EB_CLIENT_KERNEL_GENERIC(1)

📦 version 2.9, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is eb_client_kernel_generic — it's the client for kernel generic, version v2.8, and the copyright situation is literally (C) 2009-2015 by folkert@vanheusden.com. yes that's a real email address in the name line, we don't make the rules, we just report them 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

eb_client_kernel_generic <options>

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so like, it's a client. for kernel generic. and you run it with <options>. that's the whole vibe, she's a simple girlie with a big job 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -I host — the entropy_broker host you're connecting to 🛰️ and ngl the format for this one is flexible in a few cute ways:
    • e.g. host
    • host:port
    • [ipv6 literal]:port
    • and you can have multiple entries of this — stack 'em up, queen 👑
  • -l file — log to file file 📝 (yes, write it down, keep receipts)
  • -L x — log level, where 0=nothing and 255=all. so it's giving ✨ range ✨. want total silence? zero. want the entire tea, unfiltered? 255. iconic.
  • -s — log to syslog 📡 (the system gets the gossip instead)
  • -n — do not fork. stay in the foreground, main character energy, no hiding 🚫🍴
  • -P file — write pid to file file 🪪 so everyone knows where to find you
  • -X file — read username+password from file file 🔐 secret little file, we love her
  • -S time — how long to sleep between each iteration 😴 she rests, she recovers, she returns
  • -b x — how many BYTES to process each iteration 📦 (note: bytes, not vibes — measure carefully bestie)
💀 friendly reminder that -L x really does go all the way to 255, and 0 really does mean nothing. don't be out here guessing at numbers, the range is the range, periodt.

and that's the whole page bestie!! no cap, every single flag is here, nothing got left behind 🌸

this little masterpiece of a manpage is signed eb_client_kernel_generic, dated September 2016 — so go forth, connect to your entropy broker, log responsibly, and remember: she doesn't fork unless you let her 🧚💜

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