MEMCAPABLE(1)

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version 1.1.4 · 7 versions
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💖 MEMCAPABLE(1) 💖

okay bestie, so you know how we're all out here running memcached servers like the queens we are 👑 but sometimes you just gotta know... what can this server actually DO? That's memcapable, from the libmemcached-awesome fam. Sit down, grab a boba, we're auditing capabilities today and it's gonna be ✨ adorable ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

memcapable — the libmemcached documentation for this iconic little program 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

memcapable [options]

Check a memcached server's capabilities and compatibility. That's it, that's the whole job, and honestly? She ate. 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So here's the tea, bestie 🍓 — memcapable connects to the memcached server you point it at, and then it literally just interrogates her. Politely! It runs a whole bunch of various commands and verifies the responses, all so it can figure out what that server is capable of. It's giving detective energy, but make it network protocols. 🔍✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -h hostname — tell it which hostname to connect to. Default is localhost, because we start at home, always. 🏠
  • -p port — the port number you wanna connect to. Default is 11211, the classic.
  • -c — this one goes feral: abort(3) when it detects an error from the server. Like, actually abort. No cap. Find out more at <https://linux.die.net/man/3/abort>. ⚠️
  • -v — print out the comparison when it detects an error from the server. Receipts! We love receipts. 🧾
  • -t n — set the timeout for an IO operation to/from the server to n seconds. Patience varies, and that's valid. ⏳

🌈 NOTES 🌈

⭐ PROGRAM PREFIX ⭐

The prefix of this program is variable, bestie. Like, it can literally be configured at build time. 😭

Usually the client programs of libmemcached-awesome are prefixed with mem — think memcat or memcp, the little cuties you already know and love. 🫶

But! It can be configured to swap that prefix out for something else, like mc. And if that happens? Then the client programs of libmemcached-awesome would be called mccat, mccp, etc. respectively. Same energy, different name tag. 🏷️✨

💀 CONTRIBUTED PROGRAM 💀

This is a contributed program. 🎉

And listen — this program doesn't follow the standard flag/option scheme. She's a free spirit, she makes her own rules, and honestly? Respect. 🙈

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💅 no notes, she's perfect. this was written by the gorgeous humans of libmemcached-awesome, version 1.1, dated Jul 24, 2026 — iconic behavior from start to finish, go check your server's capabilities and slay the day, mwah 💖🦋🌸

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