NAME
nws_search - search a Network Weather Service nameserver
SYNOPSIS
nws_search [-a][-o][-V][-f yes/no][-N host][-v level] filter [attribute ...]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page explains the nws_search program. nws_search is used to query a nws_nameserver(1) in order to obtain various infomation about nws_sensor(1) , running activities, available measurements etc... The filter is an LDAP-like filter (see EXAMPLES for few examples on how to use it).
OPTIONS
- -a
-
only the attributes should be displayed
only the values of should be displayed
- -N nws_nameserver
-
specifies the nws_nameserver to be queried
- -f yes/no
-
Indicates whether to format the program output, listing one attribute per line and padding the names. The default is yes.
- -t timeout
-
Use timeout seconds as timeout during communications with the nameserver. 0 has a special meaning of disabling the timeout altogether.
- -v level
-
Set the verbosity in case of error. Value of level can be 0 to 5 where 5 is the more verbose. It is currently disabled.
- -V
-
Print the version informations.
EXAMPLES
To retrieve registrations of all cliques register with nameserver
nws_search -N nameserver "(&(objectclass=nwsActivity)(control=clique))"
To retrieve registrations for all sensors
nws_search -N nameserver "(hostType=sensor)"
To retrieve registrations that have a name starting with abc
nws_search -N nameserver "(name=abc*)"
BUGS
Bugs list is at http://nws.cs.ucsb.edu. ⟨http://nws.cs.ucsb.edu⟩
AUTHOR
NWS is an original idea of Rich Wolski Rich Wolski ([email protected]) who came up with the original nws_memory.
Neil Spring, Jim Hayes ([email protected]) and Martin Swany maintained and enhanced it.
Graziano Obertelli ([email protected]) currently maintains NWS and wrote this man page.
SEE ALSO
nws_sensor(1), nws_search(1), nws_nameserver(1), nws_extract(1) halt_activity(1) start_activity(1)