[Click] Interacting with handlers with userspace Click

[Adam M]

Hi Beyers,

Ah, I saw the ControlSocket in the Elements list but didn't completely
understand what it did. Thanks for the explanation!

-Adam


On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 16:35:02 +0200, "Beyers Cronje" <bcronje at gmail.com>
said:
> Through ControlSocket element. This is build into click.
> 
> Just start userlevel click with the -p flag i.e. 'click -p 777
> config.click'.
> Then you can telnet to port 777.
> 
> man click for more info on the -p flag
> and
> http://read.cs.ucla.edu/click/elements/controlsocket for info on the
> commands supported in controlsocket.
> 
> For example:
> 
> FromDevice(eth0) -> cc::Counter -> Discard;
> 
> click -p 777 click.config
> 
> telnet 127.0.0.1 777
> > read cc.rate
> 
> Beyers