niko has revamped smokeping to parse configuration much more strictly. It is all documented in

software/doc/smokeping_upgrade.pod

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bin/smokeping.dist b/bin/smokeping.dist
index 701e3a6..0d193d5 100755
--- a/bin/smokeping.dist
+++ b/bin/smokeping.dist
@@ -18,13 +18,17 @@ B<smokeping> [ B<--email> | B<--makepod> | B<--version> | B<--restart> ]
 
  Options:
 
- --man        Show the manpage
+ --man[=x]    Show the manpage for the program (or for probe x, if specified)
 
  --help       Help :-)
 
  --email      Send SmokePing Agents to all Targets marked DYNAMIC
 
- --makepod    Create POD documentation on Config file
+ --config=x   Use a config file different from the default
+
+ --check      Just check the config file syntax, don't start the daemon
+
+ --makepod[=x] Create POD documentation on Config file (or for probe x, if specified)
 
  --version    Show SmokePing Version
 
@@ -45,6 +49,10 @@ B<smokeping> [ B<--email> | B<--makepod> | B<--version> | B<--restart> ]
 
  --nosleep    For debugging you may want to run SmokePing without sleep interval
 
+ --gen-examples Generate the smokeping_examples document and example config files
+                (to be used while building inside the smokeping distribution)
+		With --check : check the syntax of the generated examples.
+
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 The B<smokeping> tool is the commandline part of the SmokePing system. Its