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We were discussing the possibilities for distributed ratracing
that the mere addition of URL-reading to POVRay would allow.
I have done a patch to POV 3.02 which provides an initial implementation
of that.
A POV server would need only to be started with the URL as
the source (for example 'povray -Ihttp://server/somefile.pov').
Any scene-specific included files could be loaded this way, while
"standard" include files from the POV distribution can be loaded from
their normal directories on the server.
This is not as functional as a full-blown POV server (which we have
written
also) , but it is -much- simpler to set up and use. A maintenance-free
way of hauling the data back to the client is also being considered,
probably by merely specifying an ftp upload or a CGI as the output file
name.
This was actually much easier to wedge into the POV source than I
thought, and I have a test prototype of this already done for Irix6.2 .
This requires the freely-downloadable SGI Java JDK1.1.5(or whatever is
current),
but Java's networking capabilities are worth the trouble.
Anyone who would like the binary can try it, and I should have the
source cleaned up and ready in the next couple of days, and will post
it on our Web server. I will also do a couple more binaries, such as
Solaris and Win32, to make sure the code is portable.
E-mail me at rja### [at] lincom-asg com if you are interested.
Thanks,
Bob
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