RspTerminal(1)

✨ rspterminal — the RSerPool terminal bestie 💅

okay so like, <pink>RspTerminal(1)</pink> is the manual page, and the actual command you're typing is terminal — an RSerPool terminal, aka a pool user (PU), for test services like Echo, Discard, Daytime and CharGen. no cap, it's the little group chat member that goes and talks to the pool for you 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

rspterminal — the RSerPool terminal (PU) for services like Echo, Discard, Daytime, CharGen. she's giving pool-user main character energy and she's literally here for it 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

terminal [-poolhandle=pool_handle] [-logappend=filename]
         [-logcolor=on|off] [-logfile=filename] [-loglevel=0-9]
         [-registrar=address:port] [-registrarannouncetimeout=milliseconds]
         [-registrarconnecttimeout=milliseconds] [-registrarconnectmaxtrials=trials]
         [-registrarrequesttimeout=milliseconds] [-registrarresponsetimeout=milliseconds]
         [-registrarrequestmaxtrials=trials] [-cspinterval=milliseconds]
         [-cspserver=address:port]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so terminal is a simple Reliable Server Pooling (RSerPool) pool user — that's a PU — and her whole job is to go use test services like Echo, Discard, Daytime and CharGen. like, she's the vibe check for your pool, periodt 🌈

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

the following options are available, bestie — read them all, no skipping, i will know 👀

💖 the one option

• -poolhandle=pool_handle — sets the PH to a non-default value. if you don't set it, the default is literally "EchoPool". iconic of her tbh 🫶

🍓 Logging Parameters

• -logappend=filename — write logging output to a file (default is stdout); the output gets appended to the file you give her. not overwritten, appended. slay ✨
• -logcolor=on|off — turns the ANSI colorization of the logging output on or off. yes you can have cute colors in your logs, treat yourself 💅
• -logfile=filename — write logging output to a file (default is stdout); but listen, this time the given file will be overwritten. so be careful, she's not gentle about it 😭
• -loglevel=0-9 — sets the logging verbosity from 0 (none) all the way up to 9 (very verbose). highly recommend using at least a value of 2 so you actually see the possibly-important error messages and warnings. fr fr, don't silence her 🚨

🧚 ASAP Protocol Parameters

• -registrar=address:port — adds a static PR entry into the Registrar Table. and yes, it is possible to add multiple entries. the more the merrier 💜
• -registrarannouncetimeout=milliseconds — sets the timeout for ASAP announces via multicast.
• -registrarconnecttimeout=milliseconds — sets the timeout for ASAP connection establishment.
• -registrarconnectmaxtrials=trials — sets the maximum number of ASAP connection establishment trials.
• -registrarrequesttimeout=milliseconds — sets the timeout for ASAP requests.
• -registrarresponsetimeout=milliseconds — sets the timeout for waiting to receive ASAP responses. the suspense... the anticipation... 😳
• -registrarrequestmaxtrials=trials — sets the maximum number of ASAP request trials.

🌈 Component Status Protocol (CSP) Parameters

• -cspinterval=milliseconds — sets the interval for the CSP status updates in milliseconds. by default, the content of the environment variable CSP_INTERVAL is used. and if that's not defined? no CSP status reports will be sent. none. zero. ghosted 💀
• -cspserver=address:port — sets the address of a CSP monitor server. by default, the content of the environment variable CSP_SERVER is used. and again, if it's not defined, no CSP status reports will be sent. the silence is loud 🙈

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🔥 ENVIRONMENT 🔥

terminal uses the environment variables CSP_SERVER and CSP_INTERVAL to define a CSP server to send reports to, in the specified interval. so if you want the status updates, that's where the magic lives 👑

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⭐ DIAGNOSTICS ⭐

if loglevel>0, log messages will be printed to stdout or into a specified log file. that's it, that's the tea — set your loglevel above zero and she will talk ☕

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

for a detailed introduction to RSerPool, see:

https://duepublico.uni-duisburg-essen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-16326/Dre2006_final.pdf

Thomas Dreibholz's RSerPool Page:

https://www.nntb.no/~dreibh/rserpool/

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okay and that's the whole page bestie, you're officially certified in terminal 🎓✨

this was the RSerPool Terminal manual page, dated May 12, 2025. go forth and pool responsibly, ily, bye 💖🦋🎀