Utilities

In the KBUS source tree, there is a utils directory, which contains a variety of useful tools.

errno.py

errno.py takes an errno integer or name and prints out both the “normal” meaning of that error number, and also (if there is one) the KBUS use of it. For instance:

$ errno.py 1
Error 1 (0x1) is EPERM: Operation not permitted
$
$ errno.py EPIPE
EPIPE is error 32 (0x20): Broken pipe

KBUS:
On attempting to send 'to' a specific replier, the replier with that id
is no longer bound to the given message's name.

kmsg

This is a simple standalone tool for sending messages to KBUS, for testing purposes. Run it with no arguments (or with -help) to get help.

It can send an announcement, send a message and wait for a reply, or bind as listener/replier and report messages as they are received.

Example usage:

$ ./kmsg send $.Fred s Hellow
Msg data:
48 65 6c 6c 6f 77
> Sending $.Fred [want_reply? 0]
<Announcement '$.Fred' data=Hellow>
> Sent message 0:1 ..

runlimpet and runlimpet.py

These are C and Python versions of the same utility, to run a Limpet. Their command lines are the same - run with no arguments, or with -help, to get help.

Example usage - on one machine (the “server” - the host name is not actually used on the server):

$ ./runlimpet -server -id 1 -kbus 2  ignored_host:1234
C Limpet: Server via TCP/IP, address 'ignored_host' port 1234 for KBUS 2, using network id 1, listening for '$.*'

and on the “client”, 10.29.27.95:

$ ./runlimpet.py -client -id 2 -kbus 1  10.29.27.95:1234
Python Limpet: Client via ('10.29.27.95', 1234) for KBUS 1, using network id 2
Connected to "localhost:1234" as client

(by design, it should not matter whether you use the C or Python Limpet, as they should behave identically).