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NAME

       ipfm - IP Flow Meter

SYNOPSIS

       ipfm [-c config-file ][--config config-file ] [-h][--help] [-n][--nodaemon] [-p pid-file ][--pid pid-file ]

DESCRIPTION

       ipfm is a bandwidth analysis tool. It counts how much data was send and received by specified hosts through an Internet link.

       ipfm  is based on the libpcap (ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/libpcap-0.4.tar.Z, see http://www.tcpdump.org/ for newer versions) and should be porta-
       ble.

       ipfm is developed under Linux libc6 (Debian sid).

       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 configura-
	      tion 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.

SEE ALSO

       ipfm.conf(8)

AUTHORS

       Robert CHERAMY <tibob@via.ecp.fr>, Andres KRAPF <dae@via.ecp.fr>

       IPFM home page can be found at http://www.via.ecp.fr/~tibob/ipfm/

							   Last change: 06 october 2002 						   IPFM(8)