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+
+<p>
+
+LuCI system utilities / network related functions.
+</p>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h2>Functions</h2>
+<table class="function_list">
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#call">call</a>&nbsp;(...)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Execute a given shell command and return the error code
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#dmesg">dmesg</a>&nbsp;()</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Retrieves the output of the "dmesg" command.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#exec">exec</a>&nbsp;(command)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Execute a given shell command and capture its standard output
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#getenv">getenv</a>&nbsp;(var)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Retrieve environment variables.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#hostname">hostname</a>&nbsp;(String)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Get or set the current hostname.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#httpget">httpget</a>&nbsp;(url, stream, target)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Returns the contents of a documented referred by an URL.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#mounts">mounts</a>&nbsp;()</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Retrieve information about currently mounted file systems.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#net.arptable">arptable</a>&nbsp;()</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Returns the current arp-table entries as two-dimensional table.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#net.conntrack">conntrack</a>&nbsp;()</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Returns conntrack information
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#net.deviceinfo">deviceinfo</a>&nbsp;()</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Return information about available network interfaces.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#net.devices">devices</a>&nbsp;()</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Determine the names of available network interfaces.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#net.ipv4_hints">ipv4_hints</a>&nbsp;()</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Returns a two-dimensional table of IPv4 address hints.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#net.ipv6_hints">ipv6_hints</a>&nbsp;()</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Returns a two-dimensional table of IPv6 address hints.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#net.mac_hints">mac_hints</a>&nbsp;()</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Returns a two-dimensional table of mac address hints.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#net.pingtest">pingtest</a>&nbsp;(host)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Tests whether the given host responds to ping probes.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#net.routes">routes</a>&nbsp;()</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Returns the current kernel routing table entries.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#net.routes6">routes6</a>&nbsp;()</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Returns the current ipv6 kernel routing table entries.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#reboot">reboot</a>&nbsp;()</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Initiate a system reboot.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#syslog">syslog</a>&nbsp;()</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Retrieves the output of the "logread" command.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#uniqueid">uniqueid</a>&nbsp;(bytes)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Generates a random id with specified length.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#uptime">uptime</a>&nbsp;()</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Returns the current system uptime stats.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+</table>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+
+<h2><a name="functions"></a>Functions</h2>
+<dl class="function">
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="call"></a><strong>call</strong>&nbsp;(...)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Execute a given shell command and return the error code
+
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ ...: Command to call
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Error code of the command
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="dmesg"></a><strong>dmesg</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Retrieves the output of the "dmesg" command.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+String containing the current log buffer
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="exec"></a><strong>exec</strong>&nbsp;(command)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Execute a given shell command and capture its standard output
+
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ command: Command to call
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+String containg the return the output of the command
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="getenv"></a><strong>getenv</strong>&nbsp;(var)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Retrieve environment variables. If no variable is given then a table
+
+containing the whole environment is returned otherwise this function returns
+the corresponding string value for the given name or nil if no such variable
+exists.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ var: Name of the environment variable to retrieve (optional)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return values:</h3>
+<ol>
+
+ <li>String containg the value of the specified variable
+
+ <li>Table containing all variables if no variable name is given
+
+</ol>
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="hostname"></a><strong>hostname</strong>&nbsp;(String)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Get or set the current hostname.
+
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ String: containing a new hostname to set (optional)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+String containing the system hostname
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="httpget"></a><strong>httpget</strong>&nbsp;(url, stream, target)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Returns the contents of a documented referred by an URL.
+
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ url: The URL to retrieve
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ stream: Return a stream instead of a buffer
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ target: Directly write to target file name
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+String containing the contents of given the URL
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="mounts"></a><strong>mounts</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Retrieve information about currently mounted file systems.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Table containing mount information
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="net.arptable"></a><strong>arptable</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Returns the current arp-table entries as two-dimensional table.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Table of table containing the current arp entries.
+ The following fields are defined for arp entry objects:
+ { "IP address", "HW address", "HW type", "Flags", "Mask", "Device" }
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="net.conntrack"></a><strong>conntrack</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Returns conntrack information
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Table with the currently tracked IP connections
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="net.deviceinfo"></a><strong>deviceinfo</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Return information about available network interfaces.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Table containing all current interface names and their information
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="net.devices"></a><strong>devices</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Determine the names of available network interfaces.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Table containing all current interface names
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="net.ipv4_hints"></a><strong>ipv4_hints</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Returns a two-dimensional table of IPv4 address hints.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Table of table containing known hosts from various sources.
+ Each entry contains the values in the following order:
+ [ "ip", "name" ]
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="net.ipv6_hints"></a><strong>ipv6_hints</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Returns a two-dimensional table of IPv6 address hints.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Table of table containing known hosts from various sources.
+ Each entry contains the values in the following order:
+ [ "ip", "name" ]
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="net.mac_hints"></a><strong>mac_hints</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Returns a two-dimensional table of mac address hints.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Table of table containing known hosts from various sources.
+ Each entry contains the values in the following order:
+ [ "mac", "name" ]
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="net.pingtest"></a><strong>pingtest</strong>&nbsp;(host)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Tests whether the given host responds to ping probes.
+
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ host: String containing a hostname or IPv4 address
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Number containing 0 on success and >= 1 on error
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="net.routes"></a><strong>routes</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Returns the current kernel routing table entries.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Table of tables with properties of the corresponding routes.
+ The following fields are defined for route entry tables:
+ { "dest", "gateway", "metric", "refcount", "usecount", "irtt",
+ "flags", "device" }
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="net.routes6"></a><strong>routes6</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Returns the current ipv6 kernel routing table entries.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Table of tables with properties of the corresponding routes.
+ The following fields are defined for route entry tables:
+ { "source", "dest", "nexthop", "metric", "refcount", "usecount",
+ "flags", "device" }
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="reboot"></a><strong>reboot</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Initiate a system reboot.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Return value of os.execute()
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="syslog"></a><strong>syslog</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Retrieves the output of the "logread" command.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+String containing the current log buffer
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="uniqueid"></a><strong>uniqueid</strong>&nbsp;(bytes)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Generates a random id with specified length.
+
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ bytes: Number of bytes for the unique id
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+String containing hex encoded id
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="uptime"></a><strong>uptime</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Returns the current system uptime stats.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+String containing total uptime in seconds
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
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