# traceroute

`receptorctl traceroute` Displays the network route that packets follow to Receptor nodes.

Command syntax: `receptorctl --socket=<socket_path> traceroute <remote_node>`

`socket_path` is the control socket address for the Receptor connection.

  The default is `unix:` for a Unix socket. Use `tcp://` for a TCP socket. The corresponding environment variable is `RECEPTORCTL_SOCKET`.

    ss --listening --processes --unix 'src = unix:<socket_path>'
    Netid         State          Recv-Q         Send-Q                   Local Address:Port                     Peer Address:Port        Process
    u_str         LISTEN         0              4096                   /tmp/local.sock 38130170                            * 0            users:(("receptor",pid=3226769,fd=7))

`ps -fp $(pidof receptor)` `lsof -p <pid>`