RTMON(8) System Manager's Manual RTMON(8)
NAME
rtmon - listens to and monitors RTnetlink
SYNOPSIS
rtmon [ OPTIONS ] file FILE [ all | OBJECTS ]
OPTIONS := { f[amily] { inet | inet6 | link | help } | -4 | -6 | -0 |
-V[ersion] }
OBJECTS := [ link ] [ address ] [ route ]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the rtmon command.
rtmon listens on netlink socket and monitors routing table changes.
rtmon can be started before the first network configuration command is
issued. For example if you insert:
rtmon file /var/log/rtmon.log
in a startup script, you will be able to view the full history later.
Certainly, it is possible to start rtmon at any time. It prepends the
history with the state snapshot dumped at the moment of starting.
OPTIONS
rtmon supports the following options:
-Version
Print version and exit.
help Show summary of options.
file FILE [ all | OBJECTS ]
Log output to FILE. OBJECTS is the list of object types that we
want to monitor. It may contain 'link', 'address', 'route' and
'all'. 'link' specifies the network device, 'address' the proto-
col (IP or IPv6) address on a device, 'route' the routing table
entry and 'all' does what the name says.
-family [ inet | inet6 | link | help ]
Specify protocol family. 'inet' is IPv4, 'inet6' is IPv6, 'link'
means that no networking protocol is involved and 'help' prints
usage information.
-4 Use IPv4. Shortcut for -family inet.
-6 Use IPv6. Shortcut for -family inet6.
-0 Use a special family identifier meaning that no networking proto-
col is involved. Shortcut for -family link.
USAGE EXAMPLES
# rtmon file /var/log/rtmon.log
Log to file /var/log/rtmon.log, then run:
# ip monitor file /var/log/rtmon.log
to display logged output from file.
SEE ALSO
ip(8) ip-monitor(8)
AUTHOR
rtmon was written by Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>.
This manual page was written by Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>, for the
Debian project (but may be used by others).
RTMON(8)
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