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NAME

       beastalkd - A simple, fast work queue.

SYNOPSIS

       beanstalkd [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page documents briefly the beanstalkd work-queue service.
       The beanstalk interface is generic, but  was  originally  designed  for
       reducing  the  latency of page views in high-volume web applications by
       running time-consuming tasks asynchronously.

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below.

       -b <dir>
              Use a binlog to keep jobs on persistent storage in  <dir>.  Upon
              startup,  beanstalkd  will recover any binlog that is present in
              <dir>, then,  during  normal  operation,  append  new  jobs  and
              changes in state to the binlog.

       -d     Detach and run beanstalkd as a daemon.

       -f <ms>
              Call  fsync(2)  at  most once every <ms> milliseconds. This will
              recuce disk activity and improve speed at the cost of safety.  A
              power   failure   could  result  in  the  loss  of  up  to  <ms>
              milliseconds of history.

              A <ms> value of 0 will cause beanstalkd to call fsync every time
              it writes to the binlog.

              This option has no effect without the -b option.

       -F     Never  call fsync(2) function. This is like -f with a <ms> value
              of infinity.

              This option has no effect without the -b option.

       -h     Show the command line help and summary of options.

       -l <addr>
              Listen on address <addr> (default is 0.0.0.0)

       -p <port>
              Listen on TCP port <port> (default is 11300).

       -s <bytes>
              The maximum size in bytes of each binlog file.

              This option has no effect without the -b option.

       -u <user>
              Become the user <user> and its primary group.

       -z <bytes>
              The maximum size in bytes of a job.

LICENSE

       The beanstalkd daemon is copyright Keith Rarick and Philotic  Inc.  and
       is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.

SEE ALSO

       The README file that comes with beanstalkd
       http://xph.us/software/beanstalkd/

AUTHOR

       The beanstalkd daemon was written by Keith Rarick and Philotic Inc.

                               October 14, 2009