1apt‐cacher‐ng(8)                 Eduard Bloch                 apt‐cacher‐ng(8)
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NAME

6       apt-cacher-ng - caching proxy for software package downloads
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SYNOPSIS

9       apt-cacher-ng [-c confdir] [-h] [optname=optvalue ...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Apt-Cacher  NG is a caching proxy for software packages which are down‐
13       loaded by Unix/Linux system distribution mechanisms from mirror servers
14       accessible via HTTP.
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OPTIONS

17       The command-line options supported by apt-cacher-ng are:
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19       -c confdir
20              Scan the specified configuration directory and interpret config‐
21              uration files find there.
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23       -h     Short option summary
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25       varname=varopt
26              The options from the configuration can be passed on the  command
27              line as key=value pairs.
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CONFIGURATION

30       Apt-Cacher  NG is configured by a multi-config directory, i.e. the con‐
31       figuration is split into many configuration  files  having  names  with
32       suffix  .conf  and stored in a single directory. Variables can override
33       previously configured settings from other files,  sometimes  that  set‐
34       tings are merged (depending on the variable).
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36       The  configuration directory is typically /etc/apt-cacher-ng but it can
37       be adjusted with the -C option (see systemd service file for details or
38       wherever the init system starts the daemon).
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40       On Debian systems, there are at least three files installed by default:
41       acng.conf (containing documented examples),  security.conf  (containing
42       sensible  data and only readable for special users) and zz_debconf.conf
43       (containing popular settings which are set by the Debian  Configuration
44       mechanism).
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SIGNALS

47       Only few signals are handled in non-default ways.
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49       SIGUSR1 closes and reopens log files.
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51       SIGTERM and SIGINT close log files and stop the daemon.
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MORE INFORMATION

54       For  more  information on Apt-Cacher NG, read the User Manual which can
55       be found either in the doc/pdf directory of the software source package
56       or  installed  in  the documentation directory of apt-cacher-ng by your
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61apt‐cacher‐ng                    November 2007                apt‐cacher‐ng(8)
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