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authorChristian Pointner <equinox@helsinki.at>2009-12-19 16:20:01 +0000
committerChristian Pointner <equinox@helsinki.at>2009-12-19 16:20:01 +0000
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parentremoved useless newfile.sh sample (diff)
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+'\" t
+.\" Title: rhdropbox
+.\" Author: [see the "AUTHORS" section]
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 12/19/2009
+.\" Manual: rhdropbox user manual
+.\" Source: rhdropbox
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "RHDROPBOX" "8" "12/19/2009" "rhdropbox" "rhdropbox user manual"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+rhdropbox \- radio helsinki dropbox daemon
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.sp
+.nf
+\fBrhdropbox\fR
+ [ \fB\-h|\-\-help\fR ]
+ [ \fB\-D|\-\-nodaemonize\fR ]
+ [ \fB\-u|\-\-username\fR <username> ]
+ [ \fB\-g|\-\-groupname\fR <groupname> ]
+ [ \fB\-C|\-\-chroot\fR <path> ]
+ [ \fB\-P|\-\-write\-pid\fR <filename> ]
+ [ \fB\-L|\-\-log\fR <target>:<level>[,<param1>[,<param2>[\&.\&.]]] ]
+ [ \fB\-s|\-\-command\-sock\fR <unix sock> ]
+ [ \fB\-x|\-\-script\fR <script> ]
+.fi
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.sp
+\fBrhdropbox\fR is a small daemon which can be used to watch one or more directories for new files\&. When a new file is detected a external program\&. Additional directories can be added to the damons watch list using a simple unix socket based command interface\&.
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.sp
+The following options can be passed to the \fBrhdropbox\fR daemon:
+.PP
+\fB\-D, \-\-nodaemonize\fR
+.RS 4
+This option instructs
+\fBrhdropbox\fR
+to run in foreground instead of becoming a daemon which is the default\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-u, \-\-username <username>\fR
+.RS 4
+run as this user\&. If no group is specified (\fB\-g\fR) the default group of the user is used\&. The default is to not drop privileges\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-g, \-\-groupname <groupname>\fR
+.RS 4
+run as this group\&. If no username is specified (\fB\-u\fR) this gets ignored\&. The default is to not drop privileges\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-C, \-\-chroot <path>\fR
+.RS 4
+Instruct
+\fBrhdropbox\fR
+to run in a chroot jail\&. The default is to not run in chroot\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-P, \-\-write\-pid <filename>\fR
+.RS 4
+Instruct
+\fBrhdropbox\fR
+to write it\(cqs pid to this file\&. The default is to not create a pid file\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-L, \-\-log <target>:<level>[,<param1>[,<param2>[\&.\&.]]]\fR
+.RS 4
+add log target to logging system\&. This can be invoked several times in order to log to different targets at the same time\&. Every target hast its own log level which is a number between 0 and 5\&. Where 0 means disabling log and 5 means debug messages are enabled\&.
+
+The file target can be used more the once with different levels\&. If no target is provided at the command line a single target with the config
+\fBsyslog:3,rhdropbox,daemon\fR
+is added\&.
+
+The following targets are supported:
+.PP
+\fBsyslog\fR
+.RS 4
+log to syslog daemon, parameters <level>[,<logname>[,<facility>]]
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBfile\fR
+.RS 4
+log to file, parameters <level>[,<path>]
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBstdout\fR
+.RS 4
+log to standard output, parameters <level>
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBstderr\fR
+.RS 4
+log to standard error, parameters <level>
+.RE
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-s|\-\-command\-sock <unix sock>\fR
+.RS 4
+
+\fBrhdropbox\fR
+will listen on this unix socket for incoming commands\&. See next chapter for details\&. The default is /var/run/rhdropbox/cmd\&.sock
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-x|\-\-script <script>\fR
+.RS 4
+The script which should be called when a new file is found\&. The following parameter are passed to the scipt:
+.PP
+\fB<path>\fR
+.RS 4
+the path to the folder containing the new file
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB<filename>\fR
+.RS 4
+the name of the new file relative to <path>
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB<filesize>\fR
+.RS 4
+the size of the file right after the event was received, this can be used to determine wheter the file is complete\&. The script should consider a file to be complete when it size doesn\(cqt change 3\-5seconds after the event got received\&.
+.RE
+.RE
+.SH "COMMAND INTERFACE"
+.sp
+\fBrhdropbox\fR is listening for incoming commands at the unix socket speciefied by the \-s|\-\-command\-sock parameter\&. You can connect to this socket for example using socat:
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+# socat UNIX\-CONNECT:/var/run/rhdropbox/rhdropbox\&.sock STDIO
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.sp
+All commands have to end with \fI\en\fR\&. The following commands are supported:
+.PP
+\fBadd <path>\fR
+.RS 4
+Add a path to the list of directories to be watched\&. If the command succeds nothing is returned\&. In case of an error a string of the form "Error: <reason>\en" is returned\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBremove <path>\fR
+.RS 4
+Remove the path from the list of directories\&. If the command succeds nothing is returned\&. In case of an error a string of the form "Error: <reason>\en" is returned\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBstatus\fR
+.RS 4
+Returns the complete list of all directories from the wath list\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBlisten [request|status|none]\fR
+.RS 4
+Add the client to the status and or request listeners\&. When no parameter is passed to this command the client listens to all messages\&. A status listener gets a list of all directories whenever somebody else adds or removes a path to the watch list\&. It also receives the list when somebody sends a status command to the daemon\&. A request listener also receives add and remove requests by other clients connected to the command interface\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBlog <text>\fR
+.RS 4
+Print <text> to the logtargets of the daemon\&.
+.RE
+.SH "BUGS"
+.sp
+Most likely there are some bugs in \fBrhdropbox\fR\&. If you find a bug, please let the developers know at equinox@helsinki\&.at\&. Of course, patches are preferred\&.
+.SH "AUTHORS"
+.sp
+Christian Pointner <equinox@heslinki\&.at>
+.SH "COPYING"
+.sp
+Copyright (C) 2009 Christian Pointner\&. 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 3 of the License, or any later version\&.