spread(1)

spread1

Multicast group communication daemon

Usage

spread [-l y/n] [-n proc_name] [-c config_file]

Overview

spread runs the Spread daemon on the local machine using the default configuration file spread.conf unless told otherwise.

Options

-l y/n

Turn on or off logging. Default is off.

-n proc_name

Force this daemon to be identified by a specific process name.

-c config-file

Use an alternate configuration file config-file instead of ./spread.conf.

Files

./spread.conf

The default config file location. /etc/spread.conf is also searched if a local file is not found.

Diagnostics

The daemon will output some startup information to stdout and any severe errors will also be output to stdout. Redirecting standard out to a file or using the EventLogFile directive in the spread.conf file is recommended if you are interested in log messages.

Releases

Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

  1. 3.1–6.0

Bugs

None currently known. Library is only thread-safe if the program is linked with libtsp.a not libsp.a. The non-thread-safe library is provided for those who are writing single-threaded applications and do not want to pay the minimal performance penalty for locking.

Author

Yair Amir <[email protected]>

Jonathan Stanton <[email protected]>

Spread Project <[email protected]>

From spread 3.17.4-2+b1 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.