giFT(1)giFT(1)NAMEgiftd - Daemon component for the giFT project
SYNOPSIS
giFT [ options... ]
DESCRIPTIONgiftd is a modular deamon capable of abstracting the communication
between the end user and specific filesharing protocols (peer-to-peer
or otherwise). This giFT daemon is the main core of the system, but
will not be useful without a controlling interface (known as a giFT
client or interface) and a protocol plugin.
Please note that the bulk of the run-time options are controlled
through the daemon and plugin configuration files. See the FILES sec‐
tion for more information.
OPTIONS-h, --help
Show a short overview of all options
-V, --version
Output version information and exit.
-d, --daemon
Fork to the background as a daemon would.
-x, --index-only
Update the shares database and exit
-o<VAL>, --opt=<VAL>
Run-time configuration override. The format of the value string
is as follows:
plugin:/group/key=value
For example, if you wish to change OpenFT's lan_mode switch via
this interface, you would use:
openft:/local/lan_mode=1
-p<VAL>, --protocol=<VAL>
Load the specified plugin (overrides giftd.conf(5)). from file.
Plugins specified here can be treated as a single member in
gift:/main/plugins. You may specify this option multiple times
on the command line.
-q, --quiet
Disable logging entirely. Overrides -v and -l.
-v, --verbose
Increase the verbosity level (default=0). Currently, the only
meaningful level is 1, where all output will be printed to the
normal log facility, as well as to stderr. If you wish to
change the default logging path to stderr only, you should use
-v in conjunction with -l/dev/null.
-l<VAL>, --logfile=<VAL>
Use the log path specified by <VAL> instead of the default
~/.giFT/giftd.log.
FILES
~/.giFT/giftd.conf
Generic configuration for giFT, see giftd.conf(5) for more
information
~/.giFT/giftd.log
Debug information. A clean file is used every startup.
~/.giFT/access.log
Apache-style access log. Can be used to generate fancy statis‐
tics, although it's not very reliable. (Often only chunks of
files have been downloaded from you.)
~/.giFT/shares
Share database containing all cached meta and hashing data about
your shares. Removal of this file will force a clean rebuild of
all this data.
BUGS
giFT is currently development software. This means that the stability
of the project cannot always be guaranteed, and as such we strongly
encourage constructive debugging feedback that will help us mature the
project as best we can. Please consult the documentation available at
http://www.giftproject.org/ so that you might use the proper channels
requested by the development staff.
AUTHORS
Josh Guilfoyle <jasta@devtcg.org>
Eelco Lempsink <eelco@33lc0.net>
SEE ALSOgiftd.conf(5), OpenFT.conf(5), http://gift.sourceforge.net/docs.php
giFT version 0.10.0 13 April 2003 giFT(1)
