[erjang-dev] Node naming (was: Re: Major changes :) )

[Erik Søe Sørensen]

Funny...
When I try using -name on the node I ping from, then it complains about
using a non-qualified name. (My machine doesn't have a fully-qualified
name, just "mcilroy").

Using "-sname x@mcilroy" or "-sname x" works fine. And using "-name
x@mcilroy" on the other node (the pingee) isn't a problem either.

Apparently you can only use the option (-name or -sname) which
corresponds with the hostname...

(Thanks for the explanation, btw.)

Den 18-01-2011 13:51, Kresten Krab Thorup skrev:
> I know that in order to use -sname (short name) you need to have a UDP driver, because Erlang's notion of "local hostname" comes from a call to the UDP driver; and it needs that to be able to work with -sname.
>
> Right now we don't have an UDP driver.
>
> -name<fully.qualified.name> is the only thing I have seen working reasonably "properly".
>
> Kresten