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pcheck(1) pcheck(1) NAME pcheck - popcheck client SYNOPSIS pcheck [-s SERVER, --server=SERVER] [-p PORT, --port=PORT] [-t TIMEOUT, --timeout=TIMEOUT] [--help] [--version] DESCRIPTION This command is used for checking the proper function of the pcheckd. It will send a UDP request to the pcheckd running on the machine server (de- fault: 127.0.0.1) on port port (default: 50110). It will wait for timeout seconds for an answer. The answer is printed on stdout. There are two types of requests: The mailbox request (-m) will ask the server about the state of the named mailbox and will output it ('0 no mail', '1 mail', '2 new mail', or '3 load too high'). The load request (-l) will ask the server for the load avarage for the last minute. The output of the command is the answer to the request returned by the server. It has the general format '+OK some message' if the request was successfull or '-ERR error message' if some error occured on the server side. OPTIONS --help Get help on parameters. --version Print version information. -s server Host name or IP address of POPCHECK server. -p port UDP port for POPCHECK service on server. -t timeout Timeout in seconds when waiting for answer. -l Return load avarage of server. -m mailbox Name of mailbox to check. RETURN CODES 0 Successful, 'no mails' when using option -m. 1 Successful, 'mails available' when using option -m. 2 Error connecting to server, other system errors or "-ERR" msg from server 3 Error while parsing the command line. SEE ALSO pcheckd(8), pclean(8), pcontrol(1), pdeliver(1), pproxy(8), pserv(8), psta- tus(1), ptestpdm(1), The POPular Manual AUTHOR Jochen Topf jochen@remote.org http://www.remote.org/jochen/mail/popular/ <URL:http://www.re- mote.org/jochen/mail/popular/> COPYRIGHT The POPular suite is copyright (C) 1999-2002 by Jochen Topf jochen@re- mote.org. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it un- der the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FIT- NESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA pcheck(1)
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