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authorJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2021-02-16 18:24:46 +0100
committerJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2021-02-16 18:24:46 +0100
commitecaaf250cb33ff61f37a7b441f2337584a655350 (patch)
tree4303648095deff998ae20c2393b56db527742ac9 /doc/sane-net.man
parent5793a221e112fa49073de0137d6bfa750a61b0a1 (diff)
parent351b7328520c16730ceb46e5acae16038c42185e (diff)
Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/1.0.32'
Update to upstream version '1.0.32' with Debian dir 2c1111c59d9d68bcbf479a4a4de7697fe2de127f
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/sane-net.man')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sane-net.man b/doc/sane-net.man
index 5cf0481..0f62684 100644
--- a/doc/sane-net.man
+++ b/doc/sane-net.man
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ isn't one of the options listed below will be treated as an host name.
.TP
.B connect_timeout = nsecs
Timeout (in seconds) for the initial connection to the
-.I saned
+.BR saned (8)
server. This will prevent the backend from blocking for several
minutes trying to connect to an unresponsive
-.I saned
+.BR saned (8)
host (network outage, host down, ...). The environment variable
.B SANE_NET_TIMEOUT
can also be used to specify the timeout at runtime.
@@ -123,13 +123,19 @@ contain the configuration file. Under UNIX, the directories are
separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are separated by a
semi-colon (`;'). If this variable is not set, the configuration file
is searched in two default directories: first, the current working
-directory (".") and then in @CONFIGDIR@. If the value of the
+directory (".") and then in
+.IR @CONFIGDIR@ .
+If the value of the
environment variable ends with the directory separator character, then
the default directories are searched after the explicitly specified
directories. For example, setting
.B SANE_CONFIG_DIR
-to "/tmp/config:" would result in directories "tmp/config", ".", and
-"@CONFIGDIR@" being searched (in this order).
+to "/tmp/config:" would result in directories
+.IR "tmp/config" ,
+.IR "." ,
+and
+.I "@CONFIGDIR@"
+being searched (in this order).
.TP
.B SANE_NET_HOSTS
A colon-separated list of host names or IP addresses to be contacted by this
@@ -137,7 +143,7 @@ backend.
.TP
.B SANE_NET_TIMEOUT
Number of seconds to wait for a response from the
-.I saned
+.BR saned (8)
server for the initial connection request.
.TP
.B SANE_DEBUG_NET
@@ -146,9 +152,15 @@ environment variable controls the debug level for this backend. E.g.,
a value of 128 requests all debug output to be printed. Smaller
levels reduce verbosity.
.SH BUGS
-If saned has timed out, the net backend may loop with authorization requests.
+If
+.BR saned (8)
+has timed out, the net backend may loop with authorization requests.
+
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-sane(7), saned(8), sane\-dll(5), scanimage(1)
+.BR sane (7),
+.BR saned (8),
+.BR sane\-dll (5),
+.BR scanimage (1)
.I http://www.penguin-breeder.org/?page=sane\-net
.SH AUTHOR