[Csync2] Underdocumented -N option

Andreas J. Koenig andreas.koenig.gmwojprw at franz.ak.mind.de
Thu Apr 13 04:28:17 CEST 2006


While peeking into the source I discovered the wonderful option -N
that had always escaped my attention in the paper.pdf. I'd like to
offer a few words to be added to the paper.pdf:

In chapter 3.4.2 currently there is the following paragraph:

    The hostnames used here must be the local host-
  names of the cluster nodes. That means you must
  use exactly the same string as printed out by the
  hostname command. Otherwise csync2 would be
  unable to associate the hostnames in the configu-
  ration file with the cluster nodes.

I suggest adding something like this:

  In some cases (for example in WANs) the output of the hostname
  command is well not suited for production use and you would prefer
  to use a fully qualified name instead. You can use the <i>-N
  hostname</i> option on the receiving end to set the internally used
  hostname there and subsequently you can use that longer hostname in
  the host list.

BTW, what are your plans about the paper.pdf? Are there obstacles that
prevent you from releasing its source within the release tarball? It's
often inconvenient if there is just a PDF file as documentation...

Thanks,
-- 
andreas


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