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diff --git a/Demo/rpc/README b/Demo/rpc/README index d05d182..4e00e05 100644 --- a/Demo/rpc/README +++ b/Demo/rpc/README @@ -1,22 +1,33 @@ -This is a VERY preliminary release of my Python interface to Sun RPC. -It consists of two library modules, xdr.py and rpc.py, and two example -clients, mountclient.py and nfsclient.py, implementing the NFS Mount -protocol and (part of) the NFS protocol, respectively. There is also -a way to create servers in Python. +This is a Python interface to Sun RPC, designed and implemented mostly +by reading the Internet RFCs about the subject. + +There are two library modules, xdr.py and rpc.py, and several example +clients: mountclient.py, nfsclient.py, and rnusersclient.py, +implementing the NFS Mount protocol, (part of) the NFS protocol, and +the "rnusers" protocol (used by rusers(1)), respectively. The latter +demonstrates the use of broadcast via the Port mapper's CALLIT +procedure. + +There is also a way to create servers in Python. To test the nfs client, run it from the shell with something like this: - python -c 'import nfsclient; nfsclient.test()' hostname [filesystemname] + python -c 'import nfsclient; nfsclient.test()' [hostname [filesystemname]] When called without a filesystemname, it lists the filesystems at the -host (default the local machine). +host; default host is the local machine. + +Other clients are tested similarly. For hostname, use e.g. wuarchive.wustl.edu or gatekeeper.dec.com (two hosts that are known to export NFS filesystems with little restrictions). -Note: this was developed for Python 0.9.8beta (not yet released). I +Note: this was developed using Python 0.9.8beta (not yet released). I have tried to put in compatibility hacks for Python 0.9.7beta (available from ftp.cwi.nl) but I cannot guarantee that it will work -- if it doesn't, let me know and I'll see what I can do. In particular, if you don't have the built-in module "select", UDP time-outs and retries won't work. + +--Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam <guido@cwi.nl> +"I don't want *any* spam" |