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authorDavid Wragg <dpw@lshift.net>2010-05-25 10:33:49 +0100
committerDavid Wragg <dpw@lshift.net>2010-05-25 10:33:49 +0100
commit4dece0a14ea2cc71725821266b8521aa087c5b55 (patch)
tree41b8155b983751d5a83b47eb340587becfc0ec25 /tools
parentb457754d24725da1cb8ed8c1fcf82114496161c6 (diff)
downloadrabbitmq-c-github-ask-4dece0a14ea2cc71725821266b8521aa087c5b55.tar.gz
Add docbook-based man pages for tools
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rw-r--r--tools/Makefile.am23
-rw-r--r--tools/common.c2
-rw-r--r--tools/doc/consume.xml173
-rw-r--r--tools/doc/get.xml95
-rw-r--r--tools/doc/librabbitmq-tools.xml90
-rw-r--r--tools/doc/publish.xml160
6 files changed, 542 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index dc9603b..307fbd2 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -10,3 +10,26 @@ noinst_HEADERS = common.h
amqp_publish_SOURCES = publish.c common.c
amqp_get_SOURCES = get.c common.c
amqp_consume_SOURCES = consume.c common.c
+
+if TOOLS_DOC
+man_MANS = doc/amqp-publish.1 doc/amqp-consume.1 doc/amqp-get.1 doc/librabbitmq-tools.7
+MOSTLYCLEANFILES = doc/man-date.ent
+
+# automake complains about % pattern rules, and suffix rules don't
+# support multiple dependencies, so we have to expand all these out.
+doc/amqp-publish.1: doc/publish.xml doc/man-date.ent
+ $(XMLTO) man -o doc $<
+doc/amqp-consume.1: doc/consume.xml doc/man-date.ent
+ $(XMLTO) man -o doc $<
+doc/amqp-get.1: doc/get.xml doc/man-date.ent
+ $(XMLTO) man -o doc $<
+doc/librabbitmq-tools.7: doc/librabbitmq-tools.xml doc/man-date.ent
+ $(XMLTO) man -o doc $<
+
+doc/man-date.ent:
+ date +'%Y-%m-%d' >$@
+
+clean::
+ rm -f doc/man-date.ent
+
+endif
diff --git a/tools/common.c b/tools/common.c
index 37fd301..6a38a95 100644
--- a/tools/common.c
+++ b/tools/common.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static char *amqp_password = "guest";
const char *connect_options_title = "Connection options";
struct poptOption connect_options[] = {
{"server", 's', POPT_ARG_STRING, &amqp_server, 0,
- "the AMQP server to connect to", "server"},
+ "the AMQP server to connect to", "hostname:port"},
{"vhost", 0, POPT_ARG_STRING, &amqp_vhost, 0,
"the vhost to use when connecting", "vhost"},
{"username", 0, POPT_ARG_STRING, &amqp_username, 0,
diff --git a/tools/doc/consume.xml b/tools/doc/consume.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..448ade6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/doc/consume.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"
+[
+<!ENTITY date SYSTEM "man-date.ent" >
+]
+>
+<refentry lang="en">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <productname>RabbitMQ C Client</productname>
+ <authorgroup>
+ <corpauthor>The RabbitMQ Team &lt;<ulink url="mailto:info@rabbitmq.com"><email>info@rabbitmq.com</email></ulink>&gt;</corpauthor>
+ </authorgroup>
+ <date>&date;</date>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>amqp-consume</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">RabbitMQ C Client</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>amqp-consume</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Consume messages from a queue on an AMQP server</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>amqp-consume</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">
+ <replaceable>OPTION</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="req">
+ <replaceable>command</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">
+ <replaceable>args</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ <command>amqp-consume</command> consumes messages from a
+ queue on an AMQP server. For each message that arrives, a
+ receiving command is run, with the message body supplied
+ to it on standard input.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <command>amqp-consume</command> can consume from an
+ existing queue, or it can create a new queue. It can
+ optionally bind the queue to an existing exchange, or to a
+ newly created exchange.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ By default, messages will be consumed with explicit
+ acknowledgements. A message will only be acknowledged if
+ the receiving command exits successfully (i.e. with an
+ exit code of zero). The AMQP <quote>no ack</quote> mode
+ (a.k.a. auto-ack mode) can be enable with the
+ <option>-A</option> option.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-q</option></term>
+ <term><option>--queue</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">queue name</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of the queue to consume messages
+ from. If the specified queue does not exist,
+ an auto-delete queue is created with the given
+ name. If this option is omitted, a new
+ auto-delete queue will be created, with a
+ unique name assigned to the queue by the AMQP
+ server; that unique name will be displayed on
+ stderr.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-e</option></term>
+ <term><option>--exchange</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">exchange name</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of the exchange to bind the queue to.
+ If omitted, binding is not performed. The
+ specified exchange should already exist unless
+ the <option>--exchange-type</option> option is
+ used to request the creation of an exchange.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-t</option></term>
+ <term><option>--exchange-type</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">type</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This option indicates that an auto-delete
+ exchange of the specified type should be
+ created. The name of the exchange should be
+ given by the <option>--exchange</option>
+ option.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-r</option></term>
+ <term><option>--routing-key</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">routing key</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The routing key for the binding. If omitted,
+ an empty routing key is assumed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-A</option></term>
+ <term><option>--no-ack</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">routing key</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enable <quote>no ack</quote> mode: The AMQP
+ server will unconditionally acknowledge each
+ message that is delivered, regardless of
+ whether the target command exits successfully
+ or not.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Consume messages from the queue
+ <quote><systemitem
+ class="resource">myqueue</systemitem></quote>, and
+ output the message bodies on standard output via
+ <command>cat</command>:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <screen><prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>amqp-publish -q myqueue cat</userinput></screen>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Bind a newly created auto-delete queue to an
+ exchange <quote><systemitem
+ class="resource">myexch</systemitem></quote>, and send
+ each message body to the script
+ <filename>myscript</filename>, automatically
+ acknowledging them on the server:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <screen><prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>amqp-consume -A -e myexch ./myscript</userinput></screen>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>librabbitmq-tools</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ describes connection-related options common to all the
+ RabbitMQ C Client tools.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
diff --git a/tools/doc/get.xml b/tools/doc/get.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9770a8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/doc/get.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"
+[
+<!ENTITY date SYSTEM "man-date.ent" >
+]
+>
+<refentry lang="en">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <productname>RabbitMQ C Client</productname>
+ <authorgroup>
+ <corpauthor>The RabbitMQ Team &lt;<ulink url="mailto:info@rabbitmq.com"><email>info@rabbitmq.com</email></ulink>&gt;</corpauthor>
+ </authorgroup>
+ <date>&date;</date>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>amqp-get</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">RabbitMQ C Client</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>amqp-get</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Get a message from a queue on an AMQP server</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>amqp-get</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">
+ <replaceable>OPTION</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="req">-q <replaceable>queue name</replaceable></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ <command>amqp-get</command> attempts to consume a single
+ message from a queue on an AMQP server, and exits. Unless
+ the queue was empty, the body of the resulting message is
+ sent to standard output.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-q</option></term>
+ <term><option>--queue</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">queue name</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of the queue to consume messages
+ from.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit Status</title>
+ <para>
+ If the queue is not empty, and a message is successfully
+ retrieved, the exit status is 0. If an error occurs, the
+ exit status is 1. If the queue is found to be empty, the
+ exit status is 2.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Get a message from the queue <quote><systemitem
+ class="resource">myqueue</systemitem></quote>, and
+ display its body on standard output:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <screen><prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>amqp-get -q myqueue</userinput></screen>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>librabbitmq-tools</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ describes connection-related options common to all the
+ RabbitMQ C Client tools.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
diff --git a/tools/doc/librabbitmq-tools.xml b/tools/doc/librabbitmq-tools.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41f092a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/doc/librabbitmq-tools.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"
+[
+<!ENTITY date SYSTEM "man-date.ent" >
+]
+>
+<refentry lang="en">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <productname>RabbitMQ C Client</productname>
+ <authorgroup>
+ <corpauthor>The RabbitMQ Team &lt;<ulink url="mailto:info@rabbitmq.com"><email>info@rabbitmq.com</email></ulink>&gt;</corpauthor>
+ </authorgroup>
+ <date>&date;</date>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>librabbitmq-tools</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">RabbitMQ C Client</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>librabbitmq-tools</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Command line AMQP tools</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ A set of command line AMQP tools based on <systemitem
+ class="library">librabbitmq</systemitem>. This page
+ describes common options and conventions used by all of
+ the tools.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Common Options</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-s</option></term>
+ <term><option>--server</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">hostname:port</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The host name (or address) to connect to.
+ Defaults to localhost. The port number may
+ also be specified; if omitted, it defaults to
+ the standard AMQP port number (5672).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--vhost</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">vhost</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The AMQP vhost to specify when connnecting.
+ Defaults to <literal>/</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--username</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The username to authenticate to the AMQP server with. Defaults to <literal>guest</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--password</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">password</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The password to authenticate to the AMQP server with. Defaults to <literal>guest</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See also</title>
+ <para>
+ <simplelist type='inline'>
+ <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>amqp-publish</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+ <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>amqp-consume</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+ <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>amqp-get</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
diff --git a/tools/doc/publish.xml b/tools/doc/publish.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2e8d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/doc/publish.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"
+[
+<!ENTITY date SYSTEM "man-date.ent" >
+]
+>
+<refentry lang="en">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <productname>RabbitMQ C Client</productname>
+ <authorgroup>
+ <corpauthor>The RabbitMQ Team &lt;<ulink url="mailto:info@rabbitmq.com"><email>info@rabbitmq.com</email></ulink>&gt;</corpauthor>
+ </authorgroup>
+ <date>&date;</date>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>amqp-publish</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">RabbitMQ C Client</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>amqp-publish</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Publish a message on an AMQP server</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>amqp-publish</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">
+ <replaceable>OPTION</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ Publishes a message to an exchange on an AMQP server.
+ Options allow the various properties of the message and
+ parameters of the AMQP <function>basic.publish</function>
+ method to be specified.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ By default, the message body is read from standard input.
+ Alternatively, the <option>-b</option> option allows the message
+ body to be provided as part of the command.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-e</option></term>
+ <term><option>--exchange</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">exchange name</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of the exchange to publish to. If
+ omitted, the default exchange (also known as
+ the nameless exchange) is used.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-r</option></term>
+ <term><option>--routing-key</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">routing key</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The routing key to publish with. If omitted,
+ an empty routing key is assumed. A routing
+ key must be specified when publishing to the
+ default exchange; in that case, accoding to
+ the AMQP specification, the routing key
+ corresponds to a queue name.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-p</option></term>
+ <term><option>--persistent</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use the persistent delivery mode. Without
+ this option, non-persistent delivery is used.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-C</option></term>
+ <term><option>--content-type</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">MIME type</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specifies the content-type property for the
+ message. If omitted, the content-type
+ property is not set on the message.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-E</option></term>
+ <term><option>--content-encoding</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">content coding</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specifies the content-encoding property for
+ the message. If omitted, the content-encoding
+ property is not set on the message.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-b</option></term>
+ <term><option>--body</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">message body</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specifies the message body. If omitted, the
+ message body is read from standard input.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Send a short message, consisting of the word
+ <quote><literal>Hello</literal></quote> to the queue
+ <quote><systemitem
+ class="resource">myqueue</systemitem></quote> via the
+ default exchange:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <screen><prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>amqp-publish -r myqueue -b Hello</userinput></screen>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Send some XML data from a file to the exchange
+ <quote><systemitem
+ class="resource">events</systemitem></quote>, with
+ persistent delivery mode, setting the content-type
+ property on the message to make the data format
+ explicit:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <screen><prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>amqp-publish -e events -p -C text/xml &lt;event.xml</userinput></screen>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>librabbitmq-tools</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ describes connection-related options common to all the
+ RabbitMQ C Client tools.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>