IPFM(8)

NAME
ipfm - IP Flow Meter

SYNOPSIS
ipfm [-c config-file ][--config config-file ] [-h][--help] [-n][--nofork]

DESCRIPTION
ipfm is a bandwidth analysis tool. It counts how much data was send and received by specified hosts through an Internet link. ipfm is based on the libpcap (ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/libpcapi-0.4.tar.Z) and should be portable. It was tested under Linux, Free BSD and IRIX.

OPTIONS

-c config-file, --config <file>
    config-file specifies an alternate configuration file to use. By default, /usr/local/etc/ipfm.conf is used.

-n, --nofork
    do not run in background

-h, --help
    display an help message on standard output and exit

SIGNALS
ipfm reacts to certain signals.

SigHUP
    This causes ipfm to flush its data tables in the log file (see ipfm.conf(8) ), close pcap descriptor, reload configuration file and restart.

SigTERM
    This causes ipfm to flush its data tables in the log file (see ipfm.conf(8) ) and exit.

SigKILL
    This causes ipfm to exit.

SigINT (ctrl-c)
    This causes ipfm to exit after having flushed its buffers.

SEE ALSO
ipfm.conf(8)

AUTHORS
Robert CHERAMY <tibob@via.ecp.fr>, Andres KRAPF <dae@via.ecp.fr>

IPFM home page can be found at http://www.via.ecp.fr/~tibob/ipfm/