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LOOKUP(3PVM)			 PVM Version 3.4		    LOOKUP(3PVM)

NAME
     pvm_lookup - retrieve data from pvmd database
     [In Version 3.4: Relaced by pvm_getinfo]

SYNOPSIS
     C	  int cc = pvm_lookup( char *name, int index, int *data )

     Fortran   Not available

PARAMETERS
     name    The class name, a null-terminated string.

     index   The class index, >= 0 or -1 for first available.

     data    Returns the data stored in the <name, index> entry.

DESCRIPTION
     See pvm_insert(3PVM) for a description of this database.

     pvm_lookup  retrieves  data  stored in the location given by <name, index>.
     If index is -1, the data stored at the first existing index  in  the  named
     class is returned.

ERRORS
     If  successful,  pvm_lookup  returns the index at which the data was stored
     (>= 0), otherwise it returns a negative error code:

     PvmBadParam
	    giving an invalid argument value.

     PvmNoEntry
	    the requested <name, index> pair does not exist.

SEE ALSO
     pvm_delete(3PVM), pvm_insert(3PVM)

				  27 June, 1994 		    LOOKUP(3PVM)
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