.TH UPSCLI_SENDLINE 3 "Mon Jan 22 2007" "" "Network UPS Tools (NUT)"
.SH NAME
upscli_sendline \- send a single command to a UPS
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <upsclient.h>
.sp
.BI "int upscli_sendline(UPSCONN *ups, const char *buf, size_t buflen);"
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBupscli_sendline()\fP function takes the pointer \fIups\fP to a
UPSCONN state structure and transmits a buffer \fIbuf\fP of size
\fIbuflen\fP to the server. 
.PP
The data in \fIbuf\fP must be a fully formatted protocol command as no
parsing of the buffer occurs within this function.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
The \fBupscli_sendline()\fP function returns 0 on success, or \-1 if an
error occurs.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR upscli_fd "(3), "upscli_get "(3), "
.BR upscli_readline "(3), "upscli_sendline "(3), "
.BR upscli_ssl "(3), "
.BR upscli_strerror "(3), "upscli_upserror "(3) "