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31.\" $Begemot: bsnmp/gensnmptree/gensnmptree.1,v 1.2 2003/12/03 09:56:57 hbb Exp $
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33.\" Author: Harti Brandt <harti@freebsd.org>
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35.Dd October 7, 2003
36.Dt gensnmptree 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm gensnmptree
40.Nd "generate C and header files from a MIB description file"
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl hel
44.Op Fl p Ar prefix
45.Op Ar name Ar ...
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49utility is used to either generate C language tables and header files from
50a MIB description or to numeric OIDs from MIB descriptions. The first form
51is used only for maintaining the
52.Xr snmpd 1
53daemon or for module writers.
54The second form may be used by SNMP client program writers.
55.Pp
56If the
57.Fl e
58option is not used
59.Nm
60reads a MIB description from its standard input and creates two files: a
61C-file
62.Ar prefix Ns tree.c
63containing a table used by
64.Xr snmpd 1
65during PDU processing
66and a header file
67.Ar prefix Ns tree.h
68containing appropriate declarations of the callback functions used in this table
69and the table itself.
70.Pp
71If the
72.Fl e
73option is specified
74.Nm
75expects MIB variable names (only the last component) on its command line.
76It reads a MIB specification from standard input and for each MIB variable
77name emits two C preprocessor defines on its standard output. One define
78.Va OID_ Ns Ar name
79can be used as an array initialized to initialize a
80.Va struct asn_oid .
81The other define
82.Va OIDLEN_ Ns Ar name
83contains the length of the OID.
84.Pp
85The options are as follows:
86.Bl -tag -width ".Fl d Ar argument"
87.It Fl h
88Print a short help page.
89.It Fl e
90Enter extract mode.
91.It Fl l
92Generate local preprocessor includes. This is used for bootstrapping
93.Xr snmpd 1 .
94.It Fl p Ar prefix
95Prefix the file names and the table name with
96.Ar prefix .
97.El
98.Sh MIBS
99The syntax of the MIB description file can formally be specified as follows:
100.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
101tree := head elements ')'
102
103entry := head ':' index STRING elements ')'
104
105leaf := head TYPE STRING ACCESS ')'
106
107column := head TYPE ACCESS ')'
108
109head := '(' INT STRING
110
111elements := EMPTY | elements element
112
113element := tree | leaf
114
115index := TYPE | index TYPE
116.Ed
117.Pp
118.Ar TYPE
119specifies a SNMP data type and may be one of
120.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
121.It
122NULL
123.It
124INTEGER
125.It
126INTEGER32 (same as INTEGER)
127.It
128UNSIGNED32 (same as GAUGE)
129.It
130OCTETSTRING
131.It
132IPADDRESS
133.It
134OID
135.It
136TIMETICKS
137.It
138COUNTER
139.It
140GAUGE
141.It
142COUNTER64
143.El
144.Pp
145.Ar ACCESS
146specifies the accessibility of the MIB variable (which operation can be
147performed) and is one of
148.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
149.It
150GET
151.It
152SET
153.El
154.Pp
155.Ar INT
156is a decimal integer and
157.Ar STRING
158is any string starting with a letter or underscore and consisting of
159letters, digits and underscores, that is not one of the keywords.
160.Sh EXAMPLES
161The following MIB description describes the system group:
162.Bd -literal -offset indent
163(1 internet
164  (2 mgmt
165    (1 mibII
166      (1 system
167        (1 sysDescr OCTETSTRING op_system_group GET)
168        (2 sysObjectId OID op_system_group GET)
169        (3 sysUpTime TIMETICKS op_system_group GET)
170        (4 sysContact OCTETSTRING op_system_group GET SET)
171        (5 sysName OCTETSTRING op_system_group GET SET)
172        (6 sysLocation OCTETSTRING op_system_group GET SET)
173        (7 sysServices INTEGER op_system_group GET)
174        (8 sysORLastChange TIMETICKS op_system_group GET)
175        (9 sysORTable
176          (1 sysOREntry : INTEGER op_or_table
177            (1 sysORIndex INTEGER)
178            (2 sysORID OID GET)
179            (3 sysORDescr OCTETSTRING GET)
180            (4 sysORUpTime TIMETICKS GET)
181        ))
182      )
183    )
184  )
185)
186.Ed
187.Sh SEE ALSO
188.Xr snmpd 1
189.Sh AUTHORS
190.An Hartmut Brandt Aq harti@freebsd.org
191