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.TH "DLT-DAEMON" "1" "" "" ""
.hy
.SH NAME
.PP
\f[B]dlt-daemon\f[R] - Diagnostic Log and Trace daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\f[B]dlt-daemon\f[R] [\f[B]-h\f[R]] [\f[B]-d\f[R]] [\f[B]-c\f[R]
filename] [\f[B]-t\f[R] directory] [\f[B]-p\f[R] port] [\f[B]-a\f[R]
filename]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The DLT daemon is the central place where logs and traces are gathered
from different applications, stored temporarily or permanently and
transferred to a DLT client application, which can run directly on the
COVESA system or more likely on a external tester device.
.SS OPTIONS
.TP
-h
Display a short help text.
.TP
-d
Daemonize, needed in System V init systems.
.TP
-c
Load an alternative configuration file.
By default the configuration file /etc/dlt.conf is loaded.
.TP
-t
Directory for local fifo and user-pipes (Default: /tmp).
Applications wanting to connect to a daemon using a custom directory
need to be started with the environment variable DLT_PIPE_DIR set
appropriately.
.TP
-p
Port to monitor for incoming requests (Default: 3490) Applications
wanting to connect to a daemon using a custom port need to be started
with the environment variable DLT_DAEMON_TCP_PORT set appropriately.
.TP
-a
Load an alternative configuration for app id log level defaults.
By default, the configuration file /etc/dlt-log-levels.conf is loaded.
.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
Start DLT daemon in background mode: \f[B]dlt-daemon -d\f[R]
.PP
Start DLT daemon with own configuration: \f[B]dlt-daemon -c
\[ti]/my-dlt-configuration.cfg\f[R]
.PP
Start DLT daemon with custom pipes directory: \f[B]dlt-daemon -t
\[ti]/dlt_pipes\f[R]
.PP
Start DLT daemon listening on custom port 3500: \f[B]dlt-daemon -p
3500\f[R]
.SH EXIT STATUS
.PP
Non zero is returned in case of failure.
.SH AUTHOR
.PP
Alexander Wenzel (alexander.aw.wenzel (at) bmw (dot) de)
.SH COPYRIGHT
.PP
Copyright (C) 2016 BMW AG.
License MPL-2.0: Mozilla Public License version 2.0
<http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/>.
.SH BUGS
.PP
See Github issue: <https://github.com/COVESA/dlt-daemon/issues>
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\f[B]dlt.conf(5)\f[R], \f[B]dlt-system(1)\f[R]