Afraid not. You could start a single process, and then have that process call MPI_Comm_spawn to launch the rest of them
On Jun 6, 2013, at 7:54 AM, José Luis García Pallero <jgpall...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello: > > I'm newbie in the use of MPI, so probably I ask some stupid question (or > previously asked, but in this case I have searched in the archive and I > haven't found anything): > > Exists any other way than -np X in order to pass the number of processes to > start for an MPI program? I mean a function of the style > MPI_Set_Number_Processes() or similar > > Thanks > > -- > ***************************************** > José Luis García Pallero > jgpall...@gmail.com > (o< > / / \ > V_/_ > Use Debian GNU/Linux and enjoy! > ***************************************** > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users