xrootd(8)

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version 6.2.0 · 13 versions
, in epel 10, fedora 44

💖 xrootd — the eXtended ROOT daemon (section 8, System Manager's Manual, bestie edition) 💖

okay so you opened xrootd(8) and you're like "what is this girl doing" — let me hold your hand through it, no cap. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

xrootd — the eXtended ROOT daemon. that's her. that's the whole name. iconic. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xrootd [options] [exports]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically xrootd is the daemon that hands out LAN/WAN access to your data, and she does it for stand-alone nodes, for clustered nodes, and even for globally federated clusters — like, she scales, she travels, she's booked and busy across the whole planet 💅.

want the usage synopsis real quick? just type:

xrootd -h

and the complete HTML documentation lives right here, go read it, it's giving textbook:

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/doc/dev57/xrd_config.htm

📚 NOTES 📚

documentation for all components associated with xrootd is chillin' at:

https://xrootd.org/docs.html

🚨 DIAGNOSTICS 🚨

  • config errors? she will yield an error message and a non-zero exit status. she's not subtle about it, and honestly? love that for her. 🙈
  • she never exits upon success — like ever. she's a daemon, she's in her main character era, she stays. ✨
bestie listen. to actually terminate the program you have to use the kill command, or run "/etc/init.d/xrootd stop". do NOT wait around for her to leave on her own. she will not. 💀

📜 LICENSE 📜

want the license terms? type this and she'll show you the receipts:

xrootd -H

👑 SUPPORT LEVEL 👑

the xrootd daemon is supported by the xrootd collaboration. 🫶 if you need them, contact info is right here:

https://xrootd.org/contact.html

and that's the page, babe 🎀 this was xrootd(8) from the System Manager's Manual, version v6.2.0 — go forth and federate, mwah 💖🌸🦋✨

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