man lw-ctl (1): send commands to a running loadwatch

SYNOPSIS

lw-ctl file command

lw-ctl sends commands to a running loadwatch. You can instruct loadwatch to enter one of three states, RUN, STOP, or WATCH.

The parameters are:

file

The UNIX domain socket that loadwatch is listening to.

command

One of:

RUN: Allow the child process to run regardless of system load.
STOP: Suspend the child process regardless of system load.
WATCH: Return to normal mode, where the system load determines if the program is allowed to run.

This manual page was written by Nicolas Boullis <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).