Running the jive5ab program
The startup command-line for jive5ab is as follows:
$ jive5ab [–hbned6*] [–m <level>] [-c <idx>] [-p <port>] [-f <fmt>]
Where
-h, –h elp |
help on startup parameters; other options are ignored if –h is present |
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-m, –m ess age -le vel <n> |
message level. Range 0 to n (positive integer), default 0. Higher n produces more detailed output. Useful level for operations is 0 – 3, a level greater than 3 is only useful for developers |
-c, –c ard <i dx> |
card index of Streamstor card to use. Default is ‘1’ which is appropriate for systems with only one Streamstor card installed. It is possible to use ‘-1’ to have jive5ab skip driving the Streamstor card. This allows >1 jive5ab process to run on a Mark5 system. Use in conjuction with ‘-p’ option |
-p, –p ort <po rt> |
TCP port number on which to listen for incoming commands. Default is 2620 |
-b, -n —(n o-) buf fer ing |
do (b) or do not (n) copy recorded data to Mark5’s main memory whilst recording (‘buffering’) |
-e, –e cho |
even if the message level would indicate it, do not echo command/reply statements on the screen |
-d, – dua l-b ank |
start in dual bank mode |
-6, –ma rk6 |
find Mark6 disk mountpoints by default in stead of FlexBuff ones (jive5ab > 2.6.0) |
-f, – for mat <f mt> |
set Mark6 (fmt = mk6) or FlexBuff (fmt = flexbuff) recording mode as default. Default is flexbuff. (jive5ab > 2.6.0) |
-B, –mi n-b loc k-s ize <s> |
Override minimum block size for vbs/mk6 recordings (jive5ab >= 2.9.0) |
*, –a llo w-r oot |
Do not drop privileges, continue running with root privileges if the program is being run suid root (jive5ab >= 3.0.0) |
-S, – sfx c-p ort <po rt> |
Start server for SFXC commands on port <port> |