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36.Dd May 28, 2004
37.Dt NG_TEE 4
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm ng_tee
41.Nd netgraph ``tee'' node type
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In sys/types.h
44.In netgraph/ng_tee.h
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm tee
48node type has a purpose similar to the
49.Xr tee 1
50command.
51.Nm Tee
52nodes are useful for debugging or
53.Dq snooping
54on a connection
55between two netgraph nodes.
56.Nm Tee
57nodes have four hooks,
58.Dv right ,
59.Dv left ,
60.Dv right2left ,
61and
62.Dv left2right .
63All data received on
64.Dv right
65is sent unmodified to
66.Em both
67hooks
68.Dv left
69and
70.Dv right2left .
71Similarly, all data received on
72.Dv left
73is sent unmodified to both
74.Dv right
75and
76.Dv left2right .
77.Pp
78Packets may also be received on
79.Dv right2left
80and
81.Dv left2right ;
82if so, they are forwarded unchanged out hooks
83.Dv right
84and
85.Dv left ,
86respectively.
87.Sh HOOKS
88This node type supports the following hooks:
89.Bl -tag -width ".Va left2right"
90.It Va right
91The connection to the node on the right.
92.It Va left
93The connection to the node on the left.
94.It Va right2left
95Tap for right to left traffic.
96.It Va left2right
97Tap for left to right traffic.
98.El
99.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
100This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following.
101.Bl -tag -width foo
102.It Dv NGM_TEE_GET_STATS Pq Ic getstats
103Get statistics, returned as a
104.Dv "struct ng_tee_stats" .
105.It Dv NGM_TEE_CLR_STATS Pq Ic clrstats
106Clear statistics.
107.El
108.Sh SHUTDOWN
109This node shuts down upon receipt of an
110.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
111control message, or when all hooks have been disconnected.
112If both
113.Dv right
114and
115.Dv left
116hooks are present, node removes itself from the chain gently,
117connecting
118.Dv right
119and
120.Dv left
121together.
122.Sh SEE ALSO
123.Xr tee 1 ,
124.Xr netgraph 4 ,
125.Xr ngctl 8
126.Sh HISTORY
127The
128.Nm
129node type was implemented in
130.Fx 4.0 .
131.Sh AUTHORS
132.An Julian Elischer Aq Mt julian@FreeBSD.org
133