NEXTEPC-PCRFD(8)

💅 nextepc-pcrfd — like, the whole manual, bestie

okay so real quick — we're talking about nextepc-pcrfd(8) here, section 8 of the manual, the big-kid daemon zone. pull up a chair 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

nextepc-pcrfd — Policy and Charging Rules Function (EPC / LTE). that's the whole name, she's iconic, she said what she said 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

nextepc-pcrfd [options]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. options go in the little slot, no drama 🌈

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so nextepc-pcrfd is the daemon for the Policy and Charging Rules Function. it's part of nextepc. periodt.

and like, what does PCRF actually do? bestie, she's the one deciding the service quality (QoS) for individual connections, and also how related traffic gets accounted and charged. basically she's the group chat admin who decides who gets the good wifi and who's paying for it 💀

she implements the Gx interface towards the PGW using the DIAMETER protocol. that's the whole job. no cap. 💖

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

every flag, every detail, going in the list. let's go 🎀

• -v — show version. lil flex, tells you what you're running ✨
• -h — show help. the "help me bestie" flag 🙈
• -d — start as daemon. sends her off to run in the background like a true main character 🫶
• -f <conf> — set configuration file name. you hand her the conf, she uses that one, exactly that one 💜
• -l <log_file> — log file path to be logged to. where the receipts get written 🧚
• -p <pid_file> — PID file path. the little id card so everyone knows which process she is 🌸

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🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

this manual page was written by Ruben Undheim <ruben.undheim@gmail.com> for the Debian project (and may be used by others). ty for your service king 🫡💖

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okay that's the whole page, go forth and configure responsibly 🌈

sign-off corner: this was NEXTEPC-PCRFD(8), dated 02 April 2026 — mwah, take care of her, she's iconic 💅🎀