darxite1

Usage

Overview

Darxite is a daemon that can download a batch of files via FTP or HTTP in the background. It can be controlled by "client" programs that provide a user interface; client programs in the current release include nice GTK and command-line FTP clients, a GNOME Panel applet and many more.

This man page is only concerned with the daemon's operation.

Options

-v/--version

Shows the daemon's version and exits.

-h/--help

Shows some usage information and exits.

-d/--directory=<dir>

By default, the daemon looks for program files in the directory "$HOME/.darxite". You can make it look elsewhere with this option.

-k/--kill

Instead of running the daemon, this option will terminate a currently running daemon, and warn if the daemon isn't running.

-l/--listen=<port>

To allow remote clients to connect to the daemon, set the port the daemon should listen on with this option. If you allow remote client connection, you should also set a password with the "-p" option.

-o/--output=<dir>

By default, files will be downloaded into the user's home directory. This option specifies an alternative directory for them to be placed.

-p/--password=<pass>

Clients that connect to the daemon from a remote host must use this password. If it is not specified, it will be blank.

-q/--quiet

If a copy of the daemon is already running, fail silently instead of printing an error message. This is useful for running the daemon in scripts etc.

-r/--reload

Instead of running the daemon, this option will cause a currently running daemon to reload its config files.

Files

/usr/bin/darxite Default executable

~/.darxiterc /etc/darxiterc

Configuration files; the former overrides the latter

~/.darxite/batch

Default location of the batch file

~/.darxite/servers

Default location of the file containing visited servers

WWW

http://darxite.cjb.net/