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RRDCacheD 1.11.0
Copyright (C) 2008,2009 Florian octo Forster and Kevin Brintnall

Usage: rrdcached [options]

Valid options are:
  -a <size>     Memory allocation chunk size. Default is 1.
  -B            Restrict file access to paths within -b <dir>
  -b <dir>      Base directory to change to.
  -F            Always flush all updates at shutdown
  -f <seconds>  Interval in which to flush dead data.
  -G <group>    Unprivileged group used when running.
  -g            Do not fork and run in the foreground.
  -j <dir>      Directory in which to create the journal files.
  -L            Open sockets on all INET interfaces using default port.
  -l <address>  Socket address to listen to.
                Default: unix:/tmp/rrdcached.sock
  -m <mode>     File permissions (octal) of all following UNIX sockets
  -O            Do not allow CREATE commands to overwrite existing
                files, even if asked to.
  -o <file>     Log to given file instead of syslog.
  -P <perms>    Sets the permissions to assign to all following sockets
  -p <file>     Location of the PID-file.
  -R            Allow recursive directory creation within -b <dir>
  -s <id|name>  Group owner of all following UNIX sockets
                (the socket will also have read/write permissions for that group)
  -t <threads>  Number of write threads.
  -U <user>     Unprivileged user account used when running.
  -V <LOGLEVEL> Max syslog level to log with, with LOG_DEBUG being
                the maximum and LOG_EMERG minimum; see syslog.h
  -w <seconds>  Interval in which to write data.
  -z <delay>    Delay writes up to <delay> seconds to spread load

For more information and a detailed description of all options please refer
to the rrdcached(1) manual page.

Options (22)

Option	Description	Source
`-a` size	Allocate value pointers in chunks of alloc_size.	help + man
`-B`	Only permit writes into the base directory specified in -b (and any sub-directories).	help + man
`-b` dir	The daemon will change into a specific directory at startup.	help + man
`-F`	ALWAYS flush all updates to the RRD data files when the daemon is shut down, regardless of journal setting.	help + man
`-f` seconds	Every timeout seconds the entire cache is searched for old values which are written to disk.	help + man
`-G` group	When running as daemon and invoked from a privileged account, reset group privileges to those of group.	help + man
`-g`	Do not fork and run in the foreground.	help + man
`-j` dir	Directory in which to create the journal files.	help + man
`-L`	Tells the daemon to bind to the default TCP port on all available interfaces.	help + man
`-l` address	Tells the daemon to bind to address and accept incoming TCP connections on that socket.	help + man
`-m` mode	File permissions (octal) of all following UNIX sockets	help + man
`-O`	Prevent the CREATE command from overwriting existing files, even when it is instructed to do so.	help + man
`-o` file	Log to the given file instead of syslog.	help + man
`-P` perms	Sets the permissions to assign to all following sockets	help
`-p` file	Sets the name and location of the PID-file.	help + man
`-R`	Permit recursive subdirectory creation in the base directory specified in -b (and any sub-directories).	help + man
`-s` id\|name	Group owner of all following UNIX sockets (the socket will also have read/write permissions for that group)	help + man
`-t` threads	Specifies the number of threads used for writing RRD files.	help + man
`-U` user	When running as daemon and invoked from a privileged account, reset user privileges to those of user.	help + man
`-w` seconds	Data is written to disk every timeout seconds.	help + man
`-z` delay	If specified, rrdcached will delay writing of each RRD for a random number of seconds in the range [0,delay).	help + man
`-V` log_level	rrdcached under load can severely flood the logs. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man

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