dsltoold(1)
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NAME
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dsltoold - DSL modem data collecting daemon

SYNOPSIS
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*dsltoold* [-h] [-V] [-v] [-l ['<file>'] [-f '<path>'] [-F '<prefix>']
  [-m '<modem>'] [-C '<prot>'] [-e '<extra>']
  -H '<host>' [-N '<port>'] [-4] [-6] -U '<user>' -P '<pass>'
  [-b] [-i '<int>'] [-p '<file>'] [-r '<host>'] [-s '<sock>']

DESCRIPTION
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dsltoold reads out a DSL modem in a given interval and stores the information
in an rrd database using collectd daemon.

OPTIONS
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*-h*::
  print help

*-V*::
  show version info

*-v*::
  increase verbosity (may be used more than once)

*-l* ['<file>']::
  log to '<file>' (default "/var/log/'<prefix>'.log") +
  log to stderr when -l is not given +
  log to syslog when '<file>' is "#" +
  log to "'<path>'/'<prefix>'.log" when '<file>' is "+"

*-f* '<path>'::
  write outputs to '<path>' (default "/var/run ")

*-F* '<prefix>'::
  output file name prefix (default "dsltool-'<host>' ")

*-m* '<modem>'::
  specify modem type (see documentation)

*-C* '<prot>'::
  use protocol '<prot>' to connect (default: telnet)

*-e* '<extra>'::
  extra arguments to protocol handler

  (e.g. read from capture file instead of modem when '<prot>'= "pcap-telnet")

*-H* '<host>'::
  connect to modem '<host>' (name or IP)

*-N* '<port>'::
  use alternative port number (default telnet:23, http:80)

*-4*::
  use IPv4

*-6*::
  use IPv6

*-U* '<user>'::
  modem user name

*-P* '<pass>'::
  modem password

*-b*::
  put into background (daemonize)

*-i* '<int>'::
  daemon update interval '<int>' seconds (default 10s)

*-p* '<pid>'::
  pidfile (default \'/var/run/dsltoold-'<host>'.pid\')

*-r* '<host'>::
  send collectd data to '<host>' (name or IP) (default "localhost")

*-s* '<sockS>'::
 send collectd data to '<sock>' (default "/var/run/collectd.sock")

AUTHOR
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*dsltoold* was originally written by Carsten Spieß <dsltool@carsten-spiess.de>.

COPYING
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*dsltoold* 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 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
