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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-04 14:18:53 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man/man8/rtmon.8 b/man/man8/rtmon.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..38a2b77 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man8/rtmon.8 @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.TH RTMON 8 +.SH NAME +rtmon \- listens to and monitors RTnetlink +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B rtmon +.RI "[ options ] file FILE [ all | LISTofOBJECTS ]" +.SH DESCRIPTION +This manual page documents briefly the +.B rtmon +command. +.PP +.B rtmon +listens on +.I netlink +socket and monitors routing table changes. + +.I rtmon +can be started before the first network configuration command is issued. +For example if you insert: + +.B rtmon file /var/log/rtmon.log + +in a startup script, you will be able to view the full history later. +Certainly, it is possible to start rtmon at any time. It prepends the history with the state snapshot dumped at the moment of starting. + +.SH OPTIONS +.I rtmon supports the following options: +.TP +.B \-Version +Print version and exit. +.TP +.B help +Show summary of options. +.TP +.B file FILE [ all | LISTofOBJECTS ] +Log output to FILE. LISTofOBJECTS is the list of object types that we +want to monitor. It may contain 'link', 'address', 'route' +and 'all'. 'link' specifies the network device, 'address' the protocol +(IP or IPv6) address on a device, 'route' the routing table entry +and 'all' does what the name says. +.TP +.B \-family [ inet | inet6 | link | help ] +Specify protocol family. 'inet' is IPv4, 'inet6' is IPv6, 'link' +means that no networking protocol is involved and 'help' prints usage information. +.TP +.B \-4 +Use IPv4. Shortcut for -family inet. +.TP +.B \-6 +Use IPv6. Shortcut for -family inet6. +.TP +.B \-0 +Use a special family identifier meaning that no networking protocol is involved. Shortcut for -family link. +.SH USAGE EXAMPLES +.TP +.B # rtmon file /var/log/rtmon.log +Log to file /var/log/rtmon.log, then run: +.TP +.B # ip monitor file /var/log/rtmon.log +to display logged output from file. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR ip (8) +.SH AUTHOR +.B rtmon +was written by Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>. +.PP +This manual page was written by Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>, +for the Debian project (but may be used by others). |