/usr/local/sbin/babeld
The default location of the babeld binary.
quagga-babeld8
A babel ad-hoc network routing engine for use with quagga routing software.
Usage
babeld [-f
config-file]
[-i
pid-file]
[-P
vty-port-number]
[-A
vty-address]
[-u
user]
[-g
group]
Overview
babeld is a routing component that works with the Quagga routing engine.
Options
Options available for the babeld command:
Options
-
-d, --daemon -
Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.
-
-f, --config-file config-file -
Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not specified this option will likely default to /usr/local/etc/babeld.conf.
-
-g, --group group -
Specify the group to run as. Default is quagga.
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-h, --help -
A brief message.
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-i, --pid_file pid-file -
When babeld starts its process identifier is written to pid-file. The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or restart babeld. The likely default is /var/run/babeld.pid.
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-P, --vty_port port-number -
Specify the port that the babeld VTY will listen on. This defaults to 2602, as specified in /etc/services.
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-A, --vty_addr vty-address -
Specify the address that the babeld VTY will listen on. Default is all interfaces.
-
-u, --user user -
Specify the user to run as. Default is quagga.
-
-v, --version -
Print the version and exit.
Files
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/usr/local/etc/babeld.conf -
The default location of the
babeldconfig file.
-
$(PWD)/babeld.log -
If the
babeldprocess is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this file in the directory where you startedbabeld.
Warning
This man page is intended to be a quick reference for command line options. The definitive document is the Info file Quagga.
Diagnostics
The babeld process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log file, or through syslog to the system logs. babeld supports many debugging options, see the Info file, or the source for details.