'\" t .\" Title: nutscan_init .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 .\" Date: 02/15/2014 .\" Manual: NUT Manual .\" Source: Network UPS Tools 2.7.1.5 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "NUTSCAN_INIT" "3" "02/15/2014" "Network UPS Tools 2\&.7\&.1\&." "NUT Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" nutscan_init \- Initialize the nutscan library\&. .SH "SYNOPSIS" .sp .nf #include .fi .sp .nf void nutscan_init(); .fi .SH "DESCRIPTION" .sp The \fBnutscan_init()\fR function must be called at least once before using any other function of the nutscan library\&. .sp It updates the following global variables which can be used by nutscan library user to know which scan methods are available at run\-time\&. This depends on the libraries installed on the system: .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf nutscan_avail_avahi = 1 : AVAHI scan is available nutscan_avail_ipmi = 1 : IPMI scan is available nutscan_avail_nut = 1 : Old NUT method is available nutscan_avail_snmp = 1 : SNMP method is available nutscan_avail_usb = 1 : USB method is available nutscan_avail_xml_http = 1 : XML HTTP method is available .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .sp Note that if a method is reported as unavailable by those variables, the call to the corresponding nutscan_scan_* function will always return NULL\&. .SH "SEE ALSO" .sp \fBnutscan_init\fR(3), \fBnutscan_scan_usb\fR(3), \fBnutscan_scan_snmp\fR(3), \fBnutscan_scan_xml_http\fR(3), \fBnutscan_scan_nut\fR(3), \fBnutscan_scan_avahi\fR(3), \fBnutscan_scan_ipmi\fR(3), \fBnutscan_display_ups_conf\fR(3), \fBnutscan_display_parsable\fR(3), \fBnutscan_new_device\fR(3), \fBnutscan_free_device\fR(3), \fBnutscan_add_option_to_device\fR(3), \fBnutscan_add_device_to_device\fR(3)