man nws_proxy (Commandes) - aggregate multiple series for the Network Weather Service
NAME
nws_proxy - aggregate multiple series for the Network Weather Service
SYNOPSIS
nws_proxy [-N host][-As][-e file][-l file][-i file][-p port]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page explains the nws_proxy program. The nws_proxy can query nws_nameserver(1) to find nws_memory(1) which are responsible for NWS series and start autofetching them. It's purpose is to avoid the high latency when retrieving a large number of NWS series. It returns only the last value/forecast pair.
The nws_proxy can be controlled and queried thorugh the nws_ctrl(1) program (check for the proxy and proxyFetch command.
WARNING: the nws_proxy can use a lot of memory if the number of series is large.
OPTIONS
-e file Save the error messages to file.
-l file Save the log messages to file.
-s This proxy is going to be a system wide proxy, so it will register with the nameserver (specified by -N).
-i file Write the pid to file
-N nws_nameserver Use nws_nameserver to look up for NWS series.
-A Start caching all the NWS series registered with the nameserver as specified in the -N switch.
-p port Listen to port instead of the default for the nws_proxy (8070).
BUGS
Bugs list is at http://nws.cs.ucsb.edu.
AUTHOR
NWS is an original idea of Rich Wolski Rich Wolski (rich@cs.ucsb.edu). Graziano Obertelli (graziano@cs.ucsb.edu) designed and implemented the nws_proxy.