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)