1992-12-17 13:32:10 -04:00
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This is a VERY preliminary release of my Python interface to Sun RPC.
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It consists of two library modules, xdr.py and rpc.py, and two example
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clients, mountclient.py and nfsclient.py, implementing the NFS Mount
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1992-12-20 10:58:09 -04:00
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protocol and (part of) the NFS protocol, respectively. There is also
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a way to create servers in Python.
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1992-12-17 13:32:10 -04:00
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To test the nfs client, run it from the shell with something like this:
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python -c 'import nfsclient; nfsclient.test()' hostname [filesystemname]
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When called without a filesystemname, it lists the filesystems at the
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host (default the local machine).
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For hostname, use e.g. wuarchive.wustl.edu or gatekeeper.dec.com (two
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hosts that are known to export NFS filesystems with little restrictions).
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Note: this was developed for Python 0.9.8beta (not yet released). I
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have tried to put in compatibility hacks for Python 0.9.7beta
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(available from ftp.cwi.nl) but I cannot guarantee that it will work
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-- if it doesn't, let me know and I'll see what I can do. In
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particular, if you don't have the built-in module "select", UDP
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time-outs and retries won't work.
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