[kragen@canonical.org: Re: multicast file transfer advertisement: bccpi.py and bccpo.py]

[Kragen Javier Sitaker]

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From: Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen at canonical.org>
To: Seth David Schoen <schoen at loyalty.org>
Subject: Re: multicast file transfer advertisement: bccpi.py and bccpo.py

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 07:30:17AM -0700, Seth David Schoen wrote:
> Kragen Javier Sitaker writes:
> 
> > This is a pair of Python programs to use to copy files around on the
> > LAN. The receiver uses IP multicast on the LAN to advertise its
> > interest in the file; the sender then connects to it via TCP to send
> > it.
> 
> Have you seen npush and npoll, an earlier implementation of this idea
> in C?  It was really convenient, actually.  We shipped them on
> some versions of LNX-BBC.

I haven't! Can I forward your message to kragen-discuss?

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