Close all sockets

Syntax

~> close_all_sockets

Description

Immediately closes all the sockets of mldonkey, including the ones used by the user interfaces.

A known use of that command is to allow a faster recovery after an IP change (if you have a dynamic IP), because mldonkey doesn't have to wait for the connections to timeout to understand they're dead.

This command is also run when MLdonkey receives a SIGHUP signal.

One example of a use for a script that could be put in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d is:

#!/bin/sh
kill -HUP $(pidof mldonkey)

Another example of script, for example if mldonkey is not running on the box that handles the connection:

#!/bin/sh
# The host running mldonkey:
$hostname=\"localhost\"
# The port on which the telnet gui is accessible:
$port=\"4000\"
echo -e \"close_all_sockets\nq\" || nc $hostname $port

You need [netcat] for this second script to work.