@table @option
@item -cfg
- Path to configuration file. May be overrided by @env{NNCPCFG}
- environment variable.
+ Path to configuration file. May be overridden by @env{NNCPCFG}
+ environment variable. If file file is an encrypted @ref{EBlob,
+ eblob}, then ask for passphrase to decrypt it first.
@item -debug
Print debug messages. Normally this option should not be used.
@item -minsize
- Minimal required resulting packet size. For example if you send 2
- KiB file and set @option{-minsize 4096}, then resulting packet will
- be 4 KiB (containing file itself and some junk).
+ @anchor{OptMinSize}
+ Minimal required resulting packet size, in KiBs. For example if you
+ send 2 KiB file and set @option{-minsize 4}, then resulting packet
+ will be 4 KiB (containing file itself and some junk).
@item -nice
- Set desired outgoing packet niceness level. 1-255 values are
- allowed. Higher value means lower priority. In some commands that
- means processing of packets that have equal or lower nice value.
- That is used for controlling network QoS.
+ Set desired outgoing packet @ref{Niceness, niceness level}.
+ 1-255 values are allowed.
+@item -replynice
+ Set desired reply packet @ref{Niceness, niceness level}. Only freq
+ and exec packets look at that niceness level. 1-255 values are
+ allowed.
@item -node
Process only single specified node.
+@item -via
+ Override @ref{CfgVia, via} configuration option for destination node.
+ Specified nodes must be separated with comma: @verb{|NODE1,NODE2|}.
+ With @verb{|-via -|} you can disable relaying at all.
+@item -spool
+ Override path to spool directory. May be specified by
+ @env{NNCPSPOOL} environment variable.
+@item -log
+ Override path to logfile. May be specified by @env{NNCPLOG}
+ environment variable.
@item -quiet
Print only errors, omit simple informational messages. In any case
those messages are logged, so you can reread them using
Print warranty information (no warranty).
@end table
+@node nncp-bundle
+@section nncp-bundle
+
+@verbatim
+% nncp-bundle [options] -tx [-delete] NODE [NODE ...] > ...
+% nncp-bundle [options] -rx -delete [-dryrun] [NODE ...] < ...
+% nncp-bundle [options] -rx [-check] [-dryrun] [NODE ...] < ...
+@end verbatim
+
+With @option{-tx} option, this command creates @ref{Bundles, bundle} of
+@ref{Encrypted, encrypted packets} from the spool directory and writes
+it to stdout.
+
+With @option{-rx} option, this command takes bundle from stdin and
+copies all found packets for our node to the spool directory. Pay
+attention that @strong{no} integrity checking is done by default. Modern
+tape drives could easily provide too much throughput your CPU won't be
+able to verify on the fly. So if you won't @ref{nncp-toss, toss}
+received packets at the place, it is advisable either to run
+@ref{nncp-check} utility for packets integrity verification, or to use
+@option{-check} option to enable on the fly integrity check.
+
+You can specify multiple @option{NODE} arguments, telling for what nodes
+you want to create the stream, or take it from. If no nodes are
+specified for @option{-rx} mode, then all packets aimed at us will be
+processed.
+
+When packets are sent through the stream, they are still kept in the
+spool directory, because there is no assurance that they are transferred
+to the media (media (CD-ROM, tape drive, raw hard drive) can end). If
+you want to forcefully delete them (after they are successfully flushed
+to stdout) anyway, use @option{-delete} option.
+
+But you can verify produced stream after, by digesting it by yourself
+with @option{-rx} and @option{-delete} options -- in that mode, stream
+packets integrity will be checked and they will be deleted from the
+spool if everything is good. So it is advisable to recheck your streams:
+
+@verbatim
+% nncp-bundle -tx ALICE BOB WHATEVER | cdrecord -tao -
+% dd if=/dev/cd0 bs=2048 | nncp-bundle -rx -delete
+@end verbatim
+
+@option{-dryrun} option prevents any writing to the spool. This is
+useful when you need to see what packets will pass by and possibly check
+their integrity.
+
@node nncp-call
@section nncp-call
Croned daemon that calls remote nodes from time to time, according to
their @ref{CfgCalls, @emph{calls}} configuration field.
-Optional number of @option{NODE}s tells to call only them, ignoring the
-other. Otherwise all nodes with specified @emph{calls} configuration
+Optional number of @option{NODE}s tells to ignore other ones.
+Otherwise all nodes with specified @emph{calls} configuration
field will be called.
@option{-onlinedeadline} overrides @ref{CfgOnlineDeadline,
success. Optionally you can force @option{FORCEADDR} address usage,
instead of addresses taken from configuration file.
-Pay attention that this command run integrity check for each completely
-received packet in the background. This can be time consuming and
-connection could be lost during that check time and remote node won't be
+Pay attention that this command runs integrity check for each completely
+received packet in the background. This can be time consuming.
+Connection could be lost during that check and remote node won't be
notified that file is done. But after successful integrity check that
-file will be renamed from @file{.part} one and when you rerun
-@command{nncp-call} again, remote node will receive completion at once.
+file is renamed from @file{.part} one and when you rerun
+@command{nncp-call} again, remote node will receive completion
+notification.
+
+@node nncp-cfgenc
+@section nncp-cfgenc
+
+@verbatim
+% nncp-cfgmin [options] [-s INT] [-t INT] [-p INT] cfg.yaml > cfg.yaml.eblob
+% nncp-cfgmin [options] -d cfg.yaml.eblob > cfg.yaml
+@end verbatim
+
+This command allows you to encrypt provided @file{cfg.yaml} file with
+the passphrase, producing @ref{EBlob, eblob}, to safely keep your
+configuration file with private keys. This utility was written for users
+who do not want (or can not) to use either @url{https://gnupg.org/,
+GnuPG} or similar tools. That @file{eblob} file can be used directly in
+@option{-cfg} option of nearly all commands.
+
+@option{-s}, @option{-t}, @option{-p} are used to tune @file{eblob}'s
+password strengthening function. Space memory cost (@option{-s}),
+specified in number of BLAKE2b-256 blocks (32 bytes), tells how many
+memory must be used for hashing -- bigger values are better, but slower.
+Time cost (@option{-t}) tells how many rounds/iterations must be
+performed -- bigger is better, but slower. Number of parallel jobs
+(@option{-p}) tells how many computation processes will be run: this is
+the same as running that number of independent hashers and then joining
+their result together.
+
+When invoked for encryption, passphrase is entered manually twice. When
+invoked for decryption (@option{-d} option), it is asked once and exits
+if passphrase can not decrypt @file{eblob}.
+
+@option{-dump} options parses @file{eblob} and prints parameters used
+during its creation. For example:
+@verbatim
+% nncp-cfgenc -dump /usr/local/etc/nncp.yaml.eblob
+Strengthening function: Balloon with BLAKE2b-256
+Memory space cost: 1048576 bytes
+Number of rounds: 16
+Number of parallel jobs: 2
+Blob size: 2494
+@end verbatim
+
+@node nncp-cfgmin
+@section nncp-cfgmin
+
+@verbatim
+% nncp-cfgmin [options] > stripped.yaml
+@end verbatim
+
+Print out stripped configuration version: only path to @ref{Spool,
+spool}, path to log file, neighbours public keys are stayed. This is
+useful mainly for usage with @ref{nncp-xfer} that has to know only
+neighbours, without private keys involving.
+
+@node nncp-cfgnew
+@section nncp-cfgnew
+
+@verbatim
+% nncp-cfgnew [options] > new.yaml
+@end verbatim
+
+Generate new node configuration: private keys, example configuration
+file and print it to stdout. You must use this command when you setup
+the new node.
+
+Pay attention that private keys generation consumes an entropy from your
+operating system.
@node nncp-check
@section nncp-check
Perform @ref{Spool, spool} directory integrity check. Read all files
that has Base32-encoded filenames and compare it with recalculated
-BLAKE2b hash output of their contents. This supplementary command are
+BLAKE2b hash output of their contents. That supplementary command is
not used often in practice, if ever.
@node nncp-daemon
can handle. @option{-bind} option specifies @option{addr:port} it must
bind to and listen.
+@node nncp-exec
+@section nncp-exec
+
+@verbatim
+% nncp-exec [options] NODE HANDLE [ARG0 ARG1 ...]
+@end verbatim
+
+Send execution command to @option{NODE} for specified @option{HANDLE}.
+Body is read from stdin and compressed. After receiving, remote side
+will execute specified @ref{CfgExec, handle} command with @option{ARG*}
+appended and decompressed body fed to command's stdin.
+
+For example, if remote side has following configuration file for your
+node:
+
+@verbatim
+exec:
+ sendmail: [/usr/sbin/sendmail, "-t"]
+ appender: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "cat >> /append"]
+@end verbatim
+
+then executing @verb{|echo My message | nncp-exec -replynice 123 REMOTE
+sendmail root@localhost|} will lead to executing of:
+
+@verbatim
+echo My message |
+ NNCP_SELF=REMOTE \
+ NNCP_SENDER=OurNodeId \
+ NNCP_NICE=123 \
+ /usr/sbin/sendmail -t root@localhost
+@end verbatim
+
+
@node nncp-file
@section nncp-file
@verbatim
-% nncp-file [options] SRC NODE:[DST]
+% nncp-file [options] [-chunked INT] SRC NODE:[DST]
@end verbatim
Send @file{SRC} file to remote @option{NODE}. @file{DST} specifies
(through the temporary file of course) -- so pay attention that sending
2 GiB file will create 2 GiB outbound encrypted packet.
+If @file{SRC} equals to @file{-}, then create an encrypted temporary
+file and copy everything taken from stdin to it and use for outbound
+packet creation. Pay attention that if you want to send 1 GiB of data
+taken from stdin, then you have to have 2 GiB of disk space for that
+temporary file and resulting encrypted packet. You can control where
+temporary file will be stored using @env{TMPDIR} environment variable.
+Encryption is performed with @url{https://cr.yp.to/chacha.html,
+ChaCha20} algorithm. Data is splitted on 128 KiB blocks. Each block is
+encrypted with increasing nonce counter.
+
+If @option{-chunked} is specified, then source file will be split
+@ref{Chunked, on chunks}. @option{INT} is the desired chunk size in
+KiBs. This mode is more CPU hungry. Pay attention that chunk is saved in
+spool directory immediately and it is not deleted if any error occurs.
+@option{-minsize} option is applied per each chunk. Do not forget about
+@ref{ChunkedZFS, possible} ZFS deduplication issues.
+
If @ref{CfgNotify, notification} is enabled on the remote side for
file transmissions, then it will sent simple letter after successful
file receiving.
@section nncp-freq
@verbatim
-% nncp-freq [options] NODE:SRC DST
+% nncp-freq [options] NODE:SRC [DST]
@end verbatim
Send file request to @option{NODE}, asking it to send its @file{SRC}
file from @ref{CfgFreq, freq} directory to our node under @file{DST}
-filename in our @ref{CfgIncoming, incoming} one.
+filename in our @ref{CfgIncoming, incoming} one. If @file{DST} is not
+specified, then last element of @file{SRC} will be used.
If @ref{CfgNotify, notification} is enabled on the remote side for
file request, then it will sent simple letter after successful file
Parse @ref{Log, log} file and print out its records in human-readable form.
-@node nncp-mail
-@section nncp-mail
-
-@verbatim
-% nncp-mail [options] NODE USER ...
-@end verbatim
-
-Send mail, that is read from stdin, to @option{NODE} and specified
-@option{USER}s. Mail message will be compressed. After receiving, remote
-side will execute specified @ref{CfgSendmail, sendmail} command with
-@option{USER}s appended as a command line argument and feed decompressed
-mail body to that command's stdin.
-
-@node nncp-newnode
-@section nncp-newnode
-
-@verbatim
-% nncp-newnode [options] > mynewnode.yaml
-@end verbatim
-
-Generate new node: private keys, example configuration file and print it
-to stdout. You must use this command when you setup the new node.
-
-Pay attention that private keys generation consumes an entropy from your
-operating system.
-
@node nncp-pkt
@section nncp-pkt
@verbatim
% nncp-pkt [options] < pkt
-% nncp-pkt [options] -dump < pkt > payload
+% nncp-pkt [options] [-decompress] -dump < pkt > payload
@end verbatim
Low level packet parser. Normally it should not be used, but can help in
Packet type: encrypted
Niceness: 64
Sender: 2WHBV3TPZHDOZGUJEH563ZEK7M33J4UESRFO4PDKWD5KZNPROABQ
-Payload size: 4.0 MiB (4162852 bytes)
@end verbatim
If you specify @option{-dump} option and provide an @ref{Encrypted,
@end verbatim
And with the @option{-dump} option it will give you the actual payload
-(the whole file, mail message, and so on).
+(the whole file, mail message, and so on). @option{-decompress} option
+tries to zlib-decompress the data from plain packet (useful for mail
+packets).
+
+@node nncp-reass
+@section nncp-reass
+
+@verbatim
+% nncp-reass [options] [-dryrun] [-keep] [-dump] [-stdout] FILE.nncp.meta
+% nncp-reass [options] [-dryrun] [-keep] {-all | -node NODE}
+@end verbatim
+
+Reassemble @ref{Chunked, chunked file} after @ref{nncp-toss, tossing}.
+
+When called with @option{FILE} option, this command will reassemble only
+it. When called with @option{-node} option, this command will try to
+reassemble all @file{.nncp.meta} files found in @option{NODE}'s
+@ref{CfgIncoming, incoming} directory. When called with @option{-all}
+option, then cycle through all known nodes to do the same.
+
+Reassembling process does the following:
+
+@enumerate
+@item Parses @ref{Chunked, @file{.nncp.meta}} file.
+@item Checks existence and size of every @file{.nncp.chunkXXX}.
+@item Verifies integrity of every chunk.
+@item Concatenates all chunks, simultaneously removing them from filesystem.
+@end enumerate
+
+That process reads the whole data twice. Be sure to have free disk
+space for at least one chunk. Decrypted chunk files as a rule are saved
+in pseudo-random order, so removing them during reassembly process will
+likely lead to filesystem fragmentation. Reassembly process on
+filesystems with deduplication capability should be rather lightweight.
+
+If @option{-dryrun} option is specified, then only existence and
+integrity checking are performed.
+
+If @option{-keep} option is specified, then no
+@file{.nncp.meta}/@file{.nncp.chunkXXX} files are deleted during
+reassembly process.
+
+@option{-stdout} option outputs reassembled file to stdout, instead of
+saving to temporary file with renaming after. This could be useful for
+reassembling on separate filesystem to lower fragmentation effect,
+and/or separate storage device for higher performance.
+
+@option{-dump} option prints meta-file contents in human-friendly form.
+It is useful mainly for debugging purposes. For example:
+@verbatim
+Original filename: testfile
+File size: 3.8 MiB (3987795 bytes)
+Chunk size: 1.0 MiB (1048576 bytes)
+Number of chunks: 4
+Checksums:
+ 0: eac60d819edf40b8ecdacd0b9a5a8c62de2d15eef3c8ca719eafa0be9b894017
+ 1: 013a07e659f2e353d0e4339c3375c96c7fffaa2fa00875635f440bbc4631052a
+ 2: f4f883975a663f2252328707a30e71b2678f933b2f3103db8475b03293e4316e
+ 3: 0e9e229501bf0ca42d4aa07393d19406d40b179f3922a3986ef12b41019b45a3
+@end verbatim
+
+ Do not forget about @ref{ChunkedZFS, possible} ZFS deduplication issues.
+
+@node nncp-rm
+@section nncp-rm
+
+@verbatim
+% nncp-rm [options] -tmp
+% nncp-rm [options] -lock
+% nncp-rm [options] -node NODE -part
+% nncp-rm [options] -node NODE -seen
+% nncp-rm [options] -node NODE [-rx] [-tx]
+% nncp-rm [options] -node NODE -pkt PKT
+@end verbatim
+
+This command is aimed to delete various files from your spool directory:
+
+@itemize
+@item If @option{-tmp} option is specified, then it will delete all
+temporary files in @file{spool/tmp} directory. Files may stay in it when
+commands like @ref{nncp-file} fail for some reason.
+@item If @option{-lock} option is specified, then all @file{.lock} files
+will be deleted in your spool directory.
+@item If @option{-pkt} option is specified, then @file{PKT} packet (its
+Base32 name) will be deleted. This is useful when you see some packet
+failing to be processed.
+@item When either @option{-rx} or @option{-tx} options are specified
+(maybe both of them), then delete all packets from that given queues. If
+@option{-part} is given, then delete only @file{.part}ly downloaded
+ones. If @option{-seen} option is specified, then delete only
+@file{.seen} files.
+@end itemize
@node nncp-stat
@section nncp-stat
@section nncp-toss
@verbatim
-% nncp-toss [options] [-dryrun]
+% nncp-toss [options]
+ [-dryrun]
+ [-cycle INT]
+ [-seen]
+ [-nofile]
+ [-nofreq]
+ [-nomail]
+ [-notrns]
@end verbatim
Perform "tossing" operation on all inbound packets. This is the tool
@option{-dryrun} option does not perform any writing and sending, just
tells what it will do.
+@option{-cycle} option tells not to quit, but to repeat tossing every
+@option{INT} seconds in an infinite loop. That can be useful when
+running this command as a daemon.
+
+@option{-seen} option creates empty @file{XXX.seen} file after
+successful tossing of @file{XXX} packet. @ref{nncp-xfer} and
+@ref{nncp-bundle} commands skip inbound packets that has been already
+seen, processed and tossed. This is helpful to defeat duplicates.
+
+@option{-nofile}, @option{-nofreq}, @option{-nomail}, @option{-notrns}
+options allow to disable any kind of packet types processing.
+
@node nncp-xfer
@section nncp-xfer
@verbatim
-% nncp-xfer [options] [-force] [-keep] [-rx|-tx] DIR
+% nncp-xfer [options] [-mkdir] [-keep] [-rx|-tx] DIR
@end verbatim
Search for directory in @file{DIR} containing inbound packets for us and
neighbours directories and move locally queued outbound packets to them.
This command is used for offline packets transmission.
-If @option{-force} option is specified, then outbound neighbour(s)
+If @option{-mkdir} option is specified, then outbound neighbour(s)
directories will be created. This is useful for the first time usage,
when storage device does not have any directories tree.
@option{-rx} option tells only to move inbound packets addressed to us.
@option{-tx} option tells exactly the opposite: move only outbound packets.
+@ref{nncp-cfgmin} could be useful for creating stripped minimalistic
+configuration file version without any private keys.
+
@file{DIR} directory has the following structure:
@file{RECIPIENT/SENDER/PACKET}, where @file{RECIPIENT} is Base32 encoded
destination node, @file{SENDER} is Base32 encoded sender node.
+
+Also look for @ref{nncp-bundle}, especially if you deal with CD-ROM and
+tape drives.