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# HOBBITCLIENT.CFG

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Updated: Version Exp: 9 Aug 2006
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## NAME

hobbitclient.cfg - Hobbit client environment variables

## DESCRIPTION

Hobbit programs use multiple environment variables beside the normal set of variables. For the Hobbit client, the environment definitions are stored in the ~hobbit/client/etc/hobbitclient.cfg file. Each line in this file is of the form NAME=VALUE and defines one environment variable NAME with the value VALUE.

## SETTINGS

BBDISP
  The IP-address used to contact the Hobbit server. Default: Chosen when the Hobbit client was compiled.

BBDISPLAYS
  List of IP-adresses of Hobbit servers. Data will be sent to all of the servers listed here. This setting is only used if BBDISP=0.0.0.0.

BBPORT
  The portnumber for used to contact the Hobbit server. Default: 1984.

BBHOME
  The Hobbit client top-level directory. Default: The $HOBBITCLIENTHOME setting inherited from the "runclient.sh" script which starts the Hobbit client.

BBCLIENTLOGS
  The directory for the Hobbit clients' own logfiles. Default: $BBHOME/logs

BBTMP
  Directory used for temporary files. Default: $BBHOME/tmp/

BB
  Full path to the bb(1) client program. Default: $BBHOME/bin/bb.

Commands
  Many extension scripts expect a series of environment variables to point at various system utilities. These are included in the file when the client is built.

## INHERITED SETTINGS

Some environment variables are inherited from the "runclient.sh" script which launches the Hobbit client:

MACHINEDOTS
  The hostname of the local system. Default: Taken from "uname -n".

MACHINE
  The hostname of the local system, with dots replaced by commas. For compatibility with Big Brother extension scripts.

BBOSTYPE
  The operating system of the local system, in lowercase. Default: taken from "uname -s".

HOBBITCLIENTHOME
  The top-level directory for the Hobbit client. Default: The location of the "runclient.sh" script.

## SEE ALSO

hobbit(7)

## Index

NAME
DESCRIPTION
SETTINGS
INHERITED SETTINGS
SEE ALSO

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