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 overriden 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).