configuration

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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)