Each actor executes a user-provided function on a simulated |Host|_
with which it can interact. Communications are not directly sent to
actors, but posted onto a |Mailbox|_ that serve as rendez-vous point
-between communicating processes.
+between communicating actors.
.. |Actors| replace:: **Actors**
.. _Actors: api/classsimgrid_1_1s4u_1_1Actor.html
.. code-block:: shell
docker pull simgrid/tuto-s4u
- docker run -it --rm --name simgrid --volume ~/simgrid-tutorial:/src/tutorial simgrid/tuto-s4u bash
+ docker run -it --rm --name simgrid --volume ~/simgrid-tutorial:/source/tutorial simgrid/tuto-s4u bash
This will start a new container with all you need to take this
tutorial, and create a ``simgrid-tutorial`` directory in your home on
-your host machine that will be visible as ``/src/tutorial`` within the
+your host machine that will be visible as ``/source/tutorial`` within the
container. You can then edit the files you want with your favorite
editor in ``~/simgrid-tutorial``, and compile them within the
container to enjoy the provided dependencies.
.. warning::
- Any change to the container out of ``/src/tutorial`` will be lost
+ Any change to the container out of ``/source/tutorial`` will be lost
when you log out of the container, so don't edit the other files!
All needed dependencies are already installed in this container
optional in this tutorial, it is not installed to reduce the image
size.
-The code template is available under ``/src/simgrid-template-s4u`` in
+The code template is available under ``/source/simgrid-template-s4u`` in
the image. You should copy it to your working directory when you first
log in:
.. code-block:: shell
- cp -r /src/simgrid-template-s4u/* /src/tutorial
- cd /src/tutorial
+ cp -r /source/simgrid-template-s4u/* /source/tutorial
+ cd /source/tutorial
Using your Computer Natively
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Please compile and execute the provided simulator as follows:
-
.. code-block:: shell
make master-workers
For that, the master needs to retrieve the list of hosts declared in
the platform with :cpp:func:`simgrid::s4u::Engine::get_all_hosts`.
-Then, the master should start the worker processes with
+Then, the master should start the worker actors with
:cpp:func:`simgrid::s4u::Actor::create`.
``Actor::create(name, host, func, params...)`` is a very flexible