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NAME

6       preload - Adaptive readahead daemon
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SYNOPSIS

9       preload [OPTION]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       preload is an adaptive readahead daemon that prefetches files mapped by
13       applications from the disk to reduce application startup time.
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15       -h, --help
16              Display command line parameters and their  default  values,  and
17              exit.
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19       -v, --version
20              Display version information and exit.
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22       -c, --conffile
23              Set  configuration  file.  Empty  string  means  no  conf  file.
24              (default is /etc/preload.conf)
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26       -s, --statefile
27              Set state file  to  load/save.  Empty  string  means  no  state.
28              (default is /var/lib/preload/preload.state)
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30       -l, --logfile
31              Set  log file. Empty string means to log to stderr.  (default is
32              /var/log/preload.log)
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34       -f, --foreground
35              Run in foreground, do not daemonize.
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37       -n, --nice
38              Nice level.  (default is 15)
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40       -V, --verbose
41              Set the  verbosity  level.   Levels  0  to  10  are  recognized.
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SIGNALS

48       On  receipt of a SIGHUP, the daemon will close and reopen its log file,
49       and reread the configuratoin file.
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51       On receipt of a SIGUSR1, the daemon dumps the currently loaded configu‐
52       ration into the log file.
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54       On  receipt  of  a  SIGUSR2,  the daemon saves its state into the state
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AUTHOR

58       Written by Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@gnu.org>
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REPORTING BUGS

61       Report bugs to <http://preload.sf.net/bug>
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64       Copyright © 2005,2006,2007 Behdad Esfahbod.
65       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
66       NO  warranty;  not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
67       PURPOSE.
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71preload 0.4                      January 2008                       PRELOAD(8)
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