MAKE_SOCKSFC(8)MAKE_SOCKSFC(8)NAMEmake_socksfc - Generates frozen configuratyion file for SOCKS clients
SYNOPSISmake_socksfc [infile [outfile] ]
DESCRIPTIONmake_socksfc reads in a plain-text configuration file for the SOCKS
clients and produces a frozen configuration file as the output.
Both arguments are optional. The default for infile is /etc/socks.conf;
the default for outfile is /etc/socks.fc. You may specify infile while
omitting outfile, but you cannot specify outfile without also speficy‐
ing infile.
The contents of the frozen configuration file is essentially the memory
image of the parsed input file. Using the frozen configuration file can
reduce the start-up delay of the SOCKS client programs since they no
longer have to parse the file contents.
When the SOCKS client starts, it always looks for the frozen configura‐
tion file /etc/socks.fc first . If that file is not found, it then
tries to use the plain-text configuration file /etc/socks.conf. If you
use frozen configuration, you must remember to run make_socksfc every
time after you modify the plain-text file or the SOCKS clients will
continue to use the frozen file of a previous configuration.
To find out the contents of a frozen configuration file, use
dump_socksfc.
FILES
/etc/socks.fc, /etc/socks.conf
SEE ALSOdump_socksfc(8), socks.conf(5), socks.fc(5)AUTHOR
Ying-Da Lee, yingda@esd.sgi.com or yingda@best.com
May 6, 1996 MAKE_SOCKSFC(8)
