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NAME

       preload - Adaptive readahead daemon

SYNOPSIS

       preload [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

       preload is an adaptive readahead daemon that prefetches files mapped by
       applications from the disk to reduce application startup time.

       -h, --help
              Display command line parameters and their  default  values,  and
              exit.

       -v, --version
              Display version information and exit.

       -c, --conffile
              Set  configuration  file.  Empty  string  means  no  conf  file.
              (default is /etc/preload.conf)

       -s, --statefile
              Set state file  to  load/save.  Empty  string  means  no  state.
              (default is /var/lib/preload/preload.state)

       -l, --logfile
              Set  log file. Empty string means to log to stderr.  (default is
              /var/log/preload.log)

       -f, --foreground
              Run in foreground, do not daemonize.

       -n, --nice
              Nice level.  (default is 15)

       -V, --verbose
              Set the  verbosity  level.   Levels  0  to  10  are  recognized.
              (default is 4)

       -d, --debug
              Debug mode: --logfile ’’ --foreground --verbose 9

SIGNALS

       On  receipt of a SIGHUP, the daemon will close and reopen its log file,
       and reread the configuratoin file.

       On receipt  of  a  SIGUSR1,  the  daemon  dumps  the  currently  loaded
       configuration into the log file.

       On  receipt  of  a  SIGUSR2,  the daemon saves its state into the state
       file.

AUTHOR

       Written by Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@gnu.org>

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <http://preload.sf.net/bug>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2005,2006,2007,2008 Behdad Esfahbod.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO  warranty;  not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.