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diff --git a/Demo/rpc/README b/Demo/rpc/README deleted file mode 100644 index 97948a3..0000000 --- a/Demo/rpc/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ -This is a Python interface to Sun RPC, designed and implemented mostly -by reading the Internet RFCs about the subject. - -*** NOTE: xdr.py has evolved into the standard module xdrlib.py *** - -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]] - -When called without a filesystemname, it lists the filesystems at the -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). - -There are now two different RPC compilers: - -1) Wim Lewis rpcgen.py found on http://www.omnigroup.com/~wiml/soft/stale-index.html#python. - -2) Peter Åstrands rpcgen.py, which is part of "pynfs" (http://www.cendio.se/~peter/pynfs/). |