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.TH VDE_AUTOLINK "1" "November 2007" "vde_autolink 2.2.0-pre1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
vde_autolink \- automatically create and maintain vde connections
.SH DESCRIPTION
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display this help
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-rcfile\fR
Configuration file (overrides /etc/vde_autolink.rc and ~/.vde_autolinkrc)
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-daemon\fR
Daemonize vde_autolink once run
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pidfile\fR PIDFILE
Write pid of daemon to PIDFILE
.TP
\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-mgmt\fR SOCK
Path of the management UNIX socket
.TP
\fB\-\-mgmtmode\fR MODE
Management UNIX socket access mode (octal)
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sock\fR
[*] Attach to this vde_switch socket
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-switchmgmt\fR
[*] Attach to this vde_switch management socket
.IP
[*] == Required option!
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR                 Display this help
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-rcfile\fR               Configuration file (overrides /etc/vde_autolink.rc and ~/.vde_autolinkrc)
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-daemon\fR               Daemonize vde_autolink once run
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pidfile\fR PIDFILE      Write pid of daemon to PIDFILE
\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-mgmt\fR SOCK            Path of the management UNIX socket
.TP
\fB\-\-mgmtmode\fR MODE
Management UNIX socket access mode (octal)
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sock\fR
[*] Attach to this vde_switch socket
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-switchmgmt\fR
[*] Attach to this vde_switch management socket
.IP
[*] == Required option!
.SH NOTICE
Virtual Distributed Ethernet is not related in any way with
www.vde.com ("Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik"
i.e. the German "Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information
Technologies"). 

.SH SEE ALSO
\fBvde_switch\fP(1),
\fBvde_plug\fP(1),
.br
.SH AUTHORS 
VDE is a project by Renzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it>.

vde_autolink is a VDE component by Luca Bigliardi