IP-MONITOR(8)							       Linux							     IP-MONITOR(8)

NAME

       ip-monitor, rtmon - state monitoring

SYNOPSIS

       ip monitor [ all | OBJECT-LIST ] [ file FILENAME ] [ label ] [ all-nsid ] [ dev DEVICE ]

OPTIONS

       -t, -timestamp
	      Prints timestamp before the event message on the separated line in format:
		  Timestamp: <Day> <Month> <DD> <hh:mm:ss> <YYYY> <usecs> usec
		  <EVENT>

       -ts, -tshort
	      Prints short timestamp before the event message on the same line in format:
		  [<YYYY>-<MM>-<DD>T<hh:mm:ss>.<ms>] <EVENT>

DESCRIPTION

       The ip utility can monitor the state of devices, addresses and routes continuously. This option has a slightly different format.  Namely,
       the monitor command is the first in the command line and then the object list follows:

       ip monitor [ all | OBJECT-LIST ] [ file FILENAME ] [ label ] [ all-nsid ] [ dev DEVICE ]

       OBJECT-LIST is the list of object types that we want to monitor.  It may contain link, address, route, mroute, prefix, neigh, netconf, rule
       and nsid.  If no file argument is given, ip opens RTNETLINK, listens on it and dumps state changes in the format described in previous sec-
       tions.

       If the label option is set, a prefix is displayed before each message to show the family of the message. For example:

	 [NEIGH]10.16.0.112 dev eth0 lladdr 00:04:23:df:2f:d0 REACHABLE [LINK]3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN
	 group default
	     link/ether 52:54:00:12:34:57 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

       If the all-nsid option is set, the program listens to all network namespaces that have a nsid assigned into the network namespace were the
       program is running.  A prefix is displayed to show the network namespace where the message originates. Example:

	 [nsid 0]10.16.0.112 dev eth0 lladdr 00:04:23:df:2f:d0 REACHABLE

       If the file option is given, the program does not listen on RTNETLINK, but opens the given file, and dumps its contents. The file should
       contain RTNETLINK messages saved in binary format.  Such a file can be generated with the rtmon utility. This utility has a command line
       syntax similar to ip monitor.  Ideally, rtmon should be started before the first network configuration command is issued. F.e. if you
       insert:

	       rtmon file /var/log/rtmon.log

       in a startup script, you will be able to view the full history later.

       Nevertheless, it is possible to start rtmon at any time.  It prepends the history with the state snapshot dumped at the moment of starting.

       If the dev option is given, the program prints only events related to this device.

SEE ALSO

       ip(8)

AUTHOR

       Original Manpage by Michail Litvak <mci@owl.openwall.com>
       Manpage revised by Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>

iproute2							    13 Dec 2012 						     IP-MONITOR(8)