SOFTFLOWCTL(8)						    BSD 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      Display command line 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.

BUGS

     All times are unconditionally displayed in UTC, regardless of the system timezone.

AUTHORS

     Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>

SEE ALSO

     softflowd(8)

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								 October 18, 2002							       BSD