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37.Dd January 19, 1999
38.Dt NGHOOK 8
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm nghook
42.Nd connect to a
43.Xr netgraph 4
44node
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.Nm
47.Op Fl a
48.Op Fl d
49.Ar path
50.Op Ar hookname
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52.Nm
53creates a
54.Xr ng_socket 4
55socket type node and connects it to hook
56.Ar hookname
57of the node found at
58.Ar path .
59If
60.Ar hookname
61is omitted,
62.Dq debug
63is assumed.
64.Pp
65At this point all data written to standard input is sent
66to the node and all data received from the node is relayed
67to standard output.
68.Pp
69The options are as follows:
70.Bl -tag -width indent
71.It Fl a
72Output each read packet in
73.Tn ASCII .
74.It Fl d
75Increase the debugging verbosity level.
76.El
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr netgraph 3 ,
79.Xr netgraph 4 ,
80.Xr ngctl 8
81.Sh HISTORY
82The
83.Em netgraph
84system was designed and first implemented at Whistle Communications, Inc.\&
85in a version of
86.Fx 2.2
87customized for the Whistle InterJet.
88.Sh AUTHORS
89.An Archie Cobbs Aq archie@whistle.com
90.Sh BUGS
91Although all input is read in unbuffered mode,
92there's no way to control the packetization of the input.
93