Re: How to stop a kerne calculationl without stopping the frontend
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- Subject: [mg44910] Re: How to stop a kerne calculationl without stopping the frontend
- From: Bill Rowe <readnewscix at mail.earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 02:29:18 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On 12/7/03 at 6:03 AM, drbob at bigfoot.com (Bobby R. Treat) wrote: > I don't USE a command to connect to the Mathematica kernel, and I > don't use MathLink. Are you sure of this? If I interpret your remark as meaning you don't explicitly issue a command to connect to the Mathematica kernel, then I understand. But I believe you will find the connection to the kernel is via MathLink and is started via a command. For example with Mathematica 5.0 running on MacOS 10.3.1 selecting Configuration Options under the Kernel menu brings up a window allowing me to select a kernel. Selecting the local kernel and clicking on edit brings up another window. In this window I can select Advanced Options where I find command line options used to establish a MathLink connection to the kernel. So, even though I don't explicitly issue commands to connect to the kernel, it is being started via a command and is a MathLink connection. I believe you will find a similar situation under Windows. Under MacOS X, I could quit the kernel by issuing a kill command from the Terminal. Possibly something similar could be done from the Windows Task Manager. Note, using system level commands to quit the kernel independent of Mathematica's front end may not be at all desireable. -- To reply via email subtract one hundred and nine