It was reported to work under Linux libc5 (slackware) and libc6 (RedHat,
SuSE), FreeBSD, OpenBSD, IRIX, Solaris, HP-UX and AIX.
As we can't test new versions under these OSes, there might be problems. Please
report them at ipfm@via.ecp.fr.
OPTIONS
Note that depending on the OS, long options may no be supported.
-c config-file, --config config-file
config-file
specifies an alternate configuration file to use. By default,
/etc/ipfm.conf
is used.
-n, --nodaemon
does not run as a daemon
-h, --help
displays an help message on standard output and exit
-p pid-file, --pid pid-file
pid-file
specifies an alternate pid file to use. By default,
/var/run/ipfm.pid
is used.
SIGNALS
ipfm
reacts to certain signals.
SigHUP
This causes
ipfm
to dump (and clear) its data tables in the log file (see
ipfm.conf(8)
), close pcap descriptor, reload configuration file and restart.
SigTERM
This causes
ipfm
to dump (and clear) its data tables in the log file (see
ipfm.conf(8)
) and exit.
SigKILL
This causes
ipfm
to exit.
SigINT (ctrl-c)
This causes
ipfm
to exit after having dumped and cleared its buffers.
SigUSR1
This causes
ipfm
to dump its data tables in the log file without exiting or clearing them.