.TH ATMON 8 "October 1993" "USGS Local"
.SH NAME
atmon \- monitor AppleTalk device status using CAP
.SH SYNOPSIS
.I /usr/local/cap/usgs/atmon
ATname
mailaddress...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I atmon
uses the AppleTalk NBP protocol
to monitor the up or down status of an AppleTalk device.
.I atmon
is a shell script that uses the
.IR atlook (1)
command supplied with CAP (Columbia AppleTalk Package)
to \*(lqping\*(rq the AppleTalk name specified.
.PP
If the device is down when
.I atmon
checks, mail is sent to the users specified.
If the device comes back up when
.I atmon
checks, more mail is sent to the users specified.
.PP
You should use the
.I getzones
and
.I atlook
CAP commands to get the exact names of devices.
.SH EXAMPLE
Let's say you want to monitor a laser printer named
\*(lqBic\*(rq in a zone named \*(lqRed\*(rq,
and send mail to \*(lqringo\*(rq on the local host
and \*(lqpaul@walrus\*(lq on a remote computer.
.PP
Make an entry in
.I crontab
that looks like (all on one line):
.PP
1,31 * * * * atmon Bic:LaserWriter@Red ringo paul@walrus
.PP
This entry will check the up/down status of \*(lqBic\*(rq
every 30 minutes.
.SH LIMITATIONS
Created and tested on SunOS 4.1.3 with CAP 6 pl 126
.SH SEE ALSO
CAP manuals,
crontab(1),
ping(8)
.SH AUTHOR
Rex Sanders, US Geological Survey, Pacific Marine Geology
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  US Government work in the public domain.