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>.