DHCP_LEASE_TIME(1)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, dhcp_lease_time is the little icon that queries the remaining time of a lease on a the local dnsmasq DHCP server. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dhcp_lease_time <address>

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So here's the vibe: dhcp_lease_time sends a DHCPINFORM message to a dnsmasq server running on the local host, and then prints to stdout the time remaining in any lease for the address you gave it. The time is given as a string printed to stdout. Periodt. 🫶

If an error occurs, or if no lease exists for the given address? Nothing is sent to stdout, a message is sent to stderr, and a non-zero error code is returned. Not the moment, but okay. 😭

Heads up, bestie: this requires dnsmasq 2.67 or later, and it may not work with other DHCP servers. iykyk. 💀

The address argument is a dotted-quad IP address, and it's mandatory. No address, no service. 💅

🦋 LIMITATIONS 🦋

• Only works with IPv4 addresses and DHCP leases. That's it, that's the whole limit. 🌸

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• dnsmasq(8)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was written by Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>. Iconic behavior, honestly. 💜

And that's the whole page, bestie! It's from the General Commands Manual, and the page itself is DHCP_LEASE_TIME(1). Slay. ✨