[HECnet] Re: Topology 28-Dec-2011

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2011-12-31 02.59, Robert Armstrong wrote:

The one "problem" with it, is that machines that aren't online also
can't be queried for that file, so it might be a bit limited from that
point of view.

    That's why the file format allows it to contain information about multiple machines.   You'd list all your machines, powered up or not, in the single INFO.TXT on your gateway machine.

Cool. I might have forgotten some details. Looking at MIM::INFO.TXT, I realize that it does mention the machine name, but I don't know for sure if the file on MIM:: follows whatever format INFO.TXT should be in nowadays.
We should try to get a formal definition for that file in writing somewhere.

	Johnny