NAME

       netatalk - Netatalk AFP server service controller daemon

SYNOPSIS

       netatalk [-F configfile]

       netatalk [-v | -V]

DESCRIPTION

       netatalk is the service controller daemon responsible for starting and restarting the AFP
       daemon afpd and the CNID daemon cnid_metad. It is normally started at boot time by an init
       system (BSD-style init, SysV-sytle init, systemd, Upstart, OpenRC, SMF and so on).

OPTIONS

       -d
           Starts netatalk in non-forking mode, for debugging purposes.

       -F configfile
           Specifies the configuration file to use.

       -v | -V
           Print version information and exit.

SIGNALS

       SIGTERM
           Stop Netatalk service, AFP and CNID daemons

       SIGHUP
           Sending a SIGHUP will cause the AFP daemon reload its configuration file.

FILES

       afp.conf
           configuration file used by netatalk(8), afpd(8) and cnid_metad(8)

SEE ALSO

       afpd(8), cnid_metad(8), afp.conf(5).

AUTHOR

       See CONTRIBUTORS[1]

NOTES

        1. CONTRIBUTORS
           https://netatalk.io/contributors