[Paraview] What is the difference between pvbatch and pvpython ?

[David E DeMarle]

typo "batch line" -> "command line"

David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909

On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 11:00 AM, David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>
wrote:

> pvpython isn't MPI parallel and it is interactive. You have to connect to
> a parallel pvserver to work with big data, but on the other hand you can
> type into it and see things happen as you do in the GUI.
>
> pvbatch is MPI parallel and it isn't interactive. You can mpiexec it to
> use it for large data, but it doesn't have a command line and only accepts
> a script via the batch line.
>
> David E DeMarle
> Kitware, Inc.
> R&D Engineer
> 21 Corporate Drive
> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
> Phone: 518-881-4909
>
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 10:50 AM, houssen <houssen at ipgp.fr> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> What is the difference between pvbatch and pvpython ? (general purpose
>> question)
>>
>> My understanding is that one can always use python scripts (from
>> paraview, pvbatch, pvpython), paraview has the GUI, pvbatch is "paraview in
>> batch mode" (that is paraview without the gui). But what is the purpose of
>> pvpython ? When is it needed to use pvbatch or pvpython instead of the
>> other one ? Or what can do pvbatch that pvpython can not do ?
>>
>> Franck
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