Request for Comments on invocation syntax

[minaguib]

This ticket's purpose is to host discussion around the tentative command-line grammar outlined in: https://github.com/minaguib/dcarsync#proposed-invocation-syntax-examples

Feedback welcome from all interested parties.

If discussing a particular invocation example please add it to your comment.

[ratelle]

The last example is confusing, it gives the impression that the chain of connection will be :

.:host1*
host1_:host11-host16
host1_:host2*
host2_:host21-host23
host2_:host3*
host3*:host31-host36

where host1* host2* and host3* are the unnamed chosen relays and host11-host16 is a shorthand for the range without the unammed relay host.

But I guess what you wanted to convey is

.:host1*
host1_:host11-host16
host1_:host2*
host2_:host21-host23
host1_:host3*
host3*:host31-host36

Is it a desire to have complex chains or is the goal only to potentially have only a first "stepping stone" which will then communicate with every datacenter hosts through local relays?

[minaguib]

@ratelle I'm adding a dedicated readme section to explain intended behavior