lease file parsing

[Elliot Finley]

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:45:03 +0100, you wrote:

>Elliot Finley wrote:
>
>>  >>I'm writing a script to give me some stats on my leases.  I've found
>>>>that there are no leases marked abandoned but I've found that there
>>>>are IPs that aren't in the lease file at all (that are in my
>>>>configured ranges).  If an IP is not in the lease file, is it
>>  >>considered abandoned?
>
>>  >It may not have been assigned or used by any client yet.
>
>>I don't buy that because when I first fired up the server with an
>>empty lease file, all the IPs in my configured ranges were added with
>>a state of 'free'.
>>
>>Anyone know the answer to this without guessing?
>
>If a lease is abandoned then it WILL appear marked as such. All the 
>installations I've ever done have NOT filled the leases file with all 
>configured addresses, they've only appeared once there's been a state 
>change on them - so I don't know what's going on there. The answers 
>you've been given so far are from people who don't have to guess !

My sincere apologies to Glenn Satchell and Simon Hobson.  They are
right of course - I don't know what I was thinking.... Maybe I should
make it a rule not to send any list email unless I'm sufficiently
rested and thinking straight.

Elliot