SYNOPSIS
preload [OPTION]...DESCRIPTION
preload is an adaptive readahead daemon that prefetches files mapped by applications from the disk to reduce application startup time.- -h, --help
- Display command line parameters and their default values, and exit.
- -v, --version
- Display version information and exit.
- -c, --conffile
- Set configuration file. Empty string means no conf file. (default is /etc/preload.conf)
- -s, --statefile
- Set state file to load/save. Empty string means no state. (default is /var/lib/preload/preload.state)
- -l, --logfile
- Set log file. Empty string means to log to stderr. (default is /var/log/preload.log)
- -f, --foreground
- Run in foreground, do not daemonize.
- -n, --nice
- Nice level. (default is 15)
- -V, --verbose
- Set the verbosity level. Levels 0 to 10 are recognized. (default is 4)
- -d, --debug
- Debug mode: --logfile '' --foreground --verbose 9
SIGNALS
On receipt of a SIGHUP, the daemon will close and reopen its log file, and reread the configuratoin file.
On receipt of a SIGUSR1, the daemon dumps the currently loaded configuration into the log file.
On receipt of a SIGUSR2, the daemon saves its state into the state file.
AUTHOR
Written by Behdad Esfahbod <[email protected]>REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <http://preload.sf.net/bug>COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2005,2006,2007,2008 Behdad Esfahbod.This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.