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FAMD(8)				      SGI			       FAMD(8)

NAME
       famd - The File Alteration Monitor (FAM) daemon

SYNOPSIS
       famd [-CdflLv] [-C conffile] [-p prog.vers] [-t period] [-T timeout]

DESCRIPTION
       FAM,  the File Alteration Monitor, is a subsystem that applications can
       use to be notified when specific files or directories are changed.   It
       is intended as a replacement for mechanisms such as poll and select.

       FAM  comes in two parts: famd, the daemon that listens for requests and
       provides notifications, and libfam a library that  client  applications
       can  use	 to  communicate with FAM.  For further information on libfam,
       see the fam(3) manual page.

       famd is normally started by an Internet superserver such	 as  inetd  or
       xinetd,	but  can  also be started independently.  Only one instance of
       famd can be run at a time.

       famd can be configured by editing  the  famd  configuration  file  (see
       famd.conf(5) for further details) or by providing the following command
       line options:

OPTIONS
       -c conffile
	      Read configuration information from conffile.

       -C     Run in backwards compatibilty mode.  This is disables  authenti‐
	      cation and is not recommended.

       -f     Run in the foreground.

       -v     Enable verbose messages.

       -d     Enable verbose messages and debug messages.

       -l     Disable polling of files on remote NFS servers.

       -L     Only accept connections from local clients.

       -p prog.vers
	      Register	with the portmapper using the specifed RPC program and
	      version numbers.

       -t period
	      Poll a remote NFS server every period  seconds  to  obtain  file
	      updates if the remote server is not running famd.

       -T timeout
	      Exit timeout seconds after the last client disconnects.  A value
	      of 0 causes famd to run forever.

SECURITY
       famd never opens the files it's monitoring,  and	 only  monitors	 files
       that the client can stat.

FILES
       /usr/pkg/etc/famd.conf
	      Default famd configuration file.

SEE ALSO
       fam(3), famd.conf(5), inetd(8), portmap(8), stat(1), xinetd(8)

BUGS
famd (fam 2.6.10)	       January 19, 2003			       FAMD(8)

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