---
name: "memccapable"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmemcached-tools"
version: "1.1.4-1.1+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/memccapable"
---

# memccapable(1)

libmemcached Documentation

## NAME

memcapable - libmemcached Documentation

## SYNOPSIS

memcapable \[options\]

Check a memcached server's capabilities and compatibility.

## DESCRIPTION

**memcapable** connects to the specified memcached server and tries to determine its capabilities by running various commands and verifying the response.

## OPTIONS

- **-h hostname**

  Specify the hostname to connect to. The default is *localhost*.

- **-p port**

  Specify the port number to connect to. The default is *11211*.

- **-c**

  *[abort(3)](/abort/3.md) when detecting an error from the server.*

- **-v**

  *Print out the comparison when it detects an error from the server.*

- **-t n**

  *Set the timeout for an IO operation to/from the server to n seconds.*

## NOTES

### PROGRAM PREFIX

*The prefix of this program is variable, i.e. it can be configured at build time.*

*Usually the client programs of* **libmemcached-awesome** *are prefixed with* **mem***, like* **memcat** *or* **memcp***.*

*It can be configured, though, to replace the prefix with something else like* **mc***, in case of that,* *the client programs of* **libmemcached-awesome** *would be called* **mccat***,* **mccp***, etc. respectively.*

### CONTRIBUTED PROGRAM

*This is a contributed program.*

*This program doesn't follow the standard flag/option scheme.*

## SEE ALSO

*[memcached(1)](/memcached/1.md)* *[libmemcached(3)](/libmemcached/3.md)*