/sys/src/cmd/ndb/cs.c /sys/main/2/ndb /sys/man/6/ndb /sys/man/8/ndb /sys/src/libndb/ndbipinfo.c
% cat >/sys/lib/dist/changes/1176931805.0.txt << EOF
Correctly document the behavior of the @ flag
EOF
[geoff] --rw-rw-r-- M 44 glenda sys 33123 Apr 18 17:30 sys/src/cmd/ndb/cs.c
/n/sourcesdump/2007/0418/plan9/sys/src/cmd/ndb/cs.c:1770,1778 -
/n/sources/plan9/sys/src/cmd/ndb/cs.c:1770,1778
*/
nresolve = 0;
for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
- if(*list[i] == '@'){
+ if(*list[i] == '@'){ /* @attr=val ? */
list[i]++;
- resolve[i] = 1;
+ resolve[i] = 1; /* we'll resolve it */
nresolve++;
} else
resolve[i] = 0;
[geoff] --rw-rw-r-- M 44 glenda sys 9743 Apr 18 17:35 sys/man/2/ndb
/n/sourcesdump/2007/0418/plan9/sys/man/2/ndb:262,267 -
/n/sources/plan9/sys/man/2/ndb:262,276
.I n
element array
.IR attrs .
+ If any
+ .I attrs
+ begin with
+ .LR @ ,
+ the
+ .L @
+ is excluded from the attribute name,
+ but causes any corresponding value returned
+ to be a resolved IP address(es), not a name.
For example, consider the following database entries describing a network,
a subnetwork, and a system.
.IP
[geoff] --rw-rw-r-- M 44 glenda sys 6671 Apr 18 17:35 sys/man/6/ndb
/n/sourcesdump/2007/0418/plan9/sys/man/6/ndb:241,249 -
/n/sources/plan9/sys/man/6/ndb:241,246
.B dns
a DNS server to use (for DNS and DHCP)
.TP
- .B @dns
- a DNS server to forward queries to when running as a resolver (for DNS)
- .TP
.B ntp
an NTP server to use (for DHCP)
.TP
[geoff] --rw-rw-r-- M 44 glenda sys 13254 Apr 18 17:35 sys/man/8/ndb
/n/sourcesdump/2007/0418/plan9/sys/man/8/ndb:297,303 -
/n/sources/plan9/sys/man/8/ndb:297,303
must be a space-separated list of such DNS servers' IP addresses,
otherwise optional
.IR ndb (6)
- .B @dns
+ .B dns
attributes name DNS servers to forward queries to.
.TP
.B -R
[geoff] --rw-rw-r-- M 44 glenda sys 5181 Apr 18 17:29 sys/src/libndb/ndbipinfo.c
/n/sourcesdump/2007/0418/plan9/sys/src/libndb/ndbipinfo.c:34,41 -
/n/sources/plan9/sys/src/libndb/ndbipinfo.c:34,41
first = t;
last = t;
p = *argv++;
- if(*p == '@'){
- t->ptr |= Faddr;
+ if(*p == '@'){ /* @attr=val ? */
+ t->ptr |= Faddr; /* return resolved address(es) */
p++;
}
strncpy(t->attr, p, sizeof(t->attr)-1);
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