Operation
=========

Once :program:`tcpdistro` is launched it will start accepting events.
The program itself needs no administration other than the storage space it consumes on the file system.

As a ball-park figure, each event consumes 180 octets of space which the file system must be able to provide.

The :program:`dstore` utility manages the storage.
With this, you can look at usage statistics or clean up your storage if space is at a premium.
:program:`dstore` performs clean-up or "rotation".

.. code:: text

   $ dstore rotate 1 hour
   dstore: storage in '/var/dstore', hash-split is 1024
   Would remove 13 files for actual rotate

   $ dstore rotate 1 hour really
   dstore: storage in '/var/dstore', hash-split is 1024
   Unlinked /var/dstore/2424/5/6/dnsmessages-539
   Unlinked /var/dstore/2424/5/6/dnsmessages-769
   Unlinked /var/dstore/2424/5/6/dnsmessages-730
   ...
   Unlinked /var/dstore/2424/5/6/dnsmessages-834
   Removed 13 files for rotate