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.\"Created by graziano obertelli <graziano@cs.ucsb.edu>
.\"
.TH nws_proxy 1 "October 18, 2004" "nws_proxy"
.SH NAME
nws_proxy \- aggregate multiple series for the Network Weather Service
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B nws_proxy
[-N host][-A][-e file][-l file][-i file][-p port]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page explains the
.B nws_proxy
program. The nws_proxy can query
.B nws_nameserver(1)
to find
.B nws_memory(1)
which are responsible for NWS series and start autofetching them. It's
purpose is to avoid the high latency when retrieving a large number of
NWS series. It returns only the last value/forecast pair.
The
.B nws_proxy
can be controlled and queried thorugh the
.B nws_ctrl(1)
program (check for the
.I proxy
and
.I proxyFetch
command.
.B WARNING:
the
.B nws_proxy
can use a lot of memory if the number of series is large.
.SH OPTIONS
.BI -e\ file
.RS
Save the error messages to
.I file.
.RE
.BI -l\ file
.RS
Save the log messages to
.I file.
.RE
.BI -i\ file
.RS
Write the pid to
.I file
.RE
.BI -N\ nws_nameserver
.RS
Use
.I nws_nameserver
to look up for NWS series.
.RE
.B -A
.RS
Start caching
.I all
the NWS series registered with the nameserver as
specified in the
.I -N
switch.
.RE
.BI -p\ port
Listen to port instead of the default for the nws_proxy (8070).
.SH BUGS
Bugs list is at
.UR http://nws.cs.ucsb.edu
http://nws.cs.ucsb.edu.
.UE
.SH AUTHOR
NWS is an original idea of Rich Wolski Rich Wolski (rich@cs.ucsb.edu).
Graziano Obertelli (graziano@cs.ucsb.edu) designed and implemented the
.B nws_proxy.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR nws_nameserver(1),
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