SCLI -- SNMP COMMAND LINE INTERFACE
===================================

Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Juergen Schoenwaelder, TU Braunschweig, Germany

$Id: README,v 1.9 2002/03/22 16:18:03 schoenw Exp $


DESCRIPTION
===========

The scli package written to address the need for small and efficient
command line utilities to monitor and configure network devices and
host systems. The scli package is based on the SNMP management
protocol. The implementation utilizes a MIB compiler called smidump to
generate C stub code. In fact, virtually no SNMP knowledge is required
in order to extend the scli program with new features.

To summarize, the slogan for this little package is:

  "After more than 10 years of SNMP, I felt it is time for really
   useful command line SNMP monitoring and configuration tools. ;-)"


INSTALLATION
============

To compile scli, you need the following packages:

  - GNU readline version 4.X
  - glib version 1.2.X
  - ncurses version 5.X (or a native working curses implementation)
  - libxml2

The package compiles cleanly with gcc. Other C compilers have not been
tested and may generate various errors/warnings. Please consult the
files INSTALL for the building the scli package and PORTING for some
additional notes for some specific platforms.


REPORTING BUGS
==============

Please report any bugs to the scli mailing list. A bug report
should at a minimum contain the version number of the scli
package, the operating system name and version number, plus
everything needed to understand the problem. This includes a
description why you actually believe that there is a bug.

If you got a core dump, please send us a readable backtrace.
If there was a problem with a certain SNMP agent, please let
us know which agent you were using and try to catch SNMP 
message exchanges that help to understand the problem.
(You may want to run a recent version of tcpdump to catch
the messages.)


MAILING LIST
============

The scli mailing list is <scli@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>. For subscribing
to the list, send a message with the subject ``subscribe'' to
<scli-request@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>.


WEB SITE
========

The Web site for the scli package is located at the following URL:

  <http://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/projects/scli/>


CONTACTING AUTHORS
==================

See the file 'AUTHORS' that should have been included in the
distribution.


COPYRIGHT
=========

Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Juergen Schoenwaelder

The scli package 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

