pixie \- Catacomb passphrase pixie
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B pixie
-.RB [ \-qvfidl ]
+.RB [ \-qvfidlr ]
.RB [ \-c
.IR command ]
.RB [ \-t
the socket already exists, the pixie currently listening on the socket
is told to quit.
.TP
+.B "\-r, \-\-replace"
+If there's already a pixie listening on the socket then ask it to quit.
+The default behaviour is to report an error and exit in this case.
+.TP
.BI "\-c, \-\-command=" command
Specifies a shell command to be run by the pixie when an unknown
passphrase is requested by a client.
.PP
If the attempt failed because a file with the required name already
exists and is not a socket, the pixie reports an error and exits. If
-there's already a socket with that name, the pixie connects to it, sends
+there's already a socket with that name, the pixie quits unless the
+.B \-\-replace
+option is given: in the latter case, the pixie connects to it, sends
a
.B QUIT
request to the server, waits for a second and retries. If the