.TH HOBBITD_SAMPLE 8 "Version 4.2.3:  4 Feb 2009" "Xymon"
.SH NAME
hobbitd_sample \- example of a hobbitd worker module
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "hobbitd_channel --channel=status hobbitd_sample [options]"

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

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

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

.IP "--debug"
Enable debugging output.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
hobbitd_channel(8), hobbitd(8), xymon(7)