---
name: "inetd2rlinetd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "rlinetd"
version: "0.9.3-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/inetd2rlinetd/8"
---

# inetd2rlinetd(8)

configuration file converter

## NAME

inetd2rlinetd - configuration file converter

## SYNOPSIS

**inetd2rlinetd** \[**--force-overwrite**\] \[**--print-file-names**\] \[**--add-from-comment**\] \[**-f** *file*\] \[**-l** *entry*\] \[*directory*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**inetd2rlinetd** is a script to convert typical [**inetd.conf**(5)](/inetd.conf/5.md) style configuration files to [**rlinetd.conf**(5)](/rlinetd.conf/5.md) style configuration files.

## OPTIONS

- **-f** *file*

  File in [**inetd.conf**(5)](/inetd.conf/5.md) format which will be converted. Default in stdin.

- **-l** *entry*

  A line in [**inetd.conf**(5)](/inetd.conf/5.md) format. Only that line will be converted. On Debian systems, this option is used internally by the [**update-inetd**(8)](/update-inetd/8.md) command.

- *directory*

  Output files directory. Default is */etc/rlinetd.d*.

- **--force-overwrite**

  Forces overwriting existing files with new version.

- **--print-file-names**

  Prints to standard output list of generated files.

- **--add-from-comment**

  Puts special comment with original [**inetd.conf**(5)](/inetd.conf/5.md) line in front of each converted service.

### NOTE

Options **-f** and **-l** cannot be used together.

## SEE ALSO

[**rlinetd.conf**(5)](/rlinetd.conf/5.md), [**inetd.conf**(5)](/inetd.conf/5.md), [**inetd**(8)](/inetd/8.md), [**rlinetd**(8)](/rlinetd/8.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Mikolaj J. Habryn \<dichro-doc@rcpt.to\>. Modified by Robert Luberda \<robert@debian.org\>.