1vpcd(8)                            powerman                            vpcd(8)
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NAME

6       vpcd - virtual power control daemon
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SYNOPSIS

9       vpcd [--port PORT]
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DESCRIPTION

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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OPTIONS

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
20              accepted.
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INTERACTIVE COMMANDS

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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50       off PLUG|*
51              Turn  off  PLUG.   If  PLUG is ``*'', perform this action on all
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54       flash PLUG|*
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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FILES

68       /usr/sbin/vpcd
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ORIGIN

72       PowerMan  was  originally  developed  by Andrew Uselton on LLNL's Linux
73       clusters.  This software is open source and distributed under the terms
74       of the GNU GPL.
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SEE ALSO

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)
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