---
name: "make_socksfc"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "socks4-clients"
version: "4.3.beta2-20+b2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/make_socksfc"
---

# make\_socksfc(8)

Generates frozen configuratyion file for SOCKS clients

## NAME

make\_socksfc -  Generates frozen configuratyion file for SOCKS clients

## SYNOPSIS

**make\_socksfc \[***infile* \[*outfile*\] \]

## DESCRIPTION

*make\_socksfc reads in a plain-text configuration file for the* *SOCKS clients and produces* *a frozen configuration file as the output.*

*Both arguments are optional. The default for infile* is **/etc/socks.conf**; the default for *outfile* is **/etc/socks.fc**. You may specify *infile* while omitting *outfile*, but you cannot specify *outfile* without also speficying *infile*.

The contents of the frozen configuration file is essentially the  memory image of the parsed input 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*.

## FILES

**/etc/socks.fc**, **/etc/socks.conf**

## SEE ALSO

[*dump\_socksfc*(8)](/dump_socksfc/8.md), [*socks.conf*(5)](/socks.conf/5.md), [*socks.fc*(5)](/socks.fc/5.md)

## AUTHOR

```
Ying-Da Lee, yingda@esd.sgi.com or yingda@best.com
```