ispy(1)

NAME
ispy - a network montoring and notification tool

SYNOPSIS
ispy [-c|--config filename]
[-s|--state filename]
[-r|--reset]
[-v|--verbose|-d|--debug]
[-V|--version]

DESCRIPTION
ispy watches a given set of ports on one or more hosts and provides email notifaction when the state of those ports changes (either up or down).

OPTIONS

-c --config file
    Do not look for configuration file, use file instead. If a location is not specified, ISpy will search for it in /etc , the user's home directory and the current directory. In addition, if the location of ipsy.state is specified, that file's directory will be checked as well.

-s --state file
    Do not look for state file, use file instead. If a location is not specified, ISpy will search for it in /etc , the user's home directory and the current directory. In addition, if the location of ipsy.conf is specified, that file's directory will be checked as well.

-r --reset
    Reset ISpy's state. The current state of all monitored ports is written to ispy.state, but no notifications are made. This is useful after one has made changes to ispy.state or after the configuration of the machines being monitored has changed.

-v --verbose -d --debug
    Be talkative while running.

-V --version
    Display the program's version.

FILES
/etc/ispy.conf
    The default system wide configuration file. See ispy.conf(5) for further details. This location can be overridden using the --config option.
/etc/ispy.state
    The default system wide state file. See ispy.state(5) for further details. This location can be overridden using the --state option.

REQUIREMENTS
Perl 5
IO::Socket - Perl TCP socket library
Getopt::Long - Perl command line option parser
mail - standard mailer.

BUGS
None known.
Send bug reports or comments to ahajnal@interport.net. Before reporting a bug, make sure you are using the current version. The most recent version of ISpy can be acquired at http://www.alephnull.net/software/ispy

AUTHOR
Alexander Hajnal <ahajnal@interport.net>

SEE ALSO
ispy.conf(5), ispy.state(5)

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001 Alexander Hajnal

ISpy 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. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the ISpy software. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

ISpy is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.