lib/unixctl.man

   1 .IP "\fB\-\-unixctl=\fIsocket\fR"
   2 Sets the name of the control socket on which \fB\*(PN\fR listens for
   3 runtime management commands (see \fBRUNTIME MANAGEMENT COMMANDS\fR,
   4 below).  If \fIsocket\fR does not begin with \fB/\fR, it is
   5 interpreted as relative to \fB@RUNDIR@\fR.  If \fB\-\-unixctl\fR is
   6 not used at all, the default socket is
   7 \fB@RUNDIR@/\*(PN.\fIpid\fB.ctl\fR, where \fIpid\fR is \fB\*(PN\fR's
   8 process ID.
   9 .IP
  10 On Windows a local named pipe is used to listen for runtime management
  11 commands.  A file is created in the absolute path as pointed by
  12 \fIsocket\fR or if \fB\-\-unixctl\fR is not used at all, a file is
  13 created as \fB\*(PN.ctl\fR in the configured \fIOVS_RUNDIR\fR
  14 directory.  The file exists just to mimic the behavior of a Unix domain socket.
  15 .IP
  16 Specifying \fBnone\fR for \fIsocket\fR disables the control socket
  17 feature.