SMOKEPING(1)

NAME
smokeping - Commandline tool for SmokePing

SYNOPSIS
smokeping [ --email | --makepod | --version | --restart ]

 Options:
 --email    Send SmokePing Agents to all Targets marked DYNAMIC
 --makepod  Create POD documentation on Config file
 --version  Show SmokePing Version
 --debug    Run Only once and do not Fork
 --restart  Restart SmokePing
 --nodemon  Do no demonize the process (no fork)

DESCRIPTION
The 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 smokeping without arguments it will start as a daemon and do it's work.

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

The --makepod does get used internally to produce the documentation on the SmokePing configuration file.

Please refer to the installation document for detailed setup instructions.

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

 use lib qw(/usr/pack/rrdtool-1.0.33-to/lib/perl);
One pointing to your rrdtool installation

 use lib qw(/home/oetiker/public_html/smokeping/lib);
One pointing to the place where you have installed the SmokePing libraries

 use Smokeping;
 Smokeping::main("/home/oetiker/.smokeping/config");
The third path is the argument to the Smokeping::main command. It points to the SmokePing configuration file.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2001 by Tobias Oetiker. All right reserved.

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.

AUTHOR
Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>