Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:17:17 07/07/99
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On July 07, 1999 at 13:00:44, Shaun Brewer wrote: >On July 07, 1999 at 10:26:08, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On July 07, 1999 at 07:51:51, Shaun Brewer wrote: >> >>> >>>Crafty v Crafty on two machines connected via a lan - can someone point me in >>>the direction of any information that will allow me to do this. >>> >>>Thanks again Shaun >> >> >>winboard/xboard will do this perfectly... it is how I test. >> >>look at the -fh -sh options (first host/second host.) You can >>actually run xboard on machine A, and Crafty (or any other xboard >>compatible program of which there are many) on machines B and C if >>you want.. so you can watch on your machine without having it loaded >>down with a chess engine running... > >Thanks for this info however I now have more questions, sorry I have only ever >used the basics in winboard. > >1. from the WinBoard Help: > >" >/fh or /firstHost host >/sh or /secondHost host > >Hosts on which the chess engines are to run. The default for each is >"localhost". If you specify another host, WinBoard uses rsh to run the chess >program there." > >Can/should I substitute host for the IP address I have allocated for the machine >or perhaps the Windows Identification Computer Name? I doubt the windows name will work. But the general idea is to take the hostname, and if it is not numeric, run it thru gethostbyname() to look up its IP number. With winboard/xboard, I have used either host names or real IP numbers with no problems, so this should work... > >2. Should crafty or other xboard compatible program be present on the host >machine? again from the WinBorad Help: > yes... everything has to reside on the host machine you specify to be used to run the program... books, crafty.rc, etc... >"The dir argument is ignored if the chess engine is being run on a remote >machine (see firstHost and secondHost below)." > >How do I tell Winboard where the programs are located? Sorry if I am missing >something obvious. > >3. Lastly do I have to worry about the /rsh or /remoteShell shellname options I >will used Windows95 or NT whichever is easier on the host machine. > >Thanks again Shaun no clue to the last question. Under unix, no. But under windows? I don't know a thing...
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