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NAME

       gmetric - manual page for Ganglia Custom Metric Utility

SYNOPSIS

       gmetric [OPTIONS]...

DESCRIPTION

       The Ganglia Metric Client (gmetric) announces a metric on the list of defined send channels defined in a configuration file

       -h, --help
	      Print help and exit

       -V, --version
	      Print version and exit

       -c, --conf=STRING
	      The configuration file to use for finding send channels (default=`/etc/ganglia/gmond.conf')

       -n, --name=STRING
	      Name of the metric

       -v, --value=STRING
	      Value of the metric

       -t, --type=STRING
	      Either string|int8|uint8|int16|uint16|int32|uint32|float|double

       -u, --units=STRING
	      Unit of measure for the value e.g. Kilobytes, Celcius (default=`')

       -s, --slope=STRING
	      Either zero|positive|negative|both  (default=`both')

       -x, --tmax=INT
	      The maximum time in seconds between gmetric calls (default=`60')

       -d, --dmax=INT
	      The lifetime in seconds of this metric  (default=`0')

       -g, --group=STRING
	      Group of the metric

       -D, --desc=STRING
	      Description of the metric

       -T, --title=STRING
	      Title of the metric

       -S, --spoof=STRING
	      IP address and name of host/device (colon separated) we are spoofing  (default=`')

       -H, --heartbeat
	      spoof a heartbeat message (use with spoof option)

AUTHOR

       Matt Massie <massie@cs.berkeley.edu>

REPORTING BUGS

       Report all bugs to the Ganglia Bugzilla Page at

	 http://bugzilla.ganglia.info/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 by The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

       Permission  to  use,  copy,  modify,  and  distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without written
       agreement is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies of  this  soft-
       ware.

       IN  NO  EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
       ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY	OF
       SUCH DAMAGE.

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gmetric 							    March 2008								GMETRIC(1)