#include <brlapi.h>
Data Fields | |
char * | authKey |
char * | hostName |
/etc/brlapi
.key and connect to the machine called "foo", on the default TCP port.
settings.hostName="10.1.0.2";
lets directly enter an IP address instead of a machine name.
settings.hostName=":4321";
lets libbrlapi connect to the local computer, on TCP port 4321
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To get authenticated, libbrlapi has to tell the BrlAPI server a secret key, for security reasons. This is the path to the file which holds it; it will hence have to be readable by the application.
Setting |
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this tells where the BrlAPI server resides: it might be listening on another computer, on any TCP port. It should look like "foo:1234", which means TCP port number 1234 on computer called "foo".
NULL defaults it to localhost, using the local installation's default TCP port, or to the content of the BRLAPI_HOSTNAME environment variable, if it exists. |