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.\" WHAT IS IT:
.\"	Implementation of "whoson" protocol
.\" AUTHOR:
.\"	Eugene G. Crosser <crosser@average.org>
.\" COPYRIGHT:
.\"	Public domain
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.TH WHOSOND 8 "06 Jun 1998" WHOSON WHOSON
.SH NAME
whosond \- whoson database daemon
.SH SYNOPSYS
.B whosond
[-V] [-v] [-h] [-d] [-I configfile]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B whosond
command starts the daemon that maintains the in\-memory database
accessible by the application programs via the
.BR whoson "(3)
API functions.
.sp
Command options are:
.sp
.B \-V
\- print version information and exit
.sp
.B \-v
\- verbose operation \- print debugging output to stdout.  Useful
together with
.B \-d
option.
.sp
.B \-d
\- do
.B not
go to the background.  By default, the program forks a child that
closes stdin, stdout and stderr, detaches from the controlling terminal
and continue in the background.  The parent process finishes.
.sp
.B \-I configfile
Specify alternative location for the configuration file.  Default is
.BR /etc/whoson.conf ".
.sp
The daemon implements one extentions to the "whoson" protocol: if
you send a command verb
.BR "LIST",
the daemon responds with a multiline display of some statistics
information.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Public domain
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR whoson "(3), " whoson.conf "(5)