1nnslog(n)                    Name service facility                   nnslog(n)
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NAME

8       nnslog - Name service facility, Commandline Logging Client Application
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SYNOPSIS

11       nnslog ?-host host? ?-port port?
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DESCRIPTION

16       Please read Name service facility, introduction first.
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18       The application described by this document, nnslog, is a simple command
19       line client for the nano name service facility provided by  the  Tcllib
20       packages nameserv, and nameserv::server.
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22       It  essentially  implements "nns search -continuous *", but uses a dif‐
23       ferent output formatting. Instead of continuously showing  the  current
24       contents  of  the  server  in  the terminal it simply logs all received
25       add/remove events to stdout.
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27       This name service facility has nothing to do with the Internet's Domain
28       Name  System,  otherwise  known  as DNS. If the reader is looking for a
29       package dealing with that please see either of the packages dns and re‐
30       solv, both found in Tcllib too.
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32   USE CASES
33       nnslog was written with the following main use case in mind.
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35       [1]    Monitoring  the name service for all changes and logging them in
36              a text terminal.
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38   COMMAND LINE
39       nnslog ?-host host? ?-port port?
40              The command connects to the specified name service,  sets  up  a
41              search  for  all  changes and then prints all received events to
42              stdout, with each events on its own line. The command  will  not
43              exit  until it is explicitly terminated by the user. It will es‐
44              pecially survive the loss of the connection to the name  service
45              and  reestablish  the  search and log when the connection is re‐
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48              The options to specify the name service will be explained later,
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51   OPTIONS
52       This section describes all the options available to the user of the ap‐
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55       -host name|ipaddress
56              If this option is not specified it  defaults  to  localhost.  It
57              specifies the name or ip-address of the host the name service to
58              talk to is running on.
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61              If this option is not specified it defaults to 38573. It  speci‐
62              fies  the  TCP  port the name service to talk to is listening on
63              for requests.
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BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK

66       This document, and the package it describes, will  undoubtedly  contain
67       bugs  and  other problems.  Please report such in the category nameserv
68       of the Tcllib Trackers [http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/reportlist].   Please
69       also  report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package
70       and/or documentation.
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72       When proposing code changes, please provide unified diffs, i.e the out‐
73       put of diff -u.
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75       Note  further  that  attachments  are  strongly  preferred over inlined
76       patches. Attachments can be made by going  to  the  Edit  form  of  the
77       ticket  immediately  after  its  creation, and then using the left-most
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SEE ALSO

81       nameserv(n), nameserv::common(n)
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KEYWORDS

84       application, client, name service
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CATEGORY

87       Networking
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90       Copyright (c) 2008 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>
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