John Mc Donald writes:
> We are actually trying to install MPICH version 1.1.2 to do some clustered
> computing. The problem we are having is documented with the installation as
> follows:
>> >Using NFS with MPI-IO:
> >
> >NFS requires special care and use in order to get correct behavior when
> >multiple hosts access or try to lock the same file. Without this special
> >care, NFS silently fails (for example, a file lock system call will succeed,
> >but the actual file lock will not be correctly handled. This is considered a
>> >feature, not a bug, of NFS. Go figure). If you need to use NFS, then you
Why don't they just use dotlocking?
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