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updated docs to reflect new bittorrent port range

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NAME
conky - A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but
more kickass. It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.
more kickass. It just keeps on given’er. Yeah.
SYNOPSIS
conky [options]
DESCRIPTION
Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code.
Since it's original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from it's
Since it’s original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from it’s
predecessor. Conky can display just about anything, either on your
root desktop or in it's own window. Conky has many built-in objects,
root desktop or in it’s own window. Conky has many built-in objects,
as well as the ability to execute programs and scripts, then display
the output from stdout.
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libraries installed. This should be a package along the lines of
"libx11-dev or xorg-x11-dev".
Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage... simply use "emerge app-
Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo’s Portage... simply use "emerge app-
admin/conky" for installation. There is also usually an up-to-date
ebuild within Conky's package or in CVS.
ebuild within Conky’s package or in CVS.
Debian,etc. users -- Conky will be in Debian's repositories soon (by
Debian,etc. users -- Conky will be in Debian’s repositories soon (by
mid-September, hopefully), and then Ubuntu shortly thereafter. Until
then, "dpkg -i" the .deb package to install.
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./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc
--localstatedir=/var/lib --enable-xft --enable-seti --enable-dou-
--localstatedir=/var/lib --enable-xft --enable-seti --enable-dou‐
ble-buffer --enable-own-window --enable-proc-uptime --enable-mpd
--enable-mldonkey --enable-x11 --enable-portmon
@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ COMPILING
src/conky
Conky probably doesn't compile with compilers other than gcc and icc.
It doesn't compile with C89 compiler and not even with pure C99. It
uses a few things that might not exist: strdup(), strcasecmp(), strn-
Conky probably doesn’t compile with compilers other than gcc and icc.
It doesn’t compile with C89 compiler and not even with pure C99. It
uses a few things that might not exist: strdup(), strcasecmp(), strn‐
casecmp(), optarg variable with getopt() and long long (not in C89).
Crashes in file system statistics stuff when compiled with icc, I don't
Crashes in file system statistics stuff when compiled with icc, I don’t
know exactly why.
You can disable 'drawing to own window' feature in case you don't need
You can disable ’drawing to own window’ feature in case you don’t need
it by passing --disable-own-window to configure -script.
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rest of Conky.
If you do use them, please do not complain about memory or CPU usage,
unless you think something's seriously wrong (mem leak, etc.).
unless you think something’s seriously wrong (mem leak, etc.).
An easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1
conky". Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then restart.
IMPORTANT: For previous Conky users, Conky 1.3 no longer supports the
metar stuff. mdsplib was causing way too many problems. Hopefully
there'll be a better solution in Conky 2.x...
there’ll be a better solution in Conky 2.x...
OPTIONS
Command line options override configurations defined in configuration
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-t TEXT
Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ' $uptime '
Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ’ $uptime ’
-u SECONDS
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CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
Default configuration file is $HOME/.conkyrc (can be changed from
conky.c among other things). See conkyrc.sample. If installing from
Debian package, this should be in /usr/share/doc/conky/examples ("gun-
Debian package, this should be in /usr/share/doc/conky/examples ("gun‐
zip conkyrc.sample.gz" to get conkyrc.sample).
You might want to copy it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying
it. Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net
alignment
Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, bot-
Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, bot‐
tom_left, bottom_right, or none
@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
default_shade_color
Default shading color and border's shading color
Default shading color and border’s shading color
default_outline_color
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double_buffer
Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recom-
mended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be
Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recom‐
mended to use own window with this one so double buffer won’t be
so big.
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VARIABLES
Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt. Also, http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html
[http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html]. Color can be also in #rrggbb for-
[http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html]. Color can be also in #rrggbb for‐
mat (hex). Note that when displaying bytes, power is 1024 and not 1000
so 1M really means 1024*1024 bytes and not 1000*1000.
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cpubar (cpu number) (height),(width)
Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See
Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar’s height in pixels. See
$cpu for more info on SMP.
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exec command
Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn-
ing: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd
Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn‐
ing: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I’d
recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.
@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ VARIABLES
execi interval command
Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less
Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can’t be less
than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
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head logfile lines (interval)
Displays first N lines of supplied text text file. If interval
is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30
is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky’s interval. Max of 30
lines can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
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i8k_left_fan_rpm
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
the left fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as
the left fan’s rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as
listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans
in reverse order.
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i8k_right_fan_rpm
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
the right fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as
the right fan’s rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as
listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans
in reverse order.
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mpd_bar (height),(width)
Bar of mpd's progress
Bar of mpd’s progress
mpd_bitrate
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mpd_vol
MPD's volume
MPD’s volume
mpd_elapsed
Song's elapsed time
Song’s elapsed time
mpd_length
Song's length
Song’s length
mpd_percent
Percent of song's progress
Percent of song’s progress
mpd_random
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Examples:
${tcp_portmon 6881 6889 count} - displays the number of connec-
${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} - displays the number of connec‐
tions in the bittorrent port range
${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} - displays the remote host ip of the
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name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports
Note that port monitor variables which share the same port range
actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a sin-
actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a sin‐
gle port range for different items and different indexes all use
the same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids
creating redundant monitors.
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texeci interval command
Runs a command at an interval inside a thread and displays the
output. Same as $execi, except the command is run inside a
thread. Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updat-
thread. Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updat‐
ing. You should make the interval slightly longer then the time
it takes your script to execute. For example, if you have a
script that take 5 seconds to execute, you should make the
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tail logfile lines (interval)
Displays last N lines of supplied text text file. If interval is
not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30 lines
not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky’s interval. Max of 30 lines
can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
time (format)
Local time, see man strftime to get more information about for-
Local time, see man strftime to get more information about for‐
mat
totaldown net
Total download, overflows at 4 GB on Linux with 32-bit arch and
there doesn't seem to be a way to know how many times it has
there doesn’t seem to be a way to know how many times it has
already done that before conky has started.
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EXAMPLES
conky -t '${time %D %H:%m}' -o -u 30
conky -t ’${time %D %H:%m}’ -o -u 30
Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30
sec update interval.
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~/.conkyrc default configuration file
BUGS
Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn’t work with
all window managers. Especially doesn’t work well with Gnome and it has
been reported that it doesn’t work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in
Conky to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree
@ -905,13 +905,13 @@ BUGS
SEE ALSO
http://conky.sourceforge.net [http://conky.sourceforge.net]
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky [http://www.source-
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky [http://www.source‐
forge.net/projects/conky]
#conky on irc.freenode.net
AUTHORS
The Conky dev team. What's up now!
The Conky dev team. What’s up now!

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</simplelist>The connection index provides you with access to each connection in the port monitor. The monitor will return information for index values from 0 to n-1 connections. Values higher than n-1 are simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index must be omitted. It is required for all other items.
<simplelist>
<member>Examples:</member>
<member><command>${tcp_portmon 6881 6889 count}</command> -
<member><command>${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count}</command> -
displays the number of connections in the bittorrent port range</member>
<member><command>${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0}</command> -
displays the remote host ip of the first sshd connection</member>