SYNOPSIS
vpcd [--port PORT]
DESCRIPTION
vpcd is a test program for PowerMan which emulates a remote power control device. It can be run interactively by the powerman daemon, or it can listen on a port of your choosing.OPTIONS
- -p, --port PORT
- Instructs vpcd to listen for connections on the specified port instead of using stdin/stdout. Only one connection will be accepted.
INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
The following commands are available at the vpcd> prompt:- login
- The login command must br run before any of the other commands will work. No username or password is required.
- logoff
- Return vpcd to the initial state.
- stat PLUG|*
- Show the power status of PLUG. If PLUG is ``*'', perform this action on all plugs.
- beacon PLUG|*
- Show the beacon status of PLUG. If PLUG is ``*'', perform this action on all plugs.
- temp PLUG|*
- Show the temperature of the node attached to PLUG. If PLUG is ``*'', perform this action on all plugs.
- spew COUNT
- Print COUNT 80-char lines. This is the basis of a buffer handling test.
- on PLUG|*
- Turn on PLUG. If PLUG is ``*'', perform this action on all plugs.
- off PLUG|*
- Turn off PLUG. If PLUG is ``*'', perform this action on all plugs.
- flash PLUG|*
- Light the beacon on PLUG. If PLUG is ``*'', perform this action on all plugs.
- unflash PLUG|*
- Unlight the beacon on PLUG. If PLUG is ``*'', perform this action on all plugs.
- reset PLUG|*
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Reset the node attached to PLUG.
If PLUG is ``*'', perform this action on all plugs.
FILES
/usr/sbin/vpcd
ORIGIN
PowerMan was originally developed by Andrew Uselton on LLNL's Linux clusters. This software is open source and distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.