preload

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Version: July 2009 (ubuntu - 25/10/10)

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Section: 8 (Commandes administrateur)

NAME

preload - Adaptive readahead daemon

SYNOPSIS

preload [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

preload is an adaptive readahead daemon that prefetches files mapped by applications from the disk to reduce application startup time.
-h, --help
Display command line parameters and their default values, and exit.
-v, --version
Display version information and exit.
-c, --conffile
Set configuration file. Empty string means no conf file. (default is /etc/preload.conf)
-s, --statefile
Set state file to load/save. Empty string means no state. (default is /var/lib/preload/preload.state)
-l, --logfile
Set log file. Empty string means to log to stderr. (default is /var/log/preload.log)
-f, --foreground
Run in foreground, do not daemonize.
-n, --nice
Nice level. (default is 15)
-V, --verbose
Set the verbosity level. Levels 0 to 10 are recognized. (default is 4)
-d, --debug
Debug mode: --logfile '' --foreground --verbose 9

SIGNALS

On receipt of a SIGHUP, the daemon will close and reopen its log file, and reread the configuratoin file.

On receipt of a SIGUSR1, the daemon dumps the currently loaded configuration into the log file.

On receipt of a SIGUSR2, the daemon saves its state into the state file.

AUTHOR

Written by Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@gnu.org>

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <http://preload.sf.net/bug> Copyright © 2005,2006,2007,2008 Behdad Esfahbod.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.