--- loncom/Attic/lonManage	2003/10/28 11:28:35	1.17
+++ loncom/Attic/lonManage	2003/10/28 11:55:58	1.18
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 #
 #  lonManage supports remote management of nodes in a LonCAPA cluster.
 #
-#  $Id: lonManage,v 1.17 2003/10/28 11:28:35 foxr Exp $
+#  $Id: lonManage,v 1.18 2003/10/28 11:55:58 foxr Exp $
 #
-# $Id: lonManage,v 1.17 2003/10/28 11:28:35 foxr Exp $
+# $Id: lonManage,v 1.18 2003/10/28 11:55:58 foxr Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -71,25 +71,28 @@ use LondConnection;
 my %perlvar;			# Perl variable defs from apache config.
 my %hostshash;			# Host table as a host indexed hash.
 
+my $MyHost;			# Host name to use as me.
+my $ForeignHostTab;		# Name of foreign hosts table.
+
 #
 #   prints out utility's command usage info.
 #
 sub Usage  {
     print "Usage:";
     print <<USAGE;
-    lonManage  --push=<tablename>  newfile  [host]
+ lonManage  [--myname=host --hosts=table] --push=<tablename>  newfile  [host]
         Push <tablename> to the lonTabs directory.  Note that
         <tablename> must be one of:
            host  (hosts.tab)
            domain (domain.tab)
 
-    lonManage  --reinit=lonc [host]
+ lonManage [--myname=host --hosts=table] --reinit=lonc [host]
        Causes lonc in the remote system to reread hosts.tab and
        adjust the set of clients that are being maintained to match
        the new file.
        
 
-    lonManage  --reinit=lond [host]
+ lonManage [--myname=host --hosts=table] --reinit=lond [host]
        Causes lond in the remote system to reread the hosts.tab file
        and adjust the set of servers to match changes in that file.
 
@@ -99,6 +102,10 @@ sub Usage  {
     If [host] is omitted, all hosts in the hosts.tab file are iterated
     over.
 
+ For all of the above syntaxes if --myname=host and --hosts=table are
+ supplied (both must be present), the utility runs in standalone mode
+ presenting itself to the world as 'host' and using the hosts.tab file
+ specified in the --hosts switch.
 USAGE
 
 
@@ -150,12 +157,24 @@ sub subreply {
 #   returns an empty list if the parse fails.
 #
 
+
 sub ParseArgs {
     my $pushing   = '';
     my $reinitting = '';
 
     if(!GetOptions('push=s'    => \$pushing,
-	           'reinit=s'  => \$reinitting)) {
+	           'reinit=s'  => \$reinitting,
+		   'myname=s' => \$MyHost,
+		   'hosts=s' => \$ForeignHostTab)) {
+	return ();
+    }
+    #  The --myname and --hosts switch must have values and
+    #  most both appear if either appears:
+
+    if(($MyHost ne "") && ($ForeignHostTab eq "")) {
+	return ();
+    }
+    if(($ForeignHostTab ne "") && ($MyHost eq "")) {
 	return ();
     }