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bbhostshow

BBHOSTSHOW(1)						      General Commands Manual						     BBHOSTSHOW(1)

NAME

       bbhostshow - output the full bb-hosts file

SYNOPSIS

       bbhostshow [--bbdisp] [--bbnet] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       bbhostshow(1) dumps the full bb-hosts file to stdout. It follows "include" tags in the bb-hosts files, and prints the full contents as seen
       by the bbgen(1) and bbtest-net(1) utilities.

       If no filename is given, bbhostshow displays the file pointed to by the BBHOSTS environment variable.

OPTIONS

       --bbdisp
	      Show the bb-hosts file following include statements as a BBDISPLAY server would.

       --bbnet
	      Show the bb-hosts file following include statements as a BBNET server would.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       BBHOSTS
	      Filename for the bb-hosts(5) file.

SEE ALSO

       bb-hosts(5), hobbitserver.cfg(5)

Xymon							    Version 4.2.3:  4 Feb 2009						     BBHOSTSHOW(1)

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