#!/usr/sepp/bin/perl-5.8.4 -w
# -*-perl-*-

use lib qw(/usr/pack/rrdtool-1.0.49-to/lib/perl);
use lib qw(lib);

use Smokeping 2.000009;
 
Smokeping::main("etc/config.dist");

=head1 NAME

smokeping - Commandline tool for SmokePing

=head1 SYNOPSIS

B<smokeping> [ B<--email> | B<--makepod> | B<--version> | B<--restart> ]

 Options:

 --man[=x]    Show the manpage for the program (or for probe x, if specified)

 --help       Help :-)

 --email      Send SmokePing Agents to all Targets marked DYNAMIC

 --config=x   Use a config file different from the default

 --check      Just check the config file syntax, don't start the daemon

 --makepod[=x] Create POD documentation on Config file (or for probe x, if specified)

 --version    Show SmokePing Version

 --debug      Run Only once and do not Fork

 --debug-daemon	Start the daemon with debugging enabled

 --restart    Restart SmokePing

 --reload     Reload configuration in the running process without interrupting 
              any probes

 --nodaemon    Do no daemonize the process (no fork)

 --filter=x   Only measure entries which pass the filter x

 --logfile=x    Append warnings to logfile x.

 --static[=x] Generates a static website in directory x.  If x is left out,
              pagedir from the config is used.

 --nosleep    For debugging you may want to run SmokePing without sleep interval

 --gen-examples Generate the smokeping_examples document and example config files
                (to be used while building inside the smokeping distribution)
		With --check : check the syntax of the generated examples.

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The B<smokeping> tool is the commandline part of the SmokePing system. Its
main function is to run as a daemon and send Pings to all the Targets you
have specified in the Config file. When you call B<smokeping> without
arguments it will start as a daemon and do its work.

If called with an argument, then further functions can be activated, as seen
in the Synopsis above. The B<--email> function is explained in the
documentation on the config file.

The B<--filter> option allows you to run the daemon on a big config file,
but have the config file filtered and only measure the entries that pass the
filter. This is useful for remote measurement. Run Smokeping with two
exclusive filters in two locations and rsync the rrds back to the webserver
host where you run the cgi. Filters act on the section names in the config
file. Multiple section names are concatenated with B</> like path names:

 *** targets ***
 + A
 ....
 + B
 ...
 ++ C

This gives

 /A

and 

 /B, /B/C

If I want to monitor /A my filter would look like this:

 --filter=/A

Filters follow regular expression syntax. The are always anchored at the tip of the string.
by adding a B<!> to the front of the filter string you negate it. Matching entries will be excluded from monitoring.
Multiple B<--filter> arguments can be used to assemble complex filters:

  --filter=/A --filter=/B

would include all the targets 

  --filter=/A --filter=/B --filter=!/B/C

would include all but /B/C.

The B<--makepod> does get used internally to produce the 
L<documentation on the SmokePing configuration file|smokeping_config>.

Please refer to L<the installation document|smokeping_install> for detailed setup instructions.

=head1 SETUP

When installing SmokePing, this file has to be adjusted to fit your
local system. Three paths have to be entered.

One pointing to your B<rrdtool> installation

 use lib qw(/usr/pack/rrdtool-1.0.33-to/lib/perl);

One pointing to the place where you have installed the SmokePing libraries

 use lib qw(/home/oetiker/public_html/smokeping/lib);

The third path is the argument to the Smokeping::main command. It points to
the SmokePing configuration file.

 use Smokeping;
 Smokeping::main("/home/oetiker/.smokeping/config");

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2002 by Tobias Oetiker. All right reserved.

=head1 LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
02139, USA.

=head1 AUTHOR

Tobias Oetiker E<lt>tobi@oetiker.chE<gt>

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