Send commands to a running loadwatch
lw-ctl file command
lw-ctl sends commands to a running loadwatch. You can instruct loadwatch to enter one of three states, RUN, STOP, or WATCH.
The parameters are:
file
The UNIX domain socket that loadwatch is listening to.
command
One of:
RUN
Allow the child process to run regardless of system load.
STOP
Suspend the child process regardless of system load.
WATCH
Return to normal mode, where the system load determines if the program is allowed to run.
This manual page was written by Nicolas Boullis <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).