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Peer management

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)
STABLE

Is peer running?

LISTEN​

listen( )
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 to locate the computer where SE Engine runs

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

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)
STABLE

Run this process as server named name on host listening on port

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

No description.

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)
STABLE

Wait for peers to start listening

wait_for(Charstring peer)
STABLE

Wait for peer to start listening