.TH XYMOND_SAMPLE 8 "Version 4.3.28: 17 Jan 2017" "Xymon"
.SH NAME
xymond_sample \- example of a xymond worker module
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "xymond_channel --channel=status xymond_sample [options]"

.SH DESCRIPTION
xymond_sample is a worker module for xymond, and as such it is normally
run via the
.I xymond_channel(8)
program. It receives messages from xymond via stdin, and simply displays
these on stdout. It can be used with all types of xymond channels.

xymond_sample is not designed to actually run, except as a demonstration.
The purpose of this tool is to show how xymond worker modules can be
implemented to handle different tasks that need to hook into the xymond
processing.

.SH OPTIONS
.IP "--timeout=N"
Read messages with a timeout of N seconds.

.IP "--debug"
Enable debugging output.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
xymond_channel(8), xymond(8), xymon(7)