diff --git a/nagixsc_live2xml.py b/nagixsc_live2xml.py
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+++ b/nagixsc_live2xml.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import optparse
+import sys
+
+##############################################################################
+
+from nagixsc import *
+
+##############################################################################
+
+parser = optparse.OptionParser()
+
+parser.add_option('-s', '', dest='socket', help='Livestatus socket to connect')
+parser.add_option('-o', '', dest='outfile', help='Output file name, "-" for STDOUT or HTTP POST URL')
+parser.add_option('-e', '', dest='encoding', help='Encoding ("%s")' % '", "'.join(available_encodings()) )
+parser.add_option('-H', '', dest='host', help='Hostname/section to search for in config file')
+parser.add_option('-D', '', dest='service', help='Service description to search for in config file (needs -H)')
+parser.add_option('-l', '', dest='httpuser', help='HTTP user name, if outfile is HTTP(S) URL')
+parser.add_option('-a', '', dest='httppasswd', help='HTTP password, if outfile is HTTP(S) URL')
+parser.add_option('-v', '', action='count', dest='verb', help='Verbose output')
+
+parser.set_defaults(socket=None)
+parser.set_defaults(outfile='-')
+parser.set_defaults(encoding='base64')
+parser.set_defaults(host=None)
+parser.set_defaults(service=None)
+parser.set_defaults(verb=0)
+
+(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+##############################################################################
+
+if not options.socket:
+ print 'No socket specified!\n'
+ parser.print_help()
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+if not check_encoding(options.encoding):
+ print 'Wrong encoding method "%s"!' % options.encoding
+ print 'Could be one of: "%s"' % '", "'.join(available_encodings())
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+##############################################################################
+
+# Prepare socket
+s_opts = prepare_socket(options.socket)
+
+# Read informations from livestatus
+checks = livestatus2dict(s_opts, options.host, options.service)
+
+# Convert to XML
+xmldoc = xml_from_dict(checks, options.encoding)
+
+# Output
+if options.outfile.startswith('http'):
+ (headers, body) = encode_multipart(xmldoc, options.httpuser, options.httppasswd)
+
+ try:
+ response = urllib2.urlopen(urllib2.Request(options.outfile, body, headers)).read()
+ except urllib2.HTTPError, error:
+ print error
+ sys.exit(6)
+ except urllib2.URLError, error:
+ print error.reason[1]
+ sys.exit(7)
+
+ print response
+
+elif options.outfile == '-':
+ xmldoc.saveFormatFile('-', format=1)
+
+else:
+ xmldoc.saveFile(options.outfile)
+