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authorStefan Bethke <stb@FreeBSD.org>1999-05-17 10:58:12 +0000
committerStefan Bethke <stb@FreeBSD.org>1999-05-17 10:58:12 +0000
commit4ccc559270c8972c7d9fad9c468935b27f83cbcd (patch)
tree856cba30cace1143f8990a45f7a0394c1fc1b776 /astro/setiathome/files/setiathome.1
parentEnable pdq. (diff)
- Add ftp.cdrom.com to MASTER_SITES
- Add new options to man page
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=18864
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index ae6756739f2c..ccf317d51f0b 100644
--- a/astro/setiathome/files/setiathome.1
+++ b/astro/setiathome/files/setiathome.1
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ is the UNIX version of the
client. It downloads radio telescope data from a network server, analyzes
the data looking for signals of extraterrestrial origin, and uploads results
to the server, repeating this cycle indefinitely. See
-http://setiahome.ssl.berkeley.edu for more information.
+http://setiahome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ for more information.
.Pp
The first time you run
.Nm
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ that starts
at system start-up. You can also use this script to set up a working
directory
.Pa ( /var/db/setiathome ) ,
-and lets you register with or log in to
+and register with or log in to
.Tn SETI@home
by calling it with the argument
.Ar register .
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ to
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Li */10 * * * * cd
.Va working directory
-.Li && Nm -email >/dev/null
+.Li && setiathome -email >/dev/null
.Ed
to the user's crontab.
.Sh OPTIONS
@@ -93,6 +93,18 @@ Set "nice" priority to
Send email (to login email address) on errors. Useful if you run in
background directed to
.Pa /dev/null .
+.It Fl proxy Ar host:port
+Use the HTTP proxy server
+.Ar host
+at port
+.Ar port
+to download work units and upload results. Alternatively, you can set the
+environment variable
+.Ev HTTP_PROXY .
+.It Fl stop_after_process
+Process the current work unit and exit before uploading the result.
+.It Fl stop_after_xfer
+Process the current work unit and upload the result, then exit.
.El
.Pp
.Sh FILES
@@ -111,10 +123,7 @@ setiathome uses a lock file
to prevent multiple instances from running in the same directory.
.Sh AUTHORS
.Tn SETI@home
-was developed by
-.An David Anderson , Jeff Cobb , Charlie Fenton , David Gedye ,
-.An Kyle Granger , Eric Korpela , Matt Lebofsky , Peter Leiser ,
-.An Brad Silen , Woody Sullivan ,
-and
-.An Dan Werthimer .
+was developed by David Anderson, Jeff Cobb, Charles Congdon, Charlie Fenton,
+David Gedye, Kyle Granger, Eric Korpela, Matt Lebofsky, Peter Leiser, Brad
+Silen, Woody Sullivan, and Dan Werthimer.
.Pp