PYSNMP(1)

📦 version 0.1.6, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, let me put you on: rebuild-pysnmp-mibs — it rebuilds the mib modules for pysnmp from the original mib definitions. that's it, that's the whole vibe. ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

rebuild-pysnmp-mibs [-s mib-text-dir] -d pysnmp-mib-rebuild-dir

like. two flags. you got this. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so rebuild-pysnmp-mibs is the little tool that takes the original mib definitions and compiles them into the format that pysnmp actually uses. glow-up for mibs, fr fr. 🎀

here's the tea: pysnmp-mib-rebuild-dir has to contain the old compiled mibs — think stuff like IF-MIB.py. and then rebuild-pysnmp-mibs will go try to find the original mib definitions and recompile them. main character energy honestly. 🔥

by default, rebuild-pysnmp-mibs searches in these directories:

  • /usr/local/share/snmp
  • /usr/local/share/mibs
  • /usr/share/snmp
  • /usr/share/mibs

but bestie, you can point it somewhere else — just specify another source directory with the -s mib-text-dir option, and that directory will be searched instead. no cap. ✨

🫶 the options, babes

  • -s mib-text-dir — tells it to look in mib-text-dir for the original mib definitions instead of the default list of directories. your source dir, your rules. 💅
  • -d pysnmp-mib-rebuild-dir — the directory holding the old compiled mibs (yes, like IF-MIB.py). this one's required, it's giving mandatory. 🔥
⚠️ heads up: pysnmp-mib-rebuild-dir must contain the old compiled mibs. it will go hunting for the originals and recompile them from there, so don't come at it empty-handed. 😭

💜 AUTHORS 💜

this program was written by Ilya Etingof <ilya@glas.net> — legend behavior, we stan. 👑

this manual page was written by Jan Luebbe <jluebbe@lasnet.de> for the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). and permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. slay, honestly. 🌈

on Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. go read it bestie, it's right there. 📖

Copyright © 2006 Jan Luebbe

and that's the whole page!! ✨ this was the pysnmp manual, page 1 — source [FIXME: source], dated october 31, 2006. mwah, bye bestie 💖🦋🌸

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