tcl.pxpw
File mirroring across network.
Description
called through a 'callx' statement, allows mirroring files across a network. The 'structure' attribute in the file-defining item (or 'd-pointer') specifies the location of the remote file.
All updates and, optionally, deletes are propagated to the shadow, or mirrored, file.
Options are specified in the fourth value of the attribute 'structure' (see example below):
Options
a Requests acknowledgment.
n Does not allow deletes on the remote file.
v Verbose.
Example
To mirror the file 'tmp' on the host 'dev1', in the account
'pxp', into a file 'tmp.shadow', change the local
'd-pointer' in the master file 'tmp' as follows
('<--' shows the changes):
Dictionary code D
base 19732
modulo 3
structure dev1 <-- Distant host name
pxp <-- account
tmp.shadow <-- file name on remote host
a <-- Options: A=request ACK
retrieval-lock
update-lock
output-conversion
correlative callx pxpw <-- CALLX to file time subroutine
attribute-type L
column-width 10
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