SMOKEPING(1)                SmokePing                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 doc-
       umentation 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 com-
       mand. 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>



2002-03-13                     1.8                   SMOKEPING(1)
