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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-02-19 22:48:13 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-02-19 22:48:13 +0100
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daemon: Add `--listen'.
* nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (GUIX_OPT_LISTEN): New macro. (options): Add `--listen'. (parse_opt): Handle it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon): Mention it.
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@@ -367,6 +367,13 @@ Do not keep build logs. By default they are kept under
Assume @var{system} as the current system type. By default it is the
architecture/kernel pair found at configure time, such as
@code{x86_64-linux}.
+
+@item --listen=@var{socket}
+Listen for connections on @var{socket}, the file name of a Unix-domain
+socket. The default socket is
+@file{@var{localstatedir}/daemon-socket/socket}. This option is only
+useful in exceptional circumstances, such as if you need to run several
+daemons on the same machine.
@end table