RAD(8)

📦 version 0.6.2, in fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💖 RAD(8) — System Manager's Manual 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about rad, aka the Router Advertisement Daemon from the ratools/rad family. yes, it's a real manual page, yes it's section 8, and yes it's lowkey iconic. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

rad — Router Advertisement Daemon (ratools/rad)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

rad [-s|--socket UNIXSOCKET] [-l|--loglevel LOGLEVEL]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically rad is a fast, dynamic, multi-threading daemon that sends out IPv6 Router Advertisements (RA). it's giving main character energy, fr fr. 🌈

and the way it doesn't even let you talk to it directly? it's controlled via ractl. so ractl is the bestie that speaks for it, iykyk. 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -s, --socket — overrides the default path of the control socket. like, you wanna put the socket somewhere else? go off, queen. 🦋
  • -l, --loglevel — sets the logging level. the possible values are info, warning, and error. pick your vibe, but choose wisely bestie. ⭐

✨ AVAILABILITY ✨

rad is part of the ratools framework, and you can find it at https://github.com/danrl/ratools 🫶

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Written by Dan Luedtke. king behavior, honestly. 👑

ngl bestie, that's the whole page. short, sweet, and absolutely slaying. no cap. 💜

mwah 💋 this little legend comes to you from the ratools squad, dated September 2014, and it lives its best life as RAD(8). periodt. 🎀✨

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