66 lines
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Groff
66 lines
2.0 KiB
Groff
.TH UPSCLI_LIST_START 3 "Mon Jan 22 2007" "" "Network UPS Tools (NUT)"
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.SH NAME
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upscli_list_start \- begin multi\(hyitem retrieval from a UPS
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <upsclient.h>
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.sp
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.BI "int upscli_list_start(UPSCONN *ups, int numq, const char **query)"
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The \fBupscli_list_start()\fP function takes the pointer \fIups\fP to a
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UPSCONN state structure, and the pointer \fIquery\fP to an array of
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\fInumq\fP query elements. It builds a properly\(hyformatted request from
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those elements and transmits it to \fBupsd\fP(8).
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.PP
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Upon success, the caller must call \fBupscli_list_next\fP(3) to retrieve
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the elements of the list. Failure to retrieve the list will most likely
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result in the client getting out of sync with the server due to buffered
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data.
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.PP
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.SH "USES"
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This function implements the "LIST" command in the protocol. As a
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result, you can use it to request many different things from the server.
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Some examples are:
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.PP
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\(hy LIST UPS
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\(hy LIST VAR <ups>
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\(hy LIST RW <ups>
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\(hy LIST CMD <ups>
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\(hy LIST ENUM <ups> <var>
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.SH QUERY FORMATTING
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To see the list of variables on a UPS called su700, the protocol command
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would be "LIST VAR su700". To start that list with this function, you
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would populate query and numq as follows:
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.PP
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.nf
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int numq;
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const char *query[2];
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query[0] = "VAR";
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query[1] = "su700";
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numq = 2;
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.fi
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.PP
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All escaping of special characters and quoting of elements with spaces
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is handled for you inside this function.
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.PP
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.SH "ERROR CHECKING"
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This function checks the response from \fBupsd\fP against your query.
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If it is not starting a list, or is starting the wrong type of list, it
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will return an error code.
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.PP
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When this happens, \fBupscli_upserror\fP(3) will return
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\fIUPSCLI_ERR_PROTOCOL\fP.
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.PP
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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The \fBupscli_list_start()\fP function returns 0 on success, or \-1 if an
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error occurs.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR upscli_fd "(3), "upscli_get "(3), "
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.BR upscli_readline "(3), "upscli_sendline "(3), "
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.BR upscli_ssl "(3), "
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.BR upscli_strerror "(3), "upscli_upserror "(3) "
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