NAME

       ziproxy - a compressing HTTP proxy server

SYNOPSIS

       ziproxy <-d|-i|-k> [-c config_file] [-u user_name] [-g group_name] [-p pid_filename] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       ziproxy  is  a  forwarding,  non-caching  and  compressing HTTP proxy server. Basically it
       squeezes images by converting them to lower quality JPEGs and compresses (gzip)  HTML  and
       other text-like data.

OPTIONS

       These  programs  follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with
       two dashes (`-').  A summary of options is included below.

       -d, --daemon-mode
              Used when running in standalone mode.

       -i, --inetd-mode
              Used when running from inetd or xinetd.

       -k, --stop-daemon
              Stops daemon.

       -c, --config-file config_file
              Full path to ziproxy.conf file (instead of default one).

       -u, --user user_name
              Run daemon as the specified user.  If unspecified and user_name is specified,  uses
              user_name's group.

       -g, --group group_name
              Run daemon as the specified group.

       -p, --pid-file pid_filename
              Use the specified PID file for daemon control.

       -h, --help
              Display summarized help.

SEE ALSO

       ziproxylogtool(1)

AUTHOR

       ziproxy was written by Juraj Variny and Daniel Mealha Cabrita.

       This manual page was written by Marcos Talau <marcostalau@gmail.com>.