Target 'server' expects remote machine's IP/Hostname as parameter. Add fake remote machine 'local' for local usage.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/mltk b/mltk
index 92be9644..35ddac5a 100755
--- a/mltk
+++ b/mltk
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ print_usage() {
 	echo -e ""
 	echo -e "Toolkit for creating preboot mini-linux for OpenSLX NG (mltk)"
 	echo -e "Usage: $(basename ${SELF}) remote <target> [-d] [-c [module]*] [-b [module]*] [-p profile]"
-	echo -e "       $(basename ${SELF}) server [-s] [<target>] [-e stage31|stage32|addons] [-d] [-c]"
+	echo -e "       $(basename ${SELF}) server <remotehost> [-s] [<target>] [-e stage31|stage32|addons] [-d] [-c]"
 	echo -e ""
 	echo -e "  Mode:"
 	echo -e "     server \t server mode: packs stage3.1, stage3.2 or addons as initramfs/squashfs."
@@ -78,14 +78,16 @@ print_usage() {
 	echo -e "     remote stage31 -c -b   				(clean all modules and build all linked modules in remote/targets/stage31 to remote/builds/stage31)"
 	echo -e "     remote stage32 -c -b rootfs_stage31 sshd   	(clean all modules, build base, policykit and sshd in remote/builds/stage32)"
 	echo -e "     remote stage32 -c base sshd -b sshd ldm -d   	(clean base and sshd, build sshd and ldm, be verbose)"
-	echo -e "     server stage32 -e stage32				(pack stage32 as squashfs+initramfs)"
-	echo -e "     server stage31 -c					(clean stage31 build under server/remote_builds and initramfs under server/boot)"
-	echo -e "     server addons-eexam -e addons			(pack eexam-addons as squashfs)"
+	echo -e "     server 1.2.3.4 -s					(sync all builds from remote system 1.2.3.4)"
+	echo -e "     server 1.2.3.4 stage32 -e stage32			(pack stage32 as squashfs+initramfs from remote system 1.2.3.4)"
+	echo -e "     server 1.2.3.4 stage31 -c				(clean stage31 build under server/remote_builds and initramfs under server/boot)"
+	echo -e "     server 1.2.3.4 addons-eexam -e addons		(pack eexam-addons as squashfs)"
 	echo -e ""
 	echo -e "  Existing targets for remote are:"
 	echo -e "    $(echo $(ls ${ROOT_DIR}/remote/targets 2>/dev/null || echo "No targets for remote found."))"
 	echo -e "  Existing targets for server are:"
 	echo -e "<TODO: Scan mirrored remote machines and the targets they contain>"
+	echo -e "*** Use 'local' as the remotehost if you're running the server part on the same machine as the remote part ***"
 	echo -e ""
 }
 
@@ -116,6 +118,9 @@ read_params() {
 	case "$1" in
 		server)
 			MODE="SERVER"
+			[ "$#" -lt "2" ] && perror "Missing argument to -s (expecting remote host)"
+			REMOTE_IP="$2"
+			shift
 			;;
 		remote)
 			MODE="REMOTE"