NAME

       gotctl — control the Game of Trees Daemon

SYNOPSIS

       gotctl [-hV] [-f path] command [arg ...]

DESCRIPTION

       gotctl controls the gotd(8) daemon.

       The options for gotctl are as follows:

       -h      Display usage information and exit immediately.

       -f path
               Set  the  path  to  the unix socket which gotd(8) is listening on.  If not specified, the default
               path /var/run/gotd.sock will be used.

       -V, --version
               Display program version and exit immediately.

       The commands for gotctl are as follows:

       info    Display information about a running gotd(8) instance.  This operation requires root privileges.

       stop    Stop a running gotd(8) instance.  This operation requires root privileges.

       reload [-c config-file] [-n] [-s secrets]
               Reload a running gotd(8) instance.  gotd(8) will relaunch with an updated configuration read from
               the provided configuration files.  The previous  instance  of  gotd(8)  will  continue  to  serve
               existing client connections and then exit.

               This operation requires root privileges.

               The options for gotctl reload are as follows:

               -f config-file
                       Set  the  path to the configuration file.  If not specified, the file /etc/gotd.conf will
                       be used.

               -n      Only check the configuration files for validity.

               -s secrets
                       Set the path to the secrets file.  If not specified, the file /etc/gotd-secrets.conf will
                       be used if it exists.

SEE ALSO

       got(1), gotd(8)

AUTHORS

       Stefan Sperling <stsp@openbsd.org>

Debian                                             $Mdocdate$                                          GOTCTL(8)