Subj : human-readable nodelist format
To   : andrew clarke
From : Jasen Betts
Date : Mon Nov 11 2002 06:56 pm

 ac>               The "Net" type is a synonym for "Host".
 ac>               The "Pvt" type is a synonym for "Private".
 ac>       The "Uplink" keyword is a synonym for "Parent".

I don't like synonyms, they don't add anything but confusion, and work for
programmers.

 ac> This text may contain any alphanumeric or punctuation characters
 ac> other than commas or underscores.

I assume spaces are allowed in place of underscores
what about characters above 127?

 ac>       Operating [Dialup] [FTS-1] [at] [phonenumber][,flags]

 ac>           Where [Dialup] is "Dialup" or "Dial-up", case neutral.

 ac>           Where [FTS-1] is "FTS-1" or "FTS1", case neutral.

 ac>           Where [at] is the word "at", and is case neutral and
 ac>           superfluous.

 ac>           Where [phonenumber] is in the format described by FTS-0005
 ac>           (or a superseding document).

 ac>           Where [,flags] is a comma-separated list of nodelist flags
 ac>           in the format described by FTS-0005 (or a superseding
 ac>           document).

 ac>       For nodes contactable via TCP/IP using the Binkp protocol,
 ac>       the following format is used:

 ac>       Operating [TCP/IP] [Binkp] [at] [host]

no flags? why?

 ac>           Where [TCP/IP] is "TCP/IP" or "TCPIP" or "TCP" or "IP",
 ac>           case neutral.

more synonyms... :(

 ac>   Online [text]

 ac>     The [text] following the optional Online keyword lists the times
 ac>     that the node is online.  The format of the [text] field is:
 ac>
 ac>         [day] [start time]-[end time]

 ac>     Where [day] specifies the day of the week when the node is online,
 ac>     and is a three letter English abbreviation for the day of the week,
 ac>     ie. Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri or Sat.  [day] is case neutral.

 ac>     Where [start time] specifies the time when a node begins operation.

 ac>     Where [end time] specifies the time when a node ends operation.

what if you're online from 23:00 to 01:00

 ac>     Times must be specified in 24-hour HH:MM format in UTC,

day of week too :)

 -=> Bye <=-

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