tinc - Jan 2013 - tinc 1.1pre4 on Win7x64 coughs on #comment in first line of host file

I have the habit of putting the name of the host within the host file
as a comment usually on the first line.  Helps when files are renamed
and tracking.  The new version exports  Name = victor and so the old
comment style is not necessary.  I would think the new version should
still simply ignore lines that begin with the '#' character.

For example, a normal host file named victor that also contains the
following comment line:
#victor

tincctl --net=mynet import victor

fails with "Junk at the beginning of the input, ignoring."
The import hangs and does not seem to work.

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 05:03:28PM -0600, Rob Townley wrote:
> I have the habit of putting the name of the host within the host file
> as a comment usually on the first line.  Helps when files are renamed
> and tracking.  The new version exports  Name = victor and so the old
> comment style is not necessary.  I would think the new version should
> still simply ignore lines that begin with the '#' character.
> 
> For example, a normal host file named victor that also contains the
> following comment line:
> #victor
> 
> tincctl --net=mynet import victor
> 
> fails with "Junk at the beginning of the input, ignoring."
> The import hangs and does not seem to work.
The problem is not the comment at the start of the file, it's that the
import
command does not take another argument. It expects the input on stdin. So, you
should write instead:

tincctl --net=mynet import < victor

Also, the import command only properly works for data generated by the export
command. If you feed it a raw host config file, it will not work. I'll
clarify
the manual and have it print an error message when you add arguments after
"import" or "export".

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
     Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org>
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