PIM6STAT(1)
PIM6STAT(1) General Commands Manual PIM6STAT(1)

pim6stat
show PIM for IPv6 status

pim6stat [
-ds
] [
-f dumpfile
] [
-p pidfile
] [
-w waitsec
]

pim6stat shows status or statistics of the PIM for IPv6 daemon currently running. When invoked, it sends a signal to let the daemon dump its internal status to a file, waits for dumping, and outputs the content of the file to standard output.
Options supported by pim6stat:
specifies to show the status of a dense mode daemon (if running). By default, pim6stat assumes sparse mode.
specifies the dumpfile to which the PIM daemon dumps its status.
specifies the PID file of the currently running daemon.
specifies to dump statistics instead of status (for sparse mode only).
specifies the wait period in seconds between sending a signal to the daemon and dumping the status or statistics to the dumpfile.

/var/run/pim6sd.pid
The default PID file for a sparse mode daemon.
/var/run/pim6dd.pid
The default PID file for a dense mode daemon.
/var/run/pim6sd.dump
The default dump file for a sparse mode daemon.
/var/run/pim6dd.dump
The default dump file for a dense mode daemon.
/var/run/pim6sd.stat
The default statistics dump file for a sparse mode daemon.

pim6dd(8), pim6sd(8)

The pim6stat command first appeared in KAME IPv6 protocol stack kit.

pim6stat needs superuser privilege.
July 28, 1999 KAME