Headless mode commands

Headless (or Topless) mode allows gtk-gnutella tu run without a graphical interface. This is mostly meant to be used for running gtk-gnutella as an ultrapeer on a server. To run gtk-gnutella in headless mode refer to the Online Manual.

Commands to the gtk-gnutella headless instance must be given from the command line shell.

To interact with your topless gtk-gnutella process, run the following:


$ gtk-gnutella --shell
help
status
quit

You can also say:


  $ echo status | gtk-gnutella --shell
  $ echo help lib | gtk-gnutella --shell

This can be used to generate (almost) truly random numbers 31-bit numbers:


 $ echo random 0x7fffffff | gtk-gnutella --shell | cut -d' ' -f 2

You can also get statistics:


  $ echo memory show pmap | gtk-gnutella --shell | head
  $ echo thread stats -p | gtk-gnutella --shell
  $ echo stats -p | gtk-gnutella --shell

You can see internal threads and background tasks:


   $ echo thread list | gtk-gnutella --shell
   $ echo task list -s | gtk-gnutella --shell

You can query and change properties:


  $ echo props -v _debug | gtk-gnutella --shell
  $ echo set -v matching_debug 5 | gtk-gnutella --shell