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          L C D N E S T A T    
              version 1.3

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by Patrick Lagacé (patou@sympatico.ca)
http://lcdnetstat.intellos.net


DESCRIPTION
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LCDnetstat is a lcdproc client that parse all the tcp/ip
connection on a computer and show them on an LCD screen.
LCDNetstat is protected by the GPL license, please read 
COPYING for more informations.


MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
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Software: - Perl 5,
          - LCDproc 0.4-pre9

Hardware: - Crystal fontz LCD display 
          OR
          - Matrix Orbital LCD display 


INSTALATION
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1) copy lcdnetstat where you want it (example: /usr/local/bin)
2) copy lcdnetstat.conf in the same directory specified in step 1 OR in /etc/
   (lcdnetstat will serch for lcdnetstat.conf in his own directory first,
   IF IT DONT FIND IT, it will search in /etc/)
3) edit lcdnetstat.conf to change it how you want it


USAGE
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lcdnetstat
(there is no command line switch, everyhting is controlled by the config file)


CHANGE
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Version 1.3
  - add HideDuplicate settings
  - add the deamon feature
  - add RefreshInterval in config file
  - allow to view more than 3 firsts connections
  - modularized the script
  - use /proc/net/tcp unstead `netstat`

Version 1.2
  - now use only one table (for ip and port)
  - the timestamp no longer use a system call
  - show the port used on the remote computer
  - now the line will scroll if it`s more than 20 caracters
  - integration of the configuration file
  - change the title from the configuration file
  - add IgnoreList feature from the configuration file
  - add NameResolution feature  from the configuration file
  - add a debug mode
  - add LCDproc server settings from the configuration file

Version 1.1
  - change title to "TCP/IP Connections"
  - add a message when there is no incoming connections
  - change the way to work with netstat, unstead using an open, we now use an array
  - fix the bug about the intermittent broken pipe

Version 1.0
  - original release