Neil Nelson wrote:

> You appear to be ahead of me, and I opologize for not getting this

> together a bit quicker.

> 

> What is format you will be using?



IOS keeps source IPs anywhere in the message, but always inside [square

brackets].



There is a prefix like "Local" (saying that every machine that recieves

this should execute it), "Remote" (saying that only one machine of many

that recieve this should execute it) or "All" (a mix of the two before).



After that follows a ".", then there is the function name (causes the

IOS function call), followed by a ":". Further down the line are

parameters, seperated by commas (",") that are provided to the function.



If the IP is the last thing on the line, it does not require a closing

square bracket ("]"), but this should not be a common practice, since it

allows more missunderstadning than the [complete version].



Why this kind of method? So that the reply-to IP can be ommited when not

required without the need for a special subroutine for this.



I am also looking to adding a time-stamp to it. It should be in {cruved

brackets} and in the "seconds elapsed since midnight + whitespace +

date" format. This way, connection and response speed can be determined

during execution of commands, clearing the need for a PING. 



The format makes it easy for the program to calculate the previously

mentioned speed and still gives the chance to quickly transform that

into a normal time/date format, for logging purposes.



This timestamp could also be ommited, due to the brackets format.



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