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.TH SPREAD 1 "December 2001" Spread "User Manuals"
.SH NAME
spread \- Multicast Group Communication Daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI "spread [-l " y/n "] [-n " proc_name "] [-c " config_file ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B spread
runs the Spread daemon on the local machine using the
default configuration file spread.conf unless told 
otherwise. 
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "-l y/n"
Turn on or off logging. Default is off.
.IP "-n proc_name"
Force this daemon to be identified by a specific process name.
.IP "-c config-file"
Use an alternate configuration file
.I config-file
instead of
.IR /etc/spread.conf .
.SH FILES
.I /etc/spread.conf
.RS
The default config file location. 
.SH 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.
.SH BUGS
None currently known. Library is only thread-safe if the program
is linked with libtsp.a not libsp.a.  The non-thread-safe library is
provided for those who are writing single-threaded applications and do not
want to pay the minimal performance penalty for locking.
.SH AUTHOR
Yair Amir <yairamir@cnds.jhu.edu>

Jonathan Stanton <jonathan@cnds.jhu.edu>

Spread Project <spread@cnds.jhu.edu>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR libsp (3)