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NAME

       send_nsca - send passive check results to an NSCA daemon

SYNOPSIS

       send_nsca -H <host_address> [-p port] [-to to_sec] [-d delim] [ -c config_file]

DESCRIPTION

       send_nsca  This utility is used to send passive check results to the NSCA daemon.  Host and Service check
       data that is to be sent to the NSCA daemon is read from standard input. Input should be provided  in  the
       following format (tab-delimited unless overridden with -d command line argument, one entry per line):

       Service Checks
              <host>\t<svc_description>\t<return_code>\t<plugin_output>\n

       Host Checks:
              <host>\t<return_code>\t<plugin_output>\n

OPTIONS

       host_address
              The IP address of the host running the NSCA daemon

       port   The port on which the daemon is running - default is 5667

       to_sec Number of seconds before connection attempt times out.  (default timeout is 10 seconds)

       delim  Delimiter to use when parsing input (defaults to a tab)

       config_file
              Name of config file to use

SEE ALSO

       nsca(1)

FILES

       /etc/nsca.cfg
              nsca server configuration

       /etc/send_nsca.cfg
              send_nsca configuration

AUTHOR

       NSCA  was  written  by  Ethan  Galstad  <nagios@nagios.org>.   This  manpage  was  written by sean finney
       <seanius@debian.org> for Debian (but it may be freely used, modified, and redistributed by others).