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33.\"  $FreeBSD$
34.\" $Whistle: nghook.8,v 1.4 1999/01/20 03:19:45 archie Exp $
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36.Dd January 19, 1999
37.Dt NGHOOK 8
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm nghook
41.Nd connect to a
42.Xr netgraph 4
43node
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm
46.Op Fl Sadlns
47.Op Fl m Ar msg
48.Ar path
49.Op Ar hookname
50.Pp
51.Nm
52.Fl e
53.Op Fl n
54.Op Fl m Ar msg
55.Ar path
56.Ar hookname
57.Ar program
58.Op Ar args...
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60The
61.Nm
62utility creates a
63.Xr ng_socket 4
64socket type node and connects it to hook
65.Ar hookname
66of the node found at
67.Ar path .
68If
69.Ar hookname
70is omitted,
71.Dq debug
72is assumed.
73.Pp
74If the
75.Fl e
76option is given the third argument is interpreted as the path to a program
77and this program is executed with the remaining arguments as its arguments.
78Before executing the program netgraph messages (specified by the
79.Fl m
80option) are sent to the node.
81The program is executed with its standard input (unless closed by
82.Fl n )
83and output connected to the hook.
84.Pp
85If the
86.Fl e
87option is not given all data written to standard input is sent
88to the node and all data received from the node is relayed
89to standard output. Messages specified with
90.Fl m
91are send to the node before the loop is entered.
92The
93.Nm
94utility exits when
95.Dv EOF
96is detected on standard input in this case.
97.Pp
98The options are as follows:
99.Pp
100.Bl -tag -width indent
101.It Fl S
102Use file descriptor 0 for output instead of the default 1.
103.It Fl a
104Output each packet read in human-readable decoded
105.Tn ASCII
106form instead of raw binary.
107.It Fl d
108Increase the debugging verbosity level.
109.It Fl e
110Execute the program specified by the third argument.
111.It Fl l
112Loops all received data back to the hook in addition to writing it
113to standard output.
114.It Fl m Ar msg
115Before executing the program (in
116.Fl e
117mode) send the given ASCII control message to the node.
118This option may be given more than once.
119.It Fl n
120Don't attempt to read any data from standard input.
121The
122.Nm
123utility will continue reading from the node until stopped by a signal.
124.It Fl s
125Use file descriptor 1 for input instead of the default 0.
126.El
127.Sh BUGS
128Although all input is read in unbuffered mode,
129there's no way to control the packetization of the input.
130.Pp
131If the node sends a reponse to a message (specified by
132.Fl m Ns No ),
133this response is lost.
134.Sh SEE ALSO
135.Xr netgraph 3 ,
136.Xr netgraph 4 ,
137.Xr ngctl 8
138.Sh HISTORY
139The
140.Em netgraph
141system was designed and first implemented at Whistle Communications, Inc.\&
142in a version of
143.Fx 2.2
144customized for the Whistle InterJet.
145.Sh AUTHORS
146.An Archie Cobbs Aq archie@whistle.com
147