NAME

       nnslog - Name service facility, Commandline Logging Client Application

SYNOPSIS

       nnslog ?-host host? ?-port port?

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DESCRIPTION

       Please read Name service facility, introduction first.

       The  application  described  by this document, nnslog, is a simple command line client for
       the  nano  name  service  facility  provided  by  the  Tcllib   packages   nameserv,   and
       nameserv::server.

       It  essentially  implements  "nns  search  -continuous  *",  but  uses  a different output
       formatting. Instead of continuously showing the current contents  of  the  server  in  the
       terminal it simply logs all received add/remove events to stdout.

       This  name  service  facility  has  nothing  to do with the Internet's Domain Name System,
       otherwise known as DNS. If the reader is looking for a package dealing  with  that  please
       see either of the packages dns and resolv, both found in Tcllib too.

   USE CASES
       nnslog was written with the following main use case in mind.

       [1]    Monitoring the name service for all changes and logging them in a text terminal.

   COMMAND LINE
       nnslog ?-host host? ?-port port?
              The  command  connects  to  the  specified  name  service, sets up a search for all
              changes and then prints all received events to stdout, with each events on its  own
              line.  The  command will not exit until it is explicitly terminated by the user. It
              will especially survive the  loss  of  the  connection  to  the  name  service  and
              reestablish the search and log when the connection is restored.

              The  options  to  specify  the  name  service  will  be explained later, in section
              OPTIONS.

   OPTIONS
       This section describes all the options available to the user of the application

       -host name|ipaddress
              If this option is not specified it defaults to localhost. It specifies the name  or
              ip-address of the host the name service to talk to is running on.

       -port number
              If this option is not specified it defaults to 38573. It specifies the TCP port the
              name service to talk to is listening on for requests.

BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK

       This document, and the application it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs  and  other
       problems.   Please  report  such  in  the  category  nameserv  of  the  Tcllib SF Trackers
       [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883].   Please  also  report  any  ideas   for
       enhancements you may have for either application and/or documentation.

SEE ALSO

       nameserv(3tcl), nameserv::common(3tcl)

KEYWORDS

       application, client, name service

CATEGORY

       Networking

COPYRIGHT

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