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upslog - UPS status logger
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*upslog* is a daemon that will poll a UPS at periodic intervals, fetch the
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variables that interest you, format them, and write them to a file.
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The default format string includes variables that are supported by many
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common UPS models. See the description below to make your own.
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Display the help message.
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Monitor the UPS using this format string. Be sure to enclose
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'format' in quotes so your shell doesn't split it up. Valid escapes
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within this string are:
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%%;; Insert a single "%"
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%TIME format%;; Insert the time with strftime formatting
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%ETIME%;; Insert the number of seconds, ala time_t. This is now a
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%HOST%;; insert the local hostname
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%UPSHOST%;; insert the host of the UPS being monitored
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%PID%;; insert the pid of upslog
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%VAR varname%;; insert the value of variable varname
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The default format string is:
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%TIME @Y@m@d @H@M@S% %VAR battery.charge% %VAR input.voltage%
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%VAR ups.load% [%VAR ups.status%] %VAR ups.temperature%
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Wait this many seconds between polls. This defaults to 30 seconds.
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If you require tighter timing, you should write your own logger using
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the linkman:upsclient[3] library.
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Store the results in this file.
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You can use "-" for stdout, but upslog will remain in the foreground.
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Monitor this UPS. The format for this option is
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+upsname[@hostname[:port]]+. The default hostname is "localhost".
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If started as root, upsmon will *setuid*(2) to the user id
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associated with 'username' for security.
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If 'username' is not defined, it will use the value that was compiled into the
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program. This defaults to "nobody", which is less than ideal.
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The interval value is merely the number given to *sleep*(3) after running
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through the format string. Therefore, a query will actually take slightly
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longer than the interval, depending on the speed of your system.
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*upslog* writes its PID to `upslog.pid`, and will reopen the log file if you
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send it a SIGHUP. This allows it to keep running when the log is rotated
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by an external program.
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linkman:upsc[8], linkman:upscmd[8],
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linkman:upsrw[8], linkman:upsmon[8]
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The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: http://www.networkupstools.org/
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