w_ctrl - Watchdog Control Program

Syntax

    w_ctrl [-f config_file] [-l] [-v] [-o] [-c control_file] [command params]

Options

-f

specifies location of configuration file. If not supplied this defaults to $HOME/config/watchdog.cfg

-l

enter interactive loop mode

-v

enter verbose mode

-o

attach STDOUT and STDERR to the CTRL_STDOUT and CTRL_STDERR variables before performing command(s).

-c control_file

open the specified file, and pass each line read to the watchdog as a command.

When interactive loop mode is entered, any of the commands can be entered along with the command QUIT which terminates loop mode.

NB: Great care should be exercised when entering creating or updating program commands which have command parameters. If any of the parameters are standard options (with a leading '-') then thay should not be entered this way, but should be entered using interactive loop mode, or by pre-entering the details into a text file and issueing a load command.