By default, Polipo runs as a normal foreground job in a terminal in which it can log random "How do you do?" messages. With the right configuration options, Polipo can run as a daemon.
Polipo is run with the following command line:
$ polipo [ -h ] [ -v ] [ -x ] [ -c config ] [ var=val... ]All flags are optional. The flag
-h
causes Polipo to print a
short help message and to quit. The flag -v
causes Polipo to
list all of its configuration variables and quit. The flag
-x
causes Polipo to purge its on-disk cache and then quit
(see Purging). The flag -c
specifies the configuration
file to use (by default ~/.polipo
or
/etc/polipo/config
). Finally, Polipo's configuration can be
changed on the command line by assigning values to given configuration
variables.