| .TH DHCP_LEASE_TIME 1 |
| .SH NAME |
| dhcp_lease_time \- Query remaining time of a lease on a the local dnsmasq DHCP server. |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B dhcp_lease_time <address> |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| Send a DHCPINFORM message to a dnsmasq server running on the local host |
| and print (to stdout) the time remaining in any lease for the given |
| address. The time is given as string printed to stdout. |
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| If an error occurs or no lease exists for the given address, |
| nothing is sent to stdout a message is sent to stderr and a |
| non-zero error code is returned. |
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| Requires dnsmasq 2.67 or later and may not work with other DHCP servers. |
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| The address argument is a dotted-quad IP addresses and mandatory. |
| .SH LIMITATIONS |
| Only works with IPv4 addresses and DHCP leases. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR dnsmasq (8) |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| This manual page was written by Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>. |
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