SOLARPOWERLOG(1)

✨ SOLARPOWERLOG ✨

okay bestie, pull up a chair 💅 the manual page we're vibing with today is solarpowerlog, from section 1 of the manual (that's the "user commands" girlies, iykyk). it does exactly one thing and it does it gorgeously: it queries data from a photovoltaic inverter. yes, like a solar panel's little brain. she's giving eco-friendly main character energy 🌞🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

solarpowerlog [options]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. you run the thing, you hand it options, she goes to work ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea, bestie 🫖 this program tracks and logs data from photovoltaic inverters — it collects power data and then stores it. like a lil diary but for electricity, and honestly? iconic. it's doing the tracking, it's doing the logging, it's holding onto the power data for you. no cap. 📊💾

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

she follows the usual GNU command line syntax, which is the fancy way of saying long options start with two dashes (-). a summary of the options is down below, and yes we are going through all of them because we don't skip ✋

• -h, --help — shows you the summary of options. your lil "wait what do I do" button 🫶
• -v, --version — shows the version of the program. vibes check, but for software.
• -b, --background — runs the program in the background and detaches it from the console. she's leaving the group chat to go do her own thing, periodt 💅
• -c, --conf filename — the configuration to be used. the default is solarpowerlog.conf, and it gets looked for in the current directory. don't lose her 🥺
• --dumpcfg — dumps the configuration structure, then exits. a lil peek behind the curtain and then she's gone, bye 💀
• --chdir arg — the working directory for the daemon (only used when running as a daemon). defaults to /
• --stdout arg — redirects stdout to this file (only used when running as a daemon). defaults to /dev/null
• --stderr arg — redirects stderr to this file (only used when running as a daemon). defaults to /dev/null
• --pidfile arg — creates a pidfile after the daemon has been started (only used when running as a daemon). default: no pid file 🚫📄

lowkey important, bestie: those last four — --chdir, --stdout, --stderr and --pidfile — are only used when running as a daemon. don't come for me when they don't do anything in foreground mode, I warned you 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole source of truth lives right here and she's gorgeous:

https://github.com/coldtobi/solarpowerlog

and that's the page, bestie 🫶 this manual is dated June 16, 2009 and belongs to SOLARPOWERLOG(1) — yes she's an elder but she ATE and left no crumbs, a true 2009 queen 👑✨ mwah, go log some solar power 💖🌞