dhcpdleasesreader

dhcpdleasesreader

A very simple golang wrapper around the dhcpd.leases file (see man page). The wrapper can be created with two parameters: info, err := NewDhcpdInfo(file string, debug bool)

Parameters:

• file - The path on the filesystem to the dhcpd.leases file. This is usually /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases.
• debug - Whether to print verbose debugging information as the file is parsed

Return:

• DhcpdInfo structure - a structure with stats and the list of clients
• err - usually only occurs if there is an issue reading the file parameter

Notes The Read() function can be called any time to refresh the list of clients and regenerate stats. At least, this will be only as expensive as a stat() check of the file because if it has not changed since last read, the function returns immediately.