e2guardian(8)

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version 5.5.9r · 2 versions
, in alpine 3.24, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🌸 NAME 🌸

e2guardian — the web content filter. that's it, that's the whole assignment bestie 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

e2guardian [ -c config-file ] [ -v ] [ -h ] [ -N ] [ -q ] [ -Q ] [ -s ]
[ -r ] [ -g ] [ -t ]  [ -d debuglevel ]  [ -i ]

okay so here's the tea on literally every single flag, no skips, no shortcuts 🫶

  • -c config-file — use the given config-file.
  • -v — hands you the version number and the build options. the full receipts.
  • -h — spits out a short summary of the available command line options.
  • -N — do not go into the background. no daemon behaviour, it stays right there with you 😌
  • -q — causes e2guardian to kill any running copy. bye bestie 💀
  • -Q — kill any running copy AND start a new one with the current options. glow-up arc fr fr 🔥
  • -s — shows the parent process PID and then exits.
  • -r — reloads lists and group config files by issuing a HUP. but ngl, important caveat: this does not reset the httpworkers option (amongst others). so don't come for me when that one stays exactly where it was 🙈
  • -g — same as -r. literally the same thing, twins 👯
  • -t — rotate logs (issues a USR1).
  • -d — allows you to specify a debuglevel. turn that dial however loud you want 🔊
  • -i — read lists from stdin.

e2guardian is copyright Philip Pearce and Frederic Bourgeois. iconic behaviour, we stan 🎀

and that's the page, bestie! this lil' slice of documentation is from the e2guardian(8) manual, written by Philip Pearce, dated July 2025 — so you know it's fresh 🌸🦋✨

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