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@@ -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