Re: [netatalk-admins] specifying zones with nbplkup?


Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] specifying zones with nbplkup?
From: dkelly@hiwaay.net
Date: Wed Aug 27 1997 - 22:25:25 EDT


wesley.craig@umich.edu replies:
>
> > From: dkelly@hiwaay.net
> > To: netatalk-admins@umich.edu
>
> > I think nbplkup(1) should have more detail.
>
> It used to have all of the detail, but since papd, afpd, pap, aecho,
> and anything else for netatalk that's written correctly uses nbp_name()
> to do the parsing, I moved the detail there.

I agree, the information is all there. But it was about a hair's width
shy of being comprehesable on the first couple of reads. The example
given shows great promise:

EXAMPLE
       Find all devices of type LaserWriter in the local zone.

              example% nbplkup :LaserWriter
                             Petoskey:LaserWriter 7942.129:218
                           Gloucester:LaserWriter 8200.188:186
                               Rahway:LaserWriter 7942.2:138
                           517 Center:LaserWriter 7942.2:132
                                ionia:LaserWriter 7942.2:136
                   Evil DEC from Hell:LaserWriter 7942.2:130
                            Hamtramck:LaserWriter 7942.2:134
                       Iron Mountain :LaserWriter 7942.128:250
              example%

but the addition of a couple of lines saying something like:

     nbplkup on a specific zone:
        example% nbplkup "@Bld 7"

     Search for LaserWriters on a specific zone:
        example% nbplkup ":LaserWriter@Bld 7"

would go a long ways. And that's all I'm suggesting. No need for example
output.

I keep forgetting the command to list all zones. Might be good to add
to SEE ALSO as I wonder about that when looking at the nbplkup page. Or
is it nbplkup that lists all zones?

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
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