NETGET(2) NETGET(2)
NAME
Netget, announce, terminate - octopus network service
registering module
SYNOPSIS
include "netget.m";
netget := load Netget Netget->PATH;
init: fn(nil: ref Draw->Context, args: list of string);
announce: fn(name: string, spec: string) : string;
ndb: fn() : string;
terminate: fn();
DESCRIPTION
Netget simplifies (and unifies) how network services are
registered in the octopus. It can be used to register any
service provided by a file server, or by any other means.
Refer to netget(1) for a description of how to use this mod-
ule as a command, and for the behaviour of the module.
Init should not be called. It is meant to provide a command
interface for the module.
Announce announces the service with name name and attributes
as said in spec. See netget(1) for a description of these
arguments and an example. It does so by registering with the
registry mounted at /mnt/registry or reached by dialing
tcp!pc!registry (if /mnt/registry did not contain a reg-
istry).
The function ndb returns a string with attribute/value pairs
using the format of ndb(6), and can be used to determine
what has indeed been registered.
Terminate ceases registration for the service.
SOURCE
/usr/octopus/port/lib/netget.b
SEE ALSO
netget(1).