From b83a67ebf626bbe4bf6f9558db2ce44881e340ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michiel van Wessem <michiel@slackbuilds.org>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 17:44:25 +0200
Subject: network/vnstat: Updated for version 1.7

---
 network/vnstat/README | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'network/vnstat/README')

diff --git a/network/vnstat/README b/network/vnstat/README
index a22949bbfb..c53c6a459c 100644
--- a/network/vnstat/README
+++ b/network/vnstat/README
@@ -6,5 +6,26 @@ so vnStat can be used without root permissions.
 This program is open source (GPL) and can be installed in 'single' and 
 'root' mode. 
 
-Add the following line to your crontab:
-0-55/5 * * * * if [[ -x /usr/bin/vnstat && $(ls /var/lib/vnstat/ | wc -l) -ge 1 ]]; then /usr/bin/vnstat -u; fi
+Note that you can run vnstat either from cron or as a daemon from /etc/rc.d.
+
+To run vnstat from cron:
+  Add the following line to your crontab:
+  0-55/5 * * * * if [[ -x /usr/bin/vnstat && $(ls /var/lib/vnstat/ | wc -l) -ge 1 ]]; then /usr/bin/vnstat -u; fi
+
+To run vnstat from /etc/rc.d:
+  chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.vnstat
+  
+Note that to have vnstat start automatically this way it should be called from
+rc.local (and optionally rc.local_shutdown) like so:
+
+  In rc.local:
+  # Start vnstat
+  if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.vnstat ]; then
+    /etc/rc.d/rc.vnstat start
+  fi
+
+  In rc.local_shutdown:
+  # Stop vnstat
+  if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.vnstat ]; then
+    /etc/rc.d/rc.vnstat stop
+  fi
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