upslog(8)

NAME

   upslog - UPS status logger

SYNOPSIS

   upslog -h

   upslog [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

   upslog is a daemon that will poll a UPS at periodic intervals, fetch
   the variables that interest you, format them, and write them to a file.

   The default format string includes variables that are supported by many
   common UPS models. See the description below to make your own.

OPTIONS

   -h
       Display the help message.

   -f format
       Monitor the UPS using this format string. Be sure to enclose format
       in quotes so your shell doesn't split it up. Valid escapes within
       this string are:

       %%
           Insert a single "%"

       %TIME format%
           Insert the time with strftime formatting

       %ETIME%
           Insert the number of seconds, ala time_t. This is now a 10
           digit number.

       %HOST%
           insert the local hostname

       %UPSHOST%
           insert the host of the UPS being monitored

       %PID%
           insert the pid of upslog

       %VAR varname%
           insert the value of variable varname

   The default format string is:

       %TIME @Y@m@d @H@M@S% %VAR battery.charge% %VAR input.voltage%
       %VAR ups.load% [%VAR ups.status%] %VAR ups.temperature%
       %VAR input.frequency%

   -i interval
       Wait this many seconds between polls. This defaults to 30 seconds.

       If you require tighter timing, you should write your own logger
       using the upsclient(3) library.

   -l logfile
       Store the results in this file.

       You can use "-" for stdout, but upslog will remain in the
       foreground.

   -s ups
       Monitor this UPS. The format for this option is
       upsname[@hostname[:port]]. The default hostname is "localhost".

   -u username
       If started as root, upsmon will setuid(2) to the user id associated
       with username for security.

       If username is not defined, it will use the value that was compiled
       into the program. This defaults to "nobody", which is less than
       ideal.

SERVICE DELAYS

   The interval value is merely the number given to sleep(3) after running
   through the format string. Therefore, a query will actually take
   slightly longer than the interval, depending on the speed of your
   system.

LOG ROTATION

   upslog writes its PID to upslog.pid, and will reopen the log file if
   you send it a SIGHUP. This allows it to keep running when the log is
   rotated by an external program.

SEE ALSO

   Server:
   upsd(8)

   Clients:
   upsc(8), upscmd(8), upsrw(8), upsmon(8)

   Internet resources:
   The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: http://www.networkupstools.org/

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