NAME¶
make_socksfc - Generates frozen configuratyion file for SOCKS clients
SYNOPSIS¶
make_socksfc [infile [
outfile] ]
DESCRIPTION¶
make_socksfc reads in a plain-text configuration file for the SOCKS clients and
produces a frozen configuration file as the output.
Both arguments are optional. The default for
infile is
/etc/socks.conf; the default for
outfile is
/etc/socks.fc. You may specify
infile while omitting
outfile, but you cannot specify
outfile without also speficying
infile.
The contents of the frozen configuration file is essentially the memory image of
the parsed input file. Using the frozen configuration file can reduce the
start-up delay of the SOCKS client programs since they no longer have to parse
the file contents.
When the SOCKS client starts, it always looks for the frozen configuration file
/etc/socks.fc first . If that file is not found, it then tries to use
the plain-text configuration file
/etc/socks.conf. If you use frozen
configuration, you must remember to run
make_socksfc every time after
you modify the plain-text file or the SOCKS clients will continue to use the
frozen file of a previous configuration.
To find out the contents of a frozen configuration file, use
dump_socksfc.
FILES¶
/etc/socks.fc,
/etc/socks.conf
SEE ALSO¶
dump_socksfc(8),
socks.conf(5),
socks.fc(5)
AUTHOR¶
Ying-Da Lee, yingda@esd.sgi.com or yingda@best.com