MWC(1)
π MWC β like, the website-change-monitor era π
okay bestie, so this is the manual for mwc and mwcfeedserver, living in section 1 of the General Commands Manual, and it's genuinely so useful. no cap.
β¨ NAME β¨
mwc, mwcfeedserver β program for monitoring changes of Websites π¦
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
mwc [--config[=config] --dry-run[=shortname]]
mwcfeedserver [--config[=config] --port[=port]]
π DESCRIPTION π
So this manual page documents briefly the mwc and mwcfeedserver commands. Short and sweet, we love that for us.
mwc is a program that monitor websites and send mails after detect changes. π That's the whole vibe β it watches your sites, and the second something changes, it's in your inbox. main character energy fr fr.
β OPTIONS β
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (-). A summary of options is included below, and yes, we're going through all of them.
--config=CONFIGβ path and filename of the config - file. that's where your settings live, girl, point it at the right place π«Ά--dry-run=SHORTNAMEβ test the entry SHORTNAME from config without sending a mail. this is the iconic "let me just peek, no commitments" mode, obsessed π--port=PORTβ port (Standard =8000) where Feedserver is listen. lowkey important: the default is8000, so if you don't say anything, that's where it's hanging out π
π AUTHOR π
The Sleuth Kit was written by Michael Till Beck <Debianguru@gmx.de>. π
This manual page was written by JΓΆrg Frings-FΓΌrst <debian@jff-webhosting.net> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). slay, generous queen π
π heads up bestie: keep the option names and file paths exactly as written above, no renaming, no vibes-based edits. it's giving precision.
and that's the whole page, periodt. π β¨
written under the General Commands Manual umbrella, dated September 18, 2014, and it's the MWC(1) page β love that journey for us π¦π
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: mwc 2.0.5-1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- debian trixie: mwc 2.0.5-2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: mwc 2.0.5-1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: mwc 2.0.5-1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: mwc 2.0.5-2
- ubuntu resolute: mwc 2.0.5-2build1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: mwc 2.0.5-2build1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- Copyright 2014 JΓΆrg Frings-FΓΌrst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms