NAME

       pcp-shping - report on shell service availability and response

SYNOPSIS

       pcp [pcp options] shping [-cl?]  tag ...

DESCRIPTION

       pcp-shping  samples  and  reports  on  the  shell-ping  service  metrics  exported  by the
       pmdashping(1) agent.

       The default report from pcp-shping shows two columns  for  each  service  tag,  the  first
       showing service status (zero indicating success) and the second service response time, for
       the last pmdashping command refresh cycle.

       When  invoked  via  the  pcp(1)  command,  the   -h/--host,   -a/--archive,   -O/--origin,
       -s/--samples, -t/--interval, -Z/--timezone and several other pcp options become indirectly
       available, see PCPIntro(1) for their descriptions.

OPTIONS

       The available command line options are:

       -c, --status
            Display a summary of the current shell-ping collector,  including  information  about
            service  refresh  interval,  the current command timeout setting, count of refreshes,
            and the full command line associated with each tag.

       -l, --tags
            Displays the valid tags.

       -?, --help
            Display usage message and exit.

PCP ENVIRONMENT

       Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the file and directory
       names used by PCP.  On each installation, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values
       for these variables.  The $PCP_CONF  variable  may  be  used  to  specify  an  alternative
       configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5).

SEE ALSO

       PCPIntro(1), pcp(1) and pmdashping(1).