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.Dd November 4, 2004
.Dt OSPFD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ospfd
.Nd "Open Shortest Path First daemon"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is an Open Shortest Path First
.Pq OSPF
daemon which manages routing tables.
Its main purpose is to keep AS internal routing tables in sync.
.Pp
A running
.Nm
can be controlled with the
.Xr ospfctl 8
utility.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl d
Do not daemonize.
If this option is specified,
.Nm
will run in the foreground and log to
.Em stderr .
.It Fl f Ar file
Specify an alternative configuration file.
.It Fl n
Configtest mode.
Only check the configuration file for validity.
.It Fl v
Produce more verbose output.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/ospfd.confXXXX" -compact
.It /etc/ospfd.conf
.Nm
configuration file.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ospfd.conf 5 ,
.Xr ospfctl 8
.Rs
.%R RFC 2328
.%T "OSPF Version 2"
.%D April 1998
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
program first appeared in
.Ox 3.7 .