lw-ctl(1)

send commands to a running loadwatch

Section 1 loadwatch bookworm source

Description

lw-ctl - send commands to a running loadwatch

lw-ctl file command

lw-ctl sends commands to a running loadwatch. You can instruct loadwatch to enter one of three states, RUN, STOP, or WATCH.

The parameters are:

file

The UNIX domain socket that loadwatch is listening to.

command

One of:

	RUN		Allow the child process to run regardless of system load.
	STOP		Suspend the child process regardless of system load.
	WATCH		Return to normal mode, where the system load determines if the program is allowed to run.

This manual page was written by Nicolas Boullis <nboullis@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).