Peer management
ALL_PEERINFO
all_peerinfo()->Bag of (Charstring, Charstring, Integer, Integer, Record)
STABLE
No description.
GETHOSTNAME
gethostname( ) -> Charstring
STABLE
The local host name of this computer
GET_IP
get_ip(Charstring host) -> Bag of Charstring
STABLE
The IP address(es) of host
HOST
host(Peer p) -> Charstring
STABLE
No description.
IPS
ips(Peer p) -> Record
STABLE
No description.
IS_RUNNING
is_running(Charstring peer) -> Boolean
STABLE
Is peer running?
LISTEN
listen( ) -> Boolean
STABLE
Start running this peer as a server
MULTICASTRECEIVE
multicastreceive(Vector peers, Charstring fn, Vector args) -> Bag
STABLE
No description.
MY_HOSTNAME
my_hostname(Charstring host) -> Charstring
STABLE
Set the hostname used by the system to host
my_hostname( ) -> Charstring
STABLE
The hostname used by the system to locate this computer
MY_LOCAL_IP
my_local_ip( ) -> Bag of Charstring
STABLE
The IP addresses for localhost of this computer.
Same as get_ip("localhost")
For all IP addresses on all interfaces use
`get_all_addrs()`
NAME
name(Peer p) -> Charstring
STABLE
No description.
NAMESERVER
nameserver(Charstring descr) -> Charstring
STABLE
Make this peer the nameserver of a federation of sa.engine peers.
Format of descr: '' or 'name' or 'name:port' or ':port'.
The default name is NAMESERVER.
The default port is 35021 or the envonment variable NAMESERVERPORT.
If name is non-empty the nameserver will still have the name
NAMESERVER as alias.
Start the nameserver by calling listen()
NAMESERVERHOST
nameserverhost( ) -> Charstring
STABLE
Get current nameserver's host name
nameserverhost(Charstring name) -> Charstring
STABLE
Set host name of nameserver to name
NAMESERVERPORT
nameserverport(Integer no) -> Integer
STABLE
Set port number used by nameserver to no
OTHER_PEERS
other_peers( ) -> Bag of Charstring nm
STABLE
Return all other peers in federation
PEERINFO
peerinfo(Peer p)->(Charstring, Charstring, Integer, Integer, Record)
STABLE
In nameserver: basic information about peer p
PEERS_AT_NAMESERVER
peers_at_nameserver(Charstring except) -> Bag of Charstring
STABLE
Return all peers in federation except peer named except
PEERS_AT_NAMESERVER_LOCAL
peers_at_nameserver_local(Charstring except) -> Bag of Charstring
STABLE
Retrieve peers of federation except the one named except
PEER_NAMED
peer_named(Charstring peer) -> Peer
STABLE
Get the object representing the peer
PID
pid(Peer p) -> Integer
STABLE
No description.
PORTNO
portno(Peer p) -> Integer
STABLE
No description.
PORTTIMEOUT
porttimeout(Real timeout) -> Real
STABLE
Set timout for opening a port to a peer
REGISTER
register(Charstring peerspec) -> Charstring
STABLE
Register this peer in the nameserver with peerspec being
peer or peer@host or peer@host:port or peer@:port
REMOTE_FUNCTION_TUPLES
remote_function_tuples(Charstring peer, Charstring fn, Vector args) -> Bag of Vector
STABLE
No description.
REREGISTER
reregister(Charstring peerspec) -> Charstring
STABLE
Register this peer in the nameserver with peerspec being
peer or peer@host or peer@host:port or peer@:port.
Override possible existing registration
ROUTEAPPLY
routeapply(Charstring fn, Bag inputs) -> Bag
STABLE
No description.
SEND
send(Charstring peer, Charstring query) -> Literal
STABLE
Send query to peer for evaluation without waiting for result
SERVER
server(Charstring name, Charstring host, Integer port) -> Boolean
STABLE
Run this process as server named name on host listening on port
SET_PORTNO
set_portno(Charstring pn, Integer port) -> Integer
STABLE
No description.
SHIP
ship(Charstring peer, Charstring query) -> Bag of Vector
STABLE
Ship query string to peer for evaluation and ship back result
START_ENGINE
start_engine(Charstring name, Charstring image, Number timeou) -> Charstring
STABLE
Start a new local server named name on this computer with image.
Wait for server to start timeout seconds before failing
start_engine(Charstring name, Charstring image, Number timeout, Charstring flgs) -> Charstring
STABLE
Start a new local server named name on this computer with image.
Wait for server to start timeout seconds before failing
start_engine(Charstring name) -> Charstring
STABLE
Start a new local server named name on this computer
start_engine(Charstring name, Charstring image) -> Charstring
STABLE
Start a new local server named name with image
START_NAMESERVER
start_nameserver(Charstring name) -> Charstring
STABLE
Start a new nameserver named name on this computer
start_nameserver(Charstring name, Charstring extra_flags) -> Charstring
STABLE
Start a new nameserver named name on this computer
THIS_PEERID
this_peerid( ) -> Charstring
STABLE
Get the name of this peer
WAIT_FOR
wait_for(Vector of Charstring peers) -> Boolean
STABLE
Wait for peers to start listening
wait_for(Charstring peer) -> Boolean
STABLE
Wait for peer to start listening