SOCKS.FC(5) File Formats Manual SOCKS.FC(5)
NAME
socks.fc - Frozen configuration file for SOCKS clients
SYNOPSIS
/etc/socks.fc
DESCRIPTION
The frozen configuration file is produced by make_socksfc and is essentially the memory image of the parsed configuration file. Using the
frozen configuration file can reduce the start-up delay of the SOCKS client programs since they no longer have to parse the file contents.
When the SOCKS client starts, it always looks for the frozen configuration file /etc/socks.fc first . If that file is not found, it then
tries to use the plain-text configuration file /etc/socks.conf. If you use frozen configuration, you must remember to run make_socksfc
every time after you modify the plain-text file or the SOCKS clients will continue to use the frozen file of a previous configuration.
To find out the contents of a frozen configuration file, use dump_socksfc.
SEE ALSO
dump_socksfc(8), make_socksfc(8), socks.conf(5), socks_clients(1)
AUTHOR
Ying-Da Lee, yingda@esd.sgi.com or yingda@best.com
May 6, 1996 SOCKS.FC(5)
