After installation, you can start the program by simply entering
iptraf
at the shell prompt. You will see a copyright notice, with
an instruction to press any key to get started. Just press any character
key, and you will be immediately taken to the main menu. All major
functions of the program are found there.
Entering the IPTraf command without any command-line parameters brings
up the program's main menu. From there, you can select the
facilities you want.
IPTraf determines and makes use of the maximum number
of lines and columns on the terminal.
Note
IPTraf does not have a SIGWINCH handler; it does not
adjust itself when an xterm or some other X terminal is resized.
Technical note
IPTraf needs to refer to the terminfo database
in /usr/share/terminfo.
If the supplied executable program fails with Error
opening
terminal, your terminfo database may be located somewhere else. You can
control the terminfo search path
by using the TERMINFO environment
variable. For example, if you're using the sh
or bash shell, and
your terminfo database is in /usr/lib/terminfo
(typical for Slackware distributions), you can use the commands:
TERMINFO=/usr/lib/terminfo
export TERMINFO
You can place these commands in your ~/.profile or the
systemwide /etc/profile startup files.
You can also create a symbolic
link named /usr/share/terminfo to let
it point to your existing terminfo (assuming again your terminfo is in
/usr/lib/terminfo):
ln -s /usr/lib/terminfo /usr/share/terminfo
Or you can recompile your program to use your existing ncurses library
installation. If you do this, make sure you have ncurses 4.2 or later.
