The Save File button enables the user to save the contents of the PADE Setup window. This information includes the Host list, the Host commands list, and all host-specific lists of source files. Choosing this button causes two files to be written. If the user-specified save setup filename is save_setup then both this file and a file named save_setup.pvmmake are created. If either of these files already exist on disk, then a PADE Question dialog box appears warning the user about this and asking if these files should be overwritten or the request canceled.
The pvmmake file created deserves some discussion. This file contains commands that are determined by the information contained in the Setup window. They are as follows.