Title: cnid_metad
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Date: 23 Mar 2012
Manual: @NETATALK_VERSION@
Source: @NETATALK_VERSION@
Language: English
* Define some portability stuff
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http://bugs.debian.org/507673
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
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\w'cnid_metadcnid_metad 'u cnid_metad [-d] [-F configuration file]
cnid_metad -v | -V
cnid_metad waits for requests from afpd to start up instances of the cnid_dbd daemon. It keeps track of the status of a cnid_dbd instance once started and will restart it if necessary. cnid_metad is normally started at boot time by netatalk(8) and runs until shutdown.
-d
cnid_metad will remain in the foreground and will also leave the standard input, standard output and standard error file descriptors open. Useful for debugging.
-F configuration file
Use configuration file as the configuration file. The default is @pkgconfdir@/afp.conf.
-v, -V
Show version and exit.
cnid_metad does not block or catch any signals apart from SIGPIPE. It will therefore exit on most signals received. This will also cause all instances of cnid_dbd\*(Aqs started by that cnid_metad to exit gracefully. Since state about and IPC access to the subprocesses is only maintained in memory by cnid_metad this is desired behaviour. As soon as cnid_metad is restarted afpd processes will transparently reconnect.
netatalk(8), cnid_dbd(8), afpd(8), dbd(1), afp.conf(5)