# Gearmand TEXT Protocol

Gearmand supports a very simple administrative protocol that is enabled on the same port used by GEAR. You can make use of it via the gearadmin tool.

The following list represents the current list of commands supported. You can issue any of these by telneting to the port and typing them in.

workers

  Return the status of all attached workers.

status

  Return the status of all current jobs.

cancel job

  Cancel a job that has been queued.

show jobs

  Show all current job ids.

show unique jobs

  List all of the unique job ids that the server currently is processesing or waiting to process.

create

  Create a function (i.e. queue).

drop

  Drop a function (i.e. queue).

maxqueue

  Set maxqueue

getpid

  Return the process id of the server.

verbose

  Return the verbose level of the server.

version

  Version number of server.

prioritystatus

  Queued jobs status by priority.