
successfully run a parallel job with each process displaying in a  
different iterm window, by invoking iterm from the command line, like

mpirun -n 2 /Applications/Utilities/iTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/iTerm  
myprog

but there does not seem to be any option that can be passed to iTerm  
on the command line in order to open a new tab rather than a new window.

I tried to use an applescript in order to open tabs and run the  
programs in those, but all the sessions that are launched are totally  
independent from the mpi process that started them.

Does anyone has a hint of wether this is possible at all with the  
current version of iterm or what could be tried?

Jean-Luc


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Jean-Luc Vay
Accelerator and Fusion Research Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - BLDG 47R0112
Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Tel: (1) 510-486-4934
Fax: (1) 510-486-5392
Email: jl...@lb...
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