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).