1vpcd(8) powerman vpcd(8)
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6 vpcd - virtual power control daemon
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9 vpcd [--port PORT]
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12 vpcd is a test program for PowerMan which emulates a remote power con‐
13 trol device. It can be run interactively by the powerman daemon, or it
14 can listen on a port of your choosing.
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17 -p, --port PORT
18 Instructs vpcd to listen for connections on the specified port
19 instead of using stdin/stdout. Only one connection will be
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23 The following commands are available at the vpcd> prompt:
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25 login The login command must br run before any of the other commands
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28 logoff Return vpcd to the initial state.
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30 stat PLUG|*
31 Show the power status of PLUG. If PLUG is ``*'', perform this
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34 beacon PLUG|*
35 Show the beacon status of PLUG. If PLUG is ``*'', perform this
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38 temp PLUG|*
39 Show the temperature of the node attached to PLUG. If PLUG is
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42 spew COUNT
43 Print COUNT 80-char lines. This is the basis of a buffer han‐
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46 on PLUG|*
47 Turn on PLUG. If PLUG is ``*'', perform this action on all
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51 Turn off PLUG. If PLUG is ``*'', perform this action on all
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55 Light the beacon on PLUG. If PLUG is ``*'', perform this action
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58 unflash PLUG|*
59 Unlight the beacon on PLUG. If PLUG is ``*'', perform this
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62 reset PLUG|*
63 Reset the node attached to PLUG. If PLUG is ``*'', perform this
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72 PowerMan was originally developed by Andrew Uselton on LLNL's Linux
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78 powerman(1), powermand(8), httppower(8), plmpower(8), vpcd(8), power‐
79 man.conf(5), powerman.dev(5), powerman-devices(7).
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81 http://sourceforge.net/projects/powerman
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85powerman-2.3.5 2009-02-09 vpcd(8)