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 config uration file. Default is /etc/whoson.conf.
The daemon implements one extentions to the "whoson" pro
tocol: if you send a command verb LIST, the daemon
responds with a multiline display of some statistics
information.
COPYRIGHT
Public domain