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.TH send_nsca "1" "December 2005" "nsca"
.SH NAME
send_nsca \- send passive check results to an NSCA daemon

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B send_nsca \-H <host_address> [\-p port] [\-to to_sec] [\-d delim] [ \-c config_file]
.br

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B send_nsca
This utility is used to send passive check results to the NSCA daemon.
Host and Service check data that is to be sent to the NSCA daemon is
read from standard input. Input should be provided in the following
format (tab\-delimited unless overriden with \-d command line argument,
one entry per line):
.TP
Service Checks
<host>\\t<svc_description>\\t<return_code>\\t<plugin_output>\\n
.TP
Host Checks:
<host>\\t<return_code>\\t<plugin_output>\\n

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
host_address
The IP address of the host running the NSCA daemon
.TP
port
The port on which the daemon is running \- default is 5667
.TP
to_sec
Number of seconds before connection attempt times out.  (default timeout is 10 seconds)
.TP
delim
Delimiter to use when parsing input (defaults to a tab)
.TP
config_file
Name of config file to use

.SH SEE ALSO
.TP
nsca(1)

.SH FILES
.TP
/etc/nsca.cfg
nsca server configuration
.TP
/etc/send_nsca.cfg
send_nsca configuration

.SH AUTHOR
NSCA was written by Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>.
This manpage was written by sean finney <seanius@debian.org> for 
Debian (but it may be freely used, modified, and redistributed by others).

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