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diff --git a/doc/ivyecho.1 b/doc/ivyecho.1 index 32a55bc..1956cb2 100644 --- a/doc/ivyecho.1 +++ b/doc/ivyecho.1 @@ -15,33 +15,75 @@ -.TH IVYECHO 1 "17 Feb 1999" +.TH IVYECHO 1 "11 Nov 1999" .ds )H CENA, France. .ds ]W V1.0 .UC 4 .SH NAME -ivyecho - client of ivyd, Ivy equivalent of 'echo' +ivyecho - client of the Ivy daemon: the Ivy equivalent of 'echo' .SH SYNOPSIS -.B "ivyecho [-s serverhost] text" +.B "ivyecho [-b bus] [-d] [-s serverhost] text" .SH DESCRIPTION .B ivyecho emits .I text -on an Ivy bus. It first sends a request to the +on an Ivy bus. + +This works as follows: +.B ivyecho +first sends a request to the .B in.ivyd -daemon to determine on which port to contact -.B ivyd. +daemon to determine on which port to contact the appropriate +.B ivyd +relay server. It then sends a request to .B ivyd, that relays .I text -to the Ivy bus. +to the Ivy bus. This only works if the appropriate +.B ivyd +server is running. + .SH OPTIONS .RS + .TP 6 +.B -b bus +Get message relayed to the Ivy bus defined by the address +.I bus. +The syntax of bus addresses is +.I [network[,network]][:port], +where +.I port +is the UDP port used to broadcast information on the Ivy bus, and +.I network[,network] +is a set of network addresses on which information is +broadcast. Examples of bus adresses are 192.75:2000, :2001 or 192.75,192.76. +The default port is +.I 2010, +and the default network is +.I 127, +ie. loopback on the +local host. +.I port +is used to determine which +.B ivyd +server to use. + +.TP +.B -d +print debug information. + + .TP .B -s serverhost -Determines the host on which to contact in.ivyd and ivyd. +Use +.I serverhost +as the host on which to contact +.B in.ivyd +and +.B ivyd. + .SH SEE ALSO .PP in.ivyd(1), |