[7c6f36c5] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[50d2046] | 7 | <!ENTITY mcs-download-http "http://distfiles.atheme.org/libmcs-&mcs-version;.tgz">
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[7c6f36c5] | 8 | <!ENTITY mcs-download-ftp " ">
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[50d2046] | 9 | <!ENTITY mcs-md5sum "0f0c779609b3481a79937c2e86660a99">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY mcs-size "103 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY mcs-buildsize "1.3 MB">
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[7c6f36c5] | 12 | <!ENTITY mcs-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="mcs" xreflabel="mcs-&mcs-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="mcs.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>mcs-&mcs-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="mcs">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-mcs">mcs</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to mcs</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>mcs</application> package is a library and set of
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| 33 | tools which abstract the storage of configuration settings away from
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| 34 | userland applications. There are similar projects like this (such as
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| 35 | <application>GConf</application>), but unlike those projects,
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| 36 | <application>mcs</application> strictly handles abstraction. It does not
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| 37 | impose any specific data storage requirement, nor is it tied to any
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| 38 | desktop environment or software suite.</para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 41 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mcs-download-http;"/></para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mcs-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mcs-md5sum;</para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download size: &mcs-size;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &mcs-buildsize;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Estimated build time: &mcs-time;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | </itemizedlist>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">mcs Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 63 |
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[50d2046] | 64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 65 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="Mowgli"/></para>
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| 66 |
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[7c6f36c5] | 67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 68 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="GConf"/> and
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| 69 | <xref linkend="kdelibs"/></para>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 72 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mcs"/></para>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | </sect2>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 77 | <title>Installation of mcs</title>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <para>Install <application>mcs</application> by
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| 80 | running the following commands:</para>
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| 81 |
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[50d2046] | 82 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[7c6f36c5] | 83 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 90 | install -v -m644 -D README /usr/share/doc/mcs-&mcs-version;/README</userinput></screen>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | </sect2>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 95 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 96 |
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[50d2046] | 97 | <para><option>--with-qt-path=/usr/share/qt</option>: If you have
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| 98 | <xref linkend="kdelibs"/> installed, you must pass
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| 99 | additional parameters to the <command>configure</command> script to
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| 100 | identify the location of Qt and, possibly, KDE libraries and interface
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| 101 | headers.</para>
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[7c6f36c5] | 102 |
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| 103 | <para>For additional information about the various storage backends
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| 104 | (including the default XDG-compliant backend), see the
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| 105 | <filename>README</filename> file in the source tree.</para>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | </sect2>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 110 | <title>Configuring mcs</title>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <para>There are various ways to configure <application>mcs</application>
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[50d2046] | 113 | to use a specific backend on a site-wide or individual user basis. If the
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| 114 | default file-based storage backend is suitable, no configuration steps are
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[4eb3c86] | 115 | required. See section 2 of the <filename>README</filename> file in the
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[832d359b] | 116 | source tree for details.</para>
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[7c6f36c5] | 117 |
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| 118 | </sect2>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 121 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <segmentedlist>
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| 124 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 125 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 126 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <seglistitem>
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| 129 | <seg>mcs-getconfval, mcs-info, mcs-query-backends and
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| 130 | mcs-setconfval</seg>
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| 131 | <seg>libmcs.so and backend storage modules</seg>
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| 132 | <seg>/usr/include/mcs, /usr/lib/mcs and
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| 133 | /usr/share/doc/mcs-&mcs-version;</seg>
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| 134 | </seglistitem>
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| 135 | </segmentedlist>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <variablelist>
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| 138 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 139 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 140 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <varlistentry id="mcs-getconfval">
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| 143 | <term><command>mcs-getconfval</command></term>
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| 144 | <listitem>
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| 145 | <para>queries <application>mcs</application> for a configuration
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| 146 | value.</para>
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| 147 | <indexterm zone="mcs mcs-getconfval">
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| 148 | <primary sortas="b-mcs-getconfval">mcs-getconfval</primary>
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| 149 | </indexterm>
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| 150 | </listitem>
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| 151 | </varlistentry>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <varlistentry id="mcs-info">
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| 154 | <term><command>mcs-info</command></term>
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| 155 | <listitem>
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| 156 | <para>displays information about the current installation and
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| 157 | configuration of <application>mcs</application>.</para>
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| 158 | <indexterm zone="mcs mcs-info">
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| 159 | <primary sortas="b-mcs-info">mcs-info</primary>
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| 160 | </indexterm>
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| 161 | </listitem>
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| 162 | </varlistentry>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <varlistentry id="mcs-query-backends">
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| 165 | <term><command>mcs-query-backends</command></term>
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| 166 | <listitem>
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| 167 | <para>queries <application>mcs</application> to determine what
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| 168 | backends are available.</para>
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| 169 | <indexterm zone="mcs mcs-query-backends">
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| 170 | <primary sortas="b-mcs-query-backends">mcs-query-backends</primary>
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| 171 | </indexterm>
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| 172 | </listitem>
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| 173 | </varlistentry>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <varlistentry id="mcs-setconfval">
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| 176 | <term><command>mcs-setconfval</command></term>
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| 177 | <listitem>
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| 178 | <para>instructs <application>mcs</application> to change a
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| 179 | configuration value.</para>
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| 180 | <indexterm zone="mcs mcs-setconfval">
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| 181 | <primary sortas="b-mcs-setconfval">mcs-setconfval</primary>
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| 182 | </indexterm>
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| 183 | </listitem>
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| 184 | </varlistentry>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <varlistentry id="libmcs">
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| 187 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libmcs.so</filename></term>
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| 188 | <listitem>
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| 189 | <para>contains the API functions required by the
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| 190 | <application>mcs</application> userspace tools.</para>
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| 191 | <indexterm zone="mcs libmcs">
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| 192 | <primary sortas="c-libmcs.so">libmcs.so</primary>
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| 193 | </indexterm>
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| 194 | </listitem>
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| 195 | </varlistentry>
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| 196 | </variablelist>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | </sect2>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | </sect1>
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