2012-08-31



The router at home updates my dyndns.org account to have  a  name
to  access my server at home. I have no control on how the built-
in software does its job. Therefore, I installed `inadyn' and set
it  up  to update the IP address once an hour. I used this confi-
guration:

     update_period_sec 600
     username foo
     password bar
     dyndns_system dyndns@dyndns.org
     alias foo@dyndns.org

I like that the long options on the command line are equal to the
configuration  file  directives, but I don't like the underscores
and the  length  of  the  common  directive  `update_period_sec'.
`update_period'  is in milliseconds, which is in no way appropri-
ate for dyndns updates. Dropping  the  milliseconds  options  and
naming  the  other directive `interval' would have been more con-
venient for me.   It  is  also  questionable  if  seconds  are  a
relevant  unit  for  the update interval. Minutes would have been
the better choice, IMO.  Then, of  course,  sub-minute  intervals
would not be possible, but who needs them anyway?



http://marmaro.de/lue/        markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>