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 ===============
 
 On a router with multiple providers and shorewall, monitor the providers and enable/disable them when one is failing.restart openvpn if running on the failing provider.
+
+
+    check_providers.py --help
+    
+    Usage: check_providers.py -c configfile action
+    
+    Check reachability of multiple providers managed by Shorewall
+    enable or disable the providers based on maximum packets loss or RTT
+    
+    action is either :
+      monitor : monitor in background all providers and enable/disable them
+      check [all,<provider>] : check all or one provider and display reachability
+      check-json [all,<provider>] : check providers and output state as json data
+    
+    
+    Options:
+      --version             show program's version number and exit
+      -h, --help            show this help message and exit
+      -i CHECK_INTERVAL, --check-interval=CHECK_INTERVAL
+                            Config file full path (default: 60)
+      -p PING_COUNT, --ping-count=PING_COUNT
+                            Override ping count (default: 0)
+      -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
+                            Config file full path (default: /etc/check-
+                            providers.ini)
+      -d, --dry-run         Dry run (default: False)
+      -v, --verbose         More information (default: False)
+      -o LOGFILE, --log=LOGFILE
+                            Path to log file (default: none)
+      -l LOGLEVEL, --loglevel=LOGLEVEL
+                            Loglevel (default: info)