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WHOSOND(8)                          WHOSON                          WHOSOND(8)

NAME

whosond - whoson database daemon

SYNOPSYS

whosond [-V] [-v] [-h] [-d] [-I configfile]

DESCRIPTION

whosond command starts the daemon that maintains the in-memory database accessible by the application programs via the whoson(3) API functions. Command options are: -V - print version information and exit -v - verbose operation - print debugging output to stdout. Useful together with -d option. -d - do not go to the background. By default, the program forks a child that closes stdin, stdout and stderr, detaches from the controlling terminal and continue in the background. The parent process finishes. -I configfile Specify alternative location for the configuration file. Default is /etc/whoson.conf. The daemon implements one extentions to the "whoson" protocol: if you send a command verb LIST, the daemon responds with a multiline display of some statistics information.

COPYRIGHT

Public domain

SEE ALSO

whoson(3), whoson.conf(5) WHOSON 06 Jun 1998 WHOSOND(8)

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