With @option{-tx} option, this command creates @ref{Bundles, bundle} of
@ref{Encrypted, encrypted packets} from the spool directory and writes
-it to stdout.
+it to @code{stdout}.
-With @option{-rx} option, this command takes bundle from stdin and
-copies all found packets for our node to the spool directory. Pay
+With @option{-rx} option, this command takes bundle from @code{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}
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.
+to @code{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
@command{nncp-call} again, remote node will receive completion
notification.
-@option{-autotoss} options runs tosser on node's spool after call
-is finished. All @option{-autotoss-*} options is the same as in
+@option{-autotoss} option runs tosser on node's spool every second
+during the call. All @option{-autotoss-*} options is the same as in
@ref{nncp-toss} command.
@node nncp-caller
@end example
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. @option{-nocomments} will create configuration file
+file and print it to @code{stdout}. You must use this command when you
+setup the new node. @option{-nocomments} will create configuration file
without descriptive huge comments -- useful for advanced users.
Pay attention that private keys generation consumes an entropy from your
BLAKE2b hash output of their contents. That supplementary command is
not used often in practice, if ever.
+@node nncp-cronexpr
+@section nncp-cronexpr
+
+@example
+$ nncp-cronexpr -num 12 "*/1 * * * * SAT,SUN 2021"
+@end example
+
+Check validity of specified @ref{CronExpr, cron expression} and print 12
+next time entities.
+
@node nncp-daemon
@section nncp-daemon
bind to and listen.
It could be run as @command{inetd} service, by specifying
-@option{-inetd} option. Pay attention that because it uses stdin/stdout,
-it can not effectively work with IO timeouts and connection closing can
-propagate up to 5 minutes in practice. Example inetd-entry:
+@option{-inetd} option. Pay attention that because it uses
+@code{stdin}/@code{stdout}, it can not effectively work with IO timeouts
+and connection closing can propagate up to 5 minutes in practice.
+Example inetd-entry:
@verbatim
uucp stream tcp6 nowait nncpuser /usr/local/bin/nncp-daemon nncp-daemon -quiet -inetd
@end verbatim
-@option{-autotoss} options runs tosser on node's spool after call
-is finished. All @option{-autotoss-*} options is the same as in
+@option{-autotoss} option runs tosser on node's spool every second
+during the call. All @option{-autotoss-*} options is the same as in
@ref{nncp-toss} command.
@node nncp-exec
@end example
Send execution command to @option{NODE} for specified @option{HANDLE}.
-Body is read from stdin (either into memory, or into encrypted temporary
-file if @option{-use-tmp} is specified) and compressed (unless
+Body is read from @code{stdin} into memory and compressed (unless
@option{-nocompress} is specified). After receiving, remote side will
execute specified @ref{CfgExec, handle} command with @option{ARG*}
-appended and decompressed body fed to command's stdin.
+appended and decompressed body fed to command's @code{stdin}.
+
+If @option{-use-tmp} option is specified, then @code{stdin} data is read
+into temporary file first, requiring twice more disk space, but no
+memory requirements. @ref{StdinTmpFile, Same temporary file} rules
+applies as with @ref{nncp-file, nncp-file -} command.
For example, if remote side has following configuration file for your
node:
(through the temporary file of course) -- so pay attention that sending
2 GiB file will create 2 GiB outbound encrypted packet.
+@anchor{StdinTmpFile}
If @file{SRC} equals to @file{-}, then create an encrypted temporary
-file and copy everything taken from stdin to it and use for outbound
+file and copy everything taken from @code{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 more than 2 GiB of disk space
+taken from @code{stdin}, then you have to have more than 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
+temporary file location directory with @env{TMPDIR} environment
variable. Encryption is performed in AEAD mode with
@url{https://cr.yp.to/chacha.html, ChaCha20}-@url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly1305, Poly1305}
algorithms. Data is splitted on 128 KiB blocks. Each block is encrypted
-with increasing nonce counter.
+with increasing nonce counter. File is deletes immediately after
+creation, so even if program crashes -- disk space will be reclaimed, no
+need in cleaning it up later.
If @file{SRC} points to directory, then
@url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/pax.html#tag_20_92_13_01, pax archive}
@end example
If you specify @option{-dump} option and provide an @ref{Encrypted,
-encrypted} packet, then it will verify and decrypt it to stdout.
+encrypted} packet, then it will verify and decrypt it to @code{stdout}.
Encrypted packets contain @ref{Plain, plain} ones, that also can be fed
to @command{nncp-pkt}:
@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{-stdout} option outputs reassembled file to @code{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: