5.6 Piesctl Command Line Options

-c file

--config-file=file

Read configuration from file instead of the default /etc/piesctl.conf. See piesctl.conf, for its description.

-d

--dump

Dump obtained responses verbatim. This is useful mainly for debugging purposes.

-i inst

--instance=inst

Talk to pies instance inst.

--no-netc

-N

Don’t read ~/.netrc file.

-u url

--url=url

Specifies the URL of the communication socket. See piesctl url, for a description of allowed URL forms.

-v

--verbose

Enable verbose diagnostics.

Before parsing, configuration file is preprocessed using external command defined at build time (normally m4). The following options control this feature:

-E

Show preprocessed configuration on stdout and exit.

--no-preprocessor

Disable the use of the external preprocessor.

--preprocessor=cmd

Use the command cmd as the external preprocessor, instead of the default m4.

--define=sym[=value]

-D symbol[=value]

Define symbol sym as having value, or empty, if the value is not given.

--include-directory=dir

-I dir

Add directory dir to the list of directories to be scanned for preprocessor include files.

--undefine=sym

-U sym

Undefine symbol sym.

Finally, the following options can be used to obtain on-line assistance:

--config-help

Show a terse reference to configuration file syntax and exit.

-h

--help

Display command line help summary.

--usage

Give a short usage message

-V

--version

Show program version.