SPREAD(1)

NAME
spread - Multicast Group Communication Daemon

SYNOPSIS
spread [-l y/n] [-n proc_name] [-c config_file]

DESCRIPTION
spread runs the Spread daemon on the local machine using the default configuration file spread.conf unless told otherwise.

OPTIONS

-l y/n
    Turn on or off logging. Default is off.

-n proc_name
    Force this daemon to be identified by a specific process name.

-c config-file
    Use an alternate configuration file config-file instead of ./spread.conf.

FILES
./spread.conf
    The default config file location. /usr/local/etc/spread.conf is also searched if a local file is not found.

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.

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.

AUTHOR
Yair Amir <yairamir@cnds.jhu.edu> Jonathan Stanton <jonathan@cnds.jhu.edu> Spread Project <spread@cnds.jhu.edu>

SEE ALSO
libsp(3)