<p>Pvpython has an interactive shell, is a single process, and can connect to any server. It's the client in other words just without the GUI.</p>
<p>Pvbatch exists as a means to give the parallel server a predefined script to process. It is part of the server and thus can not be interacted with, nor can it establish connections to other servers. It is the only option on big hpc machines without sockets for the client and server to connect through.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 17, 2012 8:46 AM, "Paul Edwards" <<a href="mailto:paul.m.edwards@gmail.com">paul.m.edwards@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p>Ok, I hadn't realized. I'm still not totally sure what the difference between pvpython and pvbatch is (or why both are needed...)</p>
<p>Thanks,<br>
Paul</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 16 Mar 2012 14:36, "Utkarsh Ayachit" <<a href="mailto:utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com" target="_blank">utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div>
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