On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 17:41, James Edward Gray II wrote: > On Dec 9, 2003, at 4:12 PM, Dan Anderson wrote: > > > Well, I was planning to implement the file transfers using Net::FTP or > > something similar to keep the problems down. But I want every node to > > be able to talk to other nodes, i.e. each node be able to send every > > other node a request to download a file and put it in directory ____. > > There will be one daemon functioning as the master to regulate, which > > will provide a database with the IP addresses and port/sockets the > > other > > daemons are listening on. > > Could every box but the main one be running an FTP server and then you > only have to write the master script?
Well what I had planned was that there would be a module to fetch files and put them where they are supposed to be using FTP, and a "brain" to listen and talk to the other nodes. > I'm just throwing out ideas, to > see if anything sparks. This one is probably too clumsy though, if you > want to be able to trigger moves from the non-master boxes. Well FTP is a great protocol. It's a private network so I'm not to worried about the fact the files travel it unencrypted. Anybody splicing into my network has enough resources to get me other ways. :-D > Doesn't sound to me like your getting out of this one easy, so the > suggestion to go for a framework like POE is looking better and better, > I would think. Thanks for all your help! -Dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>