[syslinux] tftp-hpa standalone in foreground

Andreas Kotes count-linux at flatline.de
Sat Jan 13 17:20:21 PST 2007


Hello,

* Geert Stappers <stappers at stappers.nl> [20070114 02:15]:
> Op 13-01-2007 om 20:31 schreef Andreas Kotes:
> > I would like to use in.tftpd in standalone mode, but without having it
> > forking off in the background (I'm using inittab) .. can you add a
> > foreground-option?
> 
> 
> Reading The Fine Manual reveals:
> 
> OPTIONS
>        -l     Run the server in standalone (listen) mode, rather than run from
>               inetd.   In  listen  mode,  the -t option is ignored, and the -a
>               option can be used to specify a specific local address  or port
>               to listen to.
> 
> 
> 
> Is that what you are looking for?

Yes, but no. It forks itself in the background when going standalone,
which is NOT what I want :)

Kind regards,

   Andreas

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