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
       configuration 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

       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.