NAME

       ipfm - IP Flow Meter

SYNOPSIS

       ipfm  [-c  config-file ][--config config-file ] [-h][--help] [-n][--nodaemon] [-p pid-file
       ][--pid pid-file ]

DESCRIPTION

       ipfm is a bandwidth analysis tool. It counts how  much  data  was  send  and  received  by
       specified hosts through an Internet link.

       ipfm    is    based    on   the   libpcap   (ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/libpcap-0.4.tar.Z,   see
       http://www.tcpdump.org/ for newer versions) and should be portable.

       ipfm is developed under Linux libc6 (Debian sid).

       It was reported to work under Linux libc5 (slackware) and libc6 (RedHat,  SuSE),  FreeBSD,
       OpenBSD,  IRIX,  Solaris,  HP-UX and AIX.  As we can't test new versions under these OSes,
       there might be problems. Please report them at ipfm@via.ecp.fr.

OPTIONS

       Note that depending on the OS, long options may no be supported.

       -c config-file, --config config-file
              config-file  specifies  an  alternate  configuration  file  to  use.  By   default,
              /etc/ipfm.conf is used.

       -n, --nodaemon
              does not run as a daemon

       -h, --help
              displays an help message on standard output and exit

       -p pid-file, --pid pid-file
              pid-file  specifies  an alternate pid file to use. By default, /var/run/ipfm.pid is
              used.

SIGNALS

       ipfm reacts to certain signals.

       SigHUP This causes ipfm to dump  (and  clear)  its  data  tables  in  the  log  file  (see
              ipfm.conf(8) ), close pcap descriptor, reload configuration file and restart.

       SigTERM
              This  causes  ipfm  to  dump  (and  clear)  its  data  tables  in the log file (see
              ipfm.conf(8) ) and exit.

       SigKILL
              This causes ipfm to exit.

       SigINT (ctrl-c)
              This causes ipfm to exit after having dumped and cleared its buffers.

       SigUSR1
              This causes ipfm to dump its data  tables  in  the  log  file  without  exiting  or
              clearing them.

SEE ALSO

       ipfm.conf(8)

AUTHORS

       Robert CHERAMY <tibob@via.ecp.fr>, Andres KRAPF <dae@via.ecp.fr>

       IPFM home page can be found at http://www.via.ecp.fr/~tibob/ipfm/

                                   Last change: 06 october 2002                           IPFM(8)