mpi.comm.spawn: MPI\_Comm\_spawn API
In snoweye/Rmpi_PROF: Interface (Wrapper) to MPI (Message-Passing Interface)

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mpi.comm.spawn tries to start nslaves identical copies of slaves, establishing communication with them and returning an intercommunicator. The spawned slaves are referred to as children, and the process that spawned them is called the parent (master). The children have their own MPI\_COMM\_WORLD represented by comm 0. To make communication possible among master and slaves, all slaves should use mpi.comm.get.parent to find their parent and use mpi.intercomm.merge to merger an intercomm to a comm.

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 mpi.comm.spawn(slave, slavearg = character(0),
                nslaves = mpi.universe.size(), info = 0,
                root = 0, intercomm = 2, quiet = FALSE)

`slave`	a file name to an executable program.
`slavearg`	an argument list (a char vector) to slave.
`nslaves`	number of slaves to be spawned.
`info`	an info number.
`root`	the root member who spawns slaves.
`intercomm`	an intercomm number.
`quiet`	a logical. If TRUE, do not print anything unless an error occurs.