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NAME

orca − router statistics collection and graphing tool

SYNOPSIS

orca [OPTIONS] <configfile>

DESCRIPTION

orca periodically queries all the routers in its configuration file via SNMP and store the information gathered in RRD databases. This data is then used to generate graphs which can be viewed via HTTP.

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.
−f | −−logfile=FILENAME

Location of log file. By default, messages will be logged to the console.

−l | −−loglevel=LEVEL

The following levels can be specified (in increasing order of verbosity):

quiet

No messages will be logged

errors

Only errors will be logged

warnings

Warnings & errors will be logged

normal

Default messages and all of the above

verbose

Verbose messages will also be logged

debug

Log debug messages as well

If a log file is specified, ORCA defaults to verbose , otherwise, noisy is selected.

−d | −−daemon

Run in the background. You need to specify a log file if you want to use this option.

−h | −−help

Show a help message.

<configfile>

Location of ORCA configuration file.

All of these options can also be found be executing the program with the −h or −−help options.

AUTHOR

Written by Abraham vd Merwe <abz [AT] blio.com>