espnotify(1)
espnotify - a generic command line notification utility for SGI Embedded Support Partner
As shipped in IRIX 6.5.5. Added in IRIX 6.5.5.
NAME espnotify - a generic command line notification utility for SGI Embedded Support Partner SYNOPSIS /usr/bin/espnotify -E <e-mail addresses> { -f <filename> | -m <message> } [-o <processing options>] [-s <subject>] /usr/bin/espnotify -c <message> [-a] [-D <Display>] [-g <geometry>] [-i <icon image>] [-t <title>] /usr/bin/espnotify -C <message> -p <pagers> [-S <paging service>] [-Q <qpage server>] /usr/bin/espnotify -A <message> DESCRIPTION espnotify is a generic command line utility that is packaged with SGI Embedded Support Partner (see esp(5) for more details). It is used to perform various types of notifications. espnotify can post a given message to e-mail addresses, can display a message on local/remote X display, can post a message to a paging service to be delivered to a pager or can display the message on the system console. espnotify supports various command line options for various types of notifications. These options are discussed in detail later in this man page. More than one type of notification can be specified at a time. There are some general options that are applicable to all types of notifications. These general options are : -d This causes espnotify to display debug information. -n range from 1 to 7 Provide a numeric priority for the message (defaults to 7). The priorities are decoded as follows : 1 and 2 Critical Message 3 Error Message 4 Warning Message 5 to 7 Informational Message The first synopsis is for posting a message to specified e-mail addresses. espnotify invokes /usr/sbin/Mail to deliver message to the e-mail addresses specified with -E option. The options for e-mail notification include: -E e-mail addresses Comma seperated list of e-mail addresses for use in e-mail notifications. This option must be specified for e-mail notification to work. -f filename This specifies a text file content of which is used for e-mail notification. A binary file may be sent if the -o option is used. -m message This option is used when the content for an email notification is to be a string. All strings must be enclosed in double quotes. Please note that -m and -f options are mutually exclusive. -o processing options Processing options for the message. Supported options are COMP (compress and uuencode the message) and ENCO (uuencode the message). Processing options are valid only with -f option. -s subject Subject for the message. In case no subject is given, a default subject is provided by espnotify. The format of the default subject is as follows : [HOSTNAME]: <text> where, HOSTNAME is the name of the host <text> can be "Critical System Error" or "System Error" or "System Warning" or "System Information" depending on priority. If both subject and priority are specified, the subject specified with -s overrides the default subject. If neither a subject or priority is specified, the subject will default to "[HOSTNAME]: System Information". The second synopsis is for displaying a message (graphical notification) to a local/remote X display. The options for graphical notification include: -a This options specifies that audio should be used along with graphical notification. Audio notification cannot be run without graphical notification. Audio is played via the /usr/sbin/ssplay command on which host it is executed. It is not possible to play audio on a remote host. -c message A text string for use as GUI notification content. Text must be contained within double quotes if spaces are needed in the string. This option must be specified to perform a graphical notification. -D Display Specifies an alternate display host on which to display a graphical notification. The default is to display on the host specified in the $DISPLAY environment variable. -g geometry X compatible geometry string in the form WIDTHxHEIGHT+XOFF+YOFF where WIDTH, HEIGHT, XOFF, and YOFF are numbers) for specifying a preferred size and location for this application's main window. -i icon image This option specifies the icon to display within graphical notifications. There are four options: Critical Error Warning Info If a priority is set with the -n option, the icon is set accordingly. If neither priority or icon_image is specified, the "Info" icon will be defaulted to. -t title This specifies the title of the graphical notification. If a numeric notification priority is set with -n, title defaults to: Priority 1 - "Critical System Error" Priority 2 - "System Error" Priority 3 - "System Warning" Priority 4 - "System Information" If neither a title nor priority are specified the title will default to: "System information" If a priority is specified, a custom title can still be specified. The third synopsis is for sending a message to a specified pager. espnotify uses qpage (see QuickPage(1m) for more details) to deliver the message. The QuickPage daemon must be running on the machine that delivers the page. This daemon is started during system startup if chkconfig variable, quickpage is turned on. The configuration of the daemon can be done via SGI Embedded Support Partner User Interface. Please refer to the SGI Embedded Support Partner User's Guide for more details. The options for paging notification include: -C message Specifies a text string for use as alphanumeric page content. Text must be contained within double quotes if spaces are needed in the string. This option must be specified for paging notification to work. -p pagers Comma seperated list of pager or pager-ids that are to receive a notification. One or more of each can be specified on the command line. Pager specifications are stored in /etc/qpage.cf file on the server that is delivering the page. The pagers can be set from the SGI Embedded Support Partner User Interface. -S paging service This options allows the specification of an alternate paging service. Service specifications are stored in /etc/qpage.cf file on the server that is delivering the page. These services can be set from the SGI Embedded Support Partner User Interface. If no service is specified then the service with name set as 'default' is used to deliver the page. -Q qpage server This option allows the specification of an alternate server on which the QuickPage daemon is running. If this option is not specified a connection to the local Qpage daemon will be tried. The fourth synopsis is to display message on the terminal/system console. The message specified with -A is displayed on the standard output of the terminal if open. Otherwise, the message is displayed on the system console. EXAMPLES Send a prioritized GUI notification. % espnotify -n 2 -c "Widget 25 failure" Send a prioritized e-mail notification with string content along with a page. In this example we are using a "pager" definiton defined in /etc/qpage.cf as the argument for the -p parameter. % espnotify -n 2 -E john@xyz.com -m "System disk is nearing capacity" -p johndoe -C "System disk is nearing capacity" Send a page to "johndoe". Use an alternate Qpage server along with an alternate paging service. "johndoe" along with the alternate paging service name must exist in /etc/qpage.cf configuration file on the alternate QuickPage Server. % espnotify -C "System temperature too high" -Q pager.server.com -S airtouch -p johndoe SEE ALSO Mail(1), QuickPage(1m), esp(5). REFERENCES SGI Embedded Support Partner Documentation.