The configuration file .dtrapd consist of lines. Each line of the file is a single record - information unit which begins from a regular expression describing an IP address or OID limited by square brackets. At least one white character must occur after that and next a filename of a program and its input arguments, if needed, must be specified.

Typical lines of the configuration file

A typical line may look as follows:

[^10\.0\.0\.[0-9]+$] $DAVIDDIR/bin/des -o $DAVIDDIR/conf/cisco-gw.esc

[.*] $DAVIDDIR/bin/des -o $DAVIDDIR/conf/rest.esc

The configuration file .dtrapd-maybedropped-rc is a poorer version of .dtrapd file. Each line includes a single regular expression describing messages, that may be dropped in the first place when a load of the operating system exceeds a specified level.