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1. Manual Pages
2. Table of Contents
3. SYNOPSIS
ntploggps [-h] [-l LOGFILE] [-o] [-w WAIT] [-v] [-V]
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-l LOGFILE, --logfile LOGFILE
append log data to LOGFILE instead of stdout
-o, --once log one line, then exit
-w WAIT, --wait WAIT wait WAIT seconds after each log line, default 5
-v, --verbose be verbose
-V, --version show program's version number and exit
4. DESCRIPTION
ntploggps connects to a local gpsd daemon and logs the number of satellites in use and the Time Dilution of Precision (TDOP). ntploggps can run as any user, no special privileges are required.
The default is to write the data to stdout about once every 5 seconds. The log file looks like:
# Time Device TDOP nSat 1483668619.0 /dev/ttyS0 0.820000 7 1483668624.0 /dev/ttyS0 0.820000 7 1483668629.0 /dev/ttyS0 0.820000 7
Time is the POSIX time of when the log line is written.
Device is the GPS device the data came from.
TDOP is the Time Dilution of Precision as reported by the GPS. Some
GPS always output a static TDOP.
nSat is the number of satellites in use.
5. OPTIONS
-h, --help-
Displays usage information and exits.
-l LOGFILE, --logfile LOGFILE-
Append log data to LOGFILE instead of stdout
-o, --once-
Log one line, then exit.
-v, --verbose-
Be verbose
-w WAIT, --wait WAIT-
Wait WAIT seconds after each log line. The default is 5 seconds. This is just the minimum wait time. gpsd may be reporting data at a much slower interval.
-V, --version-
show program’s version number and exit
6. USAGE
ntploggps-
This the simplest use of this program. It can be used to check the status of the local gpsd daemon.
ntploggps -l /var/log/ntpstats/gpsd -w 60&-
This will continuously log the gpsd data in the background to the file /var/log/ntpstats/gpsd. Only log every 60 seconds.
7. EXIT STATUS
One of the following exit values will be returned:
- 0 (EXIT_SUCCESS)
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Successful program execution.
- 1 (EXIT_FAILURE)
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The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.
