NAME

       ip-monitor, rtmon - state monitoring

SYNOPSIS

       ip monitor [ all | OBJECT-LIST ] [ file FILENAME ] [ label ] [ all-nsid ] [ dev DEVICE ]

OPTIONS

       -t, -timestamp
              Prints timestamp before the event message on the separated line in format:
                  Timestamp: <Day> <Month> <DD> <hh:mm:ss> <YYYY> <usecs> usec
                  <EVENT>

       -ts, -tshort
              Prints short timestamp before the event message on the same line in format:
                  [<YYYY>-<MM>-<DD>T<hh:mm:ss>.<ms>] <EVENT>

DESCRIPTION

       The  ip  utility  can  monitor the state of devices, addresses and routes continuously. This option has a
       slightly different format.  Namely, the monitor command is the first in the command  line  and  then  the
       object list follows:

       ip monitor [ all | OBJECT-LIST ] [ file FILENAME ] [ label ] [ all-nsid ] [ dev DEVICE ]

       OBJECT-LIST  is  the  list of object types that we want to monitor.  It may contain link, address, route,
       mroute, prefix, neigh, netconf, rule, stats, nsid and nexthop.  If no file argument is  given,  ip  opens
       RTNETLINK, listens on it and dumps state changes in the format described in previous sections.

       If  the label option is set, a prefix is displayed before each message to show the family of the message.
       For example:

         [NEIGH]10.16.0.112 dev eth0 lladdr 00:04:23:df:2f:d0 REACHABLE [LINK]3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu
         1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default
             link/ether 52:54:00:12:34:57 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

       If the all-nsid option is set, the program listens to all network namespaces that have  a  nsid  assigned
       into  the  network  namespace  were  the  program  is running.  A prefix is displayed to show the network
       namespace where the message originates. Example:

         [nsid 0]10.16.0.112 dev eth0 lladdr 00:04:23:df:2f:d0 REACHABLE

       If the file option is given, the program does not listen on RTNETLINK, but  opens  the  given  file,  and
       dumps  its  contents. The file should contain RTNETLINK messages saved in binary format.  Such a file can
       be generated with the rtmon utility. This utility has a  command  line  syntax  similar  to  ip  monitor.
       Ideally,  rtmon  should  be started before the first network configuration command is issued. F.e. if you
       insert:

               rtmon file /var/log/rtmon.log

       in a startup script, you will be able to view the full history later.

       Nevertheless, it is possible to start rtmon at any time.  It prepends the history with the state snapshot
       dumped at the moment of starting.

       If the dev option is given, the program prints only events related to this device.

SEE ALSO

       ip(8)

AUTHOR

       Original Manpage by Michail Litvak <mci@owl.openwall.com>
       Manpage revised by Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>

iproute2                                           13 Dec 2012                                     IP-MONITOR(8)