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[John Lane Schultz]

> Only got 1 problem to work out how to solve: given that the config
> file says "there are the machines we know about and these are the
> segments they're on", how do I get access to the current "view" of the
> network?

> I can see from my membership list which machines are active, but is
> there any way (short of writing code to re-parse the config file) to
> see what segments there should be and which machines are in which
> segment?

Currently, there isn't an API to access that information.  If you
really did need to parse the config file, a lot of that code already
exists in Spread based on a (f)lex/yacc parser.  So, hopefully you
could leverage that code to a large extent somehow rather than
starting over from scratch.

Cheers!
John

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John Lane Schultz
Spread Concepts LLC
Phn: 443 838 2200 
Fax: 301 560 8875

Friday, February 27, 2009, 5:12:42 AM, you wrote:

> Thanks for the vs_set explanation.

>> Understanding and exploiting these sets is a pretty advanced use of
>> Spread and is probably not what you should be worrying about
>> initially.

> I've solved all the basic spread problems I've had :-)  Messages
> flying backwards and forwards, machines joining and leaving the group,
> all working fine.

> Only got 1 problem to work out how to solve: given that the config
> file says "there are the machines we know about and these are the
> segments they're on", how do I get access to the current "view" of the
> network?

> I can see from my membership list which machines are active, but is
> there any way (short of writing code to re-parse the config file) to
> see what segments there should be and which machines are in which
> segment?

> Any pointers welcome
> Rachel

>>
>> Cheers!
>> John
>>
>> ---
>> John Lane Schultz
>> Spread Concepts LLC
>> Phn: 443 838 2200
>> Fax: 301 560 8875
>>
>> Thursday, February 26, 2009, 12:37:59 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for your quick reply.
>>
>>> I'm looking at the C API doc and the user guide, but it doesn't give
>>> all the answers. Specifically, I'm trying to understand the the
>>> SB_get_memb_info() - it makes reference to vs_sets but I can't find
>>> any reference or description of what a vs_set actually is.
>>
>>> Any pointers welcome
>>> Rachel
>>
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