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SOFTFLOWCTL(8)         DragonFly System Manager's Manual        SOFTFLOWCTL(8)

NAME
     softflowctl - Remote control program for softflowd

SYNOPSIS
     softflowctl [-h] [-c ctl_sock] command

DESCRIPTION
     softflowctl is a remote control program used to control a running
     softflowd(8) daemon.

     The command-line options are as follows:

     -c ctlsock
             Specify an alternate location for the remote control socket.
             Default is /var/run/softflowd.ctl

     -h      Displays commandline usage information.

COMMANDS
     shutdown
             Ask softflowd(8) to gracefully exit. This is equivalent to
             sending it a SIGTERM or SIGINT.

     exit    Ask softflowd(8) to immediately exit. No flow expiry processing
             or data export is performed.

     expire-all
             Immediately expire all tracked flows.

     delete-all
             Immediately delete all tracked flows. No flow expiry processing
             or data export is performed.

     statistics
             Return statistics collected by softflowd(8) on expired flows.

     debug+  Increase the debugging level of softflowd(8)

     debug-  Decrease the debugging level.

     stop-gather
             Stops network data collection by softflowd(8).

     start-gather
             Resumes network data collection.

     dump-flows
             Return information on all tracked flows.

     timeouts
             Print information on flow timeout parameters.

     send-template
             Resend a NetFlow v.9 template record before the next flow export.
             Has no effect for other flow export versions.

AUTHORS
     Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>

SEE ALSO
     softflowd(8)

DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT      October 18, 2002      DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT