SOBBY(1)						      General Commands Manual							  SOBBY(1)

NAME

       sobby - a dedicated server for collaborative editing

SYNOPSIS

       sobby [options] [session file]

DESCRIPTION

       sobby  is  a dedicated server which allows clients to edit plain text documents and source files collaboratively over a network. Changes to
       the documents are synchronised instantly to the other clients.

OPTIONS

       This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of available options is
       included below.

       -?, --help
	      Show help options

       -n, --name=NAME
	      Published server name

       -i, --interactive
	      Show prompt to enter commands at runtime

       -p, --port=PORT
	      Port which should be used to listen for clients

       --password=PASSWORD
	      Global password required to join the session

       -c, --configfile=FILE
	      Use the settings specified in the given configuration file

       --write-configfile=FILE
	      Write the settings passed on the command line to the specified configuration file and exit

       --autosave-file=FILE
	      File where to store autosaved sessions

       --autosave-interval=INTERVAL
	      Interval (in seconds) between autosaves, 0 disables them; the presence of --autosave-directory automatically disables this option

       --autosave-directory=DIRECTORY
	      Directory where to autosave all individual files of a session

       session file
	      File to restore the session from, together with all documents stored therein and changes attributed to the corresponding users.

AUTHOR

       sobby was written by the 0x539 dev group <crew@0x539.de>.

								  August 17, 2006							  SOBBY(1)