INETD2RLINETD(8)

📦 version 0.9.3, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 INETD2RLINETD — the glow-up page 💖

okay so bestie, this is inetd2rlinetd, section 8 of the manual, shipping with rlinetd 0.9.3. it's giving makeover montage and honestly? we ate. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

inetd2rlinetd — configuration file converter 🦋

no like literally, that's the whole job description. it converts. slay.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

inetd2rlinetd [--force-overwrite] [--print-file-names]
[--add-from-comment] [-f file] [-l entry] [directory]

look at her. she's flexible. she's got options. 💅

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so inetd2rlinetd is a script — a script, bestie, not some fancy compiled binary — that takes your typical inetd.conf(5) style configuration files and converts them into rlinetd.conf(5) style configuration files. that's it. that's the plot. 🫶

it's giving "moving houses but for your daemon config." main character energy fr fr.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

here's where it gets juicy. every single one of these matters, so don't skim, i'm watching 👀

  • -f file — the file in inetd.conf(5) format that's gonna get converted. the default is stdin, so if you don't say anything she'll just read whatever you pipe at her. ✨
  • -l entry — a single line in inetd.conf(5) format. only that one line gets converted, nothing else. on Debian systems, this option is used internally by the update-inetd(8) command. so like, it's lowkey a backstage-pass situation for update-inetd. 🎟️
  • directory — the output files directory. default is /etc/rlinetd.d. that's where the new glow-up files go. 🏠
  • --force-overwrite — forces overwriting existing files with the new version. she will not be asking permission. no cap. 🔥
  • --print-file-names — prints to standard output the list of generated files. so you can see exactly what she made. receipts, bestie. 🧾
  • --add-from-comment — puts a special comment with the original inetd.conf(5) line in front of each converted service. so every service carries its little baby photo with it. 😭💖

💀 NOTE 💀

the options -f and -l cannot be used together. do not try it. do not be cute about it. it's not happening. 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these too, i'm not kidding, they're iconic:

💜 AUTHOR 💜

this manual page was written by Mikolaj J. Habryn <dichro-doc@rcpt.to>. then it got modified by Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>. two legends, one page. 👑

🌟 the sign-off 🌟

this was the Debian edition, dated July 4th, 2011, from rlinetd 0.9.3 — and that's the whole vibe check, bestie. go convert something. you're gonna do great. 💅✨🌸

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