libApp
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<!ENTITY firstname "Pierre">
<!ENTITY surname "Pronchery">
<!ENTITY username "khorben">
<!ENTITY email "khorben@defora.org">
<!ENTITY section "1">
<!ENTITY title "libApp User Manual">
<!ENTITY package "DeforaOS libApp">
<!ENTITY name "AppClient">
<!ENTITY purpose "Client for the App message-passing specification">
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<refentryinfo>
<title>&title;</title>
<productname>&package;</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>&firstname;</firstname>
<surname>&surname;</surname>
<contrib>Code and documentation.</contrib>
<address>
<email>&email;</email>
</address>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright>
<year>2014</year>
<holder>&firstname; &surname; <&email;></holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
<para>This manual page was written for the DeforaOS project (and may be
used by others).</para>
<para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
Version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.</para>
</legalnotice>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>&name;</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>§ion;</manvolnum>
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<refnamediv>
<refname>&name;</refname>
<refpurpose>&purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>&name;</command>
<arg choice="opt"><option>-v</option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option>-H</option>
<replaceable>hostname</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-S</option>
<replaceable>service</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><option>-C</option>
<replaceable>method</replaceable>
<group>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-d</option>
<replaceable>double</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-i</option>
<replaceable>integer</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-f</option>
<replaceable>float</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-s</option>
<replaceable>string</replaceable></arg>
</group></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="description">
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>&name;</command> is a generic client for the App
message-passing protocol. It can connect to just about any App service
(AppServers).</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="options">
<title>Options</title>
<para>The following options are available:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-C</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Enqueue a call to the method specified.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-H</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Location of the service. It should include the name of the transport
protocol to use, such as "unix" or "tcp".</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-S</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Name of the service to connect to (in other words, the protocol to
speak).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-d</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Add a double value as an argument to the current call.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-f</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Add a float value as an argument to the current call.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-i</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Add an integer value as an argument to the current call.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-s</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Add a string value as an argument to the current call.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-v</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Be more verbose.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="bugs">
<title>Bugs</title>
<para>Issues can be listed and reported at <ulink
url="http://www.defora.org/os/project/bug_list/3564/libApp"/>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="see_also">
<title>See also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>AppBroker</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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