NAME
ngctl —
netgraph control utility
SYNOPSIS
ngctl |
[-d] [-f
filename] [-n
nodename] [command ...] |
DESCRIPTION
Thengctl utility creates a new netgraph node of type
socket
which can be used to issue netgraph commands. If no -f
flag is given, no command is supplied on the command line, and standard input
is a tty, ngctl will enter interactive mode. Otherwise
ngctl will execute the supplied command(s) and exit
immediately.
Nodes can be created, removed, joined together, etc. ASCII formatted control messages can be sent to any node if that node supports binary/ASCII control message conversion.
In interactive mode, ngctl will display
any control messages and data packets received by the socket node. In the
case of control messages, the message arguments are displayed in ASCII form
if the originating node supports conversion.
The options are as follows:
-fnodeinfo- Read commands from the named file. A single dash represents the standard input. Blank lines and lines starting with a “#” are ignored.
-nnodename- Assign nodename to the newly created netgraph node. The default name is ngctlXXX where XXX is the process ID number.
-d- Increase the debugging verbosity level.
COMMANDS
The currently supported commands in ngctl
are:
connect Connects two nodes debug Get/set debugging verbosity level help Show command summary or get help on a command list Show information about all nodes mkpeer Create and connect a new node to an existing node msg Send an ASCII formatted message to a node name Assign a name to a node read Read and execute commands from a file rmhook Disconnect a node's hook show Show information about a node shutdown Shutdown a node status Get human readable status from a node types Show all installed node types write Send a data packet down the hook named by "hook". quit Exit program
Some commands have aliases, e.g., “ls” is the same as “list”. The “help” command displays the available commands, their usage and aliases, and a brief description.
EXIT STATUS
The ngctl utility exits 0 on
success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The netgraph system was designed and first
implemented at Whistle Communications, Inc. in a version of
FreeBSD 2.2 customized for the Whistle InterJet.
AUTHORS
Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>