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SOFTFLOWCTL(8)		    System Manager's Manual		SOFTFLOWCTL(8)

NAME
       softflowctl -- Remote control program for softflowd

SYNOPSIS
       softflowctl [-h]	[-c ctl_sock] command

DESCRIPTION
       softflowctl  is	a  remote  control  program  used to control a running
       softflowd(8) daemon.

       The command line	options	are as follows:

       -c ctlsock
	       Specify an alternate location for the  remote  control  socket.
	       Default is /var/run/softflowd.ctl

       -h      Display command line usage information.

COMMANDS
       shutdown
	       Ask  softflowd(8)  to  gracefully  exit.	 This is equivalent to
	       sending it a SIGTERM or SIGINT.

       exit    Ask softflowd(8)	to immediately exit.  No flow expiry  process-
	       ing or data export is performed.

       expire-all
	       Immediately expire all tracked flows.

       delete-all
	       Immediately  delete all tracked flows.  No flow expiry process-
	       ing or data export is performed.

       statistics
	       Return statistics collected by softflowd(8) on expired flows.

       debug+  Increase	the debugging level of softflowd(8)

       debug-  Decrease	the debugging level.

       stop-gather
	       Stops network data collection by	softflowd(8).

       start-gather
	       Resumes network data collection.

       dump-flows
	       Return information on all tracked flows.

       timeouts
	       Print information on flow timeout parameters.

       send-template
	       Resend a	NetFlow	v.9 template record before the next  flow  ex-
	       port.  Has no effect for	other flow export versions.

BUGS
       All  times are unconditionally displayed	in UTC,	regardless of the sys-
       tem   timezone.	   Please    report    bugs    in    softflowctl    to
       https://github.com/irino/softflowd/issues

AUTHORS
       Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
       Hitoshi Irino (current maintainer) <irino@sfc.wide.ad.jp>

SEE ALSO
       softflowd(8)

FreeBSD	Ports 14.quarterly     October 18, 2002			SOFTFLOWCTL(8)

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