1ISDNRATE(1) General Commands Manual ISDNRATE(1)
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6 isdnrate - Print telefon rates and various info from rate-files(5).
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9 isdnrate -bbest -dday -ffrom -hhour -llen -o -pprovs -r vNN -s -ttakt
10 -vverbose -xexclude -C -Ddet -Gdata -H -L -N -Osocketfile -Ppiddir
11 -Ssort -T -U -V -Xexplain -Z NUMBER ...
12 All options are optional.
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16 The isdnrate program prints various information from rate-files(5).
17 It's main purpose is the calculation of telefon rates from your loca‐
18 tion to an arbitrary destination at a certain time and of a certain
19 length for all the providers in a rate-file.
20 NUMBER
22 A telefon number may be
23 1234 a local area number
25 01234 a different area in your country
27 +12345 a foreign country
29 China text for a foreign country
31 Paris a town
33 US a code as defined in country.dat.
35 Internet a Service name (if option -s is also given).
37 Note that currently only city names in AT, DE, NL are supported plus
39 some international capitals.
40 Note also, spaces in country- or service names may be given as under‐
41 scores.
42 OPTIONS
44 -bbest Print only best providers. Default is all.
45 -crateconf Use rateconf as provider selection file and ignore setting
47 in isdn.conf.
48 -dday Calc rates for day. day can be one of
50 dd day of current month
52 dd.mm day month
53 dd.mm.yy[yy] day, month, year
54 W Weekday
55 N Weekday - night
56 E Weekend
57 Default is now.
59 -ffrom Callers location. Default ist from isdn.conf.
61 -hhour Time hh[:mm[:ss]] of call. Default is now.
63 -iratefile Use ratefile (usually rate-CC.dat) as source for telephone
65 fees and ignore setting in isdn.conf.
66 -llen Length of call in second. Default value is 153 secs.
68 -o Show only booked providers. These are providers, which are listed in
70 rate.conf.
71 -p provider[,provider...] Print only info for given provider(s).
73 provider is the provider number, without the leading VBN, or
74 provider_variant if there are more variations, or B for business
75 providers.
76 -rvNN Show only providers whose vbn begins with NN. The vbn is also
78 known as provider prefix consisting of VBN and provider number.
79 -s Consider NUMBER as the name of a service and print all numbers /
81 providers, which supply this service.
82 -ttakt Print only providers, which have calculation impulses smaller or
84 equal to takt. Default is 9999.
85 -vverbose Set verbose level.
87 -x provider[,provider...] Exclude these provider(s).
89 DISPLAY AND RUN OPTIONS
91 -C Connect to a running isdnrate daemon. This avoids long startup
92 times.
93 -D Start as a daemon, waiting for connections from a client. The socket
95 /tmp/isdnrate is created, which clients can connect to.
96 -D2 Start as a daemon and go background.
98 -CD3 Stop a running daemon.
100 -Gn Print raw data for connection. n may be currently 97,98,99.
102 -H Print a header.
104 -L Print a semicolon separated list of
106 vbn ; providername ; zone ; day ; time ; currency ; charge ;
108 basicprice ; price ; duration ; charge/min ; takt ; minimum
109 price
110 -N Show info about following numbers. If no provider is given, the pre‐
112 selected provider is used.
113 -Osocketfile Write socket to given filename on start of daemon. Default
115 is tmp/isdnrate.
116 -Ppiddir Write own PID to piddir/isdnrate.pid on start of daemon.
118 -Ssort Sort output by sort, which may be
120 v vbn or n provider name. Default is by charge.
122 -T Print a table of charges for daytimes weekday/weekend.
124 -V Print version info and exit.
126 -Xexplain Print additional information for charge or from rate-file.
128 explain may be
129 1 (zone)
131 2 (charge/min, zone, day, time)
132 50 International areas
133 51 National zones
134 52 Services
135 COMMENT Print C:COMMENT: info from rate files.
136 If -s is given, the number of the service is also listed with -X1 or
138 -X2.
139 -Z Print info for LCR
141 e.g. isdnrate -p1 -ZX 19430
142 shows the rate for provider 1 and the cheapest rate to this service.
143 Note: Various output options may not be used together. If you gave con‐
145 flicting options you'll see a warning.
146 Note also: Sort by name or providernumber and -bbest will bring you the
147 first best providers in sorting order, not the cheapest.
148 And finally: Some options like -X50, -X51, -X52, -D, -V don't require a
149 telefon NUMBER.
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152 rate-CC.dat, holiday-CC.dat, dest.gdbm, zone-CC-PPP.gdbm, isdn.conf,
153 telrate.cgi and more.
154 Note: The extension of zone- and dest data files depends on configura‐
155 tion. Recently .cdb is used.
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158 isdnrate -D2
159 Start the isdnrate daemon.
160 isdnrate -D2 -P /var/run -O /tmp/isdnr_socket
162 Start the isdnrate daemon, write isdnrate.pid to /var/run and create
163 the given socket.
164 isdnrate -CH -b5 -f01 -l120 Attersee
166 Connect to running daemon, print a header and the best 5 rates from
167 Vienna (01) to destination Attersee for a connection length of 2 Min‐
168 utes.
169 isdnrate -CX -p1_2,24 +1
172 Show rates and zones for destination USA for providers 1_2 and 24.
173 isdnrate -C -l60 -rv010 HAM
175 Show rates for a one minute call to Hamburg (HAM: airport code) and use
176 only providers whose vbn begins with 010. So provider A with vbn 01030
177 is displayed, provider B with vbn 0190023 is not.
178 isdnrate -CX -H -dW -b5 US CA
180 Show a header, rates and zones for destinations USA and Canada for best
181 5 providers during workday.
182 isdnrate -CHoX US
184 Show header, rate and zone for destination USA for booked providers
185 only.
186 isdnrate -CsX -l60 Internet
188 Show rates and numbers for service Internet for a 1 minutes call.
189 isdnrate -CZ 19430
191 Show rates and the best provider for this (service-)number.
192 isdnrate -CD3
194 Stop the running isdnrate daemon.
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197 A isdnrate daemon restarts (and therefore rereads its configuration) on
198 getting a SIGHUP signal.
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201 rate-files(5), isdnlog(8), isdn.conf(5)
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204 Definitely yes. Sometimes more then one daemon can be started, some‐
205 times the socket is not removed, when the daemon terminates. if this
206 happens ('socket in use'), do a rm /tmp/isdnrate and try again.
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209 Andreas Kool <akool@isdn4linux.de> started this program. Leopold
210 Toetsch <lt@toetsch.at> continued the work and brought this man page to
211 you. Michael Reinelt <reinelt@eunet.at> did the calculation engine and
212 various tools for it.
213-lt- 2004/07/13 ISDNRATE(1)