xpaget(1)

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💖 xpaget(1) — the SAORD Documentation era 💖

okay bestie, so this is xpaget from the XPA manual pages — it's the little tool that goes and gets data from one or more XPA servers. that's literally it. that's the whole vibe. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

xpaget — retrieve data from one or more XPA servers

like, you point it at a server, and it hands you the data. main character energy fr fr. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xpaget [-h] [-i nsinet] [-m method] [-s] [-t sval,lval] [-u users]
<template|host:port> [paramlist]

so you give it a template or a host:port (that's the <template|host:port> bit), and optionally a paramlist of qualifying parameters after that. and you can sprinkle the flags on top like glitter. ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -h — print the help message. classic. when in doubt, ask for help, we love a self-aware icon 💅
  • -i — access the XPA point on a different machine. this one overrides the XPA_NSINET environment variable, so it's giving "i know better than my env vars" 😤
  • -m — override the XPA_METHOD environment variable. same energy, different env var. method? overridden. slay.
  • -n — don't wait for the status message after the server completes. so you just dip. no goodbye. no status. just vibes and departure. 🦋
  • -s — enter server mode. yes bestie, the getter can also be a server. duality. we stan. 👑
  • -t [s,l] — set the short and long timeouts. this overrides XPA_SHORT_TIMEOUT and XPA_LONG_TIMEOUT. two numbers, two timeouts, zero patience 🌈
  • -u [users] — XPA points can be from the specified users. this one overrides XPA_NSUSERS. pick your people 💜
  • --version — display version and exit. hit it and quit it. periodt.

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so here's the tea: data will be retrieved from access points that match the template or the host:port. and if you want, you can append a set of qualifying parameters to narrow it down. that's the whole thing. no cap. 💖

Examples, because we love a demonstration:

csh> xpaget ds9 images
csh> xpaget myhost.harvard.edu:12345

see how the first one asks for images from ds9, and the second one just points straight at myhost.harvard.edu:12345? yeah. iconic behaviour. 🔥

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

See xpa(n) for a list of XPA help pages. go read it, bestie, it's the whole friend group 🫶

ngl, this page is short and sweet and i'm lowkey obsessed. it's giving "small tool, big responsibility." 💀

okay and finally, the cute little sign-off at the bottom: this is version 2.1.15, dated July 23, 2013, coming to you from SAORD Documentation. oldie but a goodie, and still absolutely serving. 🎀💖✨

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