.\" @(#)constab.5 01/06/91 OSU CIS; Thomas A. Fine
.TH CONSTAB 5 "6 January 1991" "OSU/CIS"
.SH NAME
constab \- table of server console terminals used by conserver(8)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/constab
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Constab
is the configuration file for
.IR conserver (8).
Each line of the file is seperated into four colon-seperated fields:
.sp
1. Server name - this doesn't have to be the name of the server; it is used to
refer to the server when using the console program.
.sp
2. Device file name - the full path name of the device for this server.
.sp
3. Log file name - the full path name of the log file to be used.
.sp
4. Group number - defines which group of servers this server is with.  There
will be one process running for each group of servers in this file.
.sp
All lines starting with the pound sign `#' will be considered comment lines.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
console(1), conserver(8)
.SH EXAMPLE
#groups should be numbered from 1, skipping no numbers
.br
#current limits - 20 groups /  10 members per group
.br
#format
.br
#server:/dev/file:/usr/adm/logfile:group_num
.br
tree:/dev/ttyj0:/tmp/treelog:1
.br
fish:/dev/ttyj1:/tmp/fishlog:1
.br
bird:/dev/ttyj2:/tmp/birdlog:1
.br
solar:/dev/ttyj3:/tmp/solarlog:2
.br
stellar:/dev/ttyj4:/tmp/stellarlog:2
.br
shell:/dev/ttyj5:/tmp/shelllog:3
.br
tribe:/dev/ttyj6:/tmp/tribelog:3
.br
reptile:/dev/ttyj7:/tmp/reptilelog:3
.br
flower:/dev/ttyj8:/tmp/flowerlog:3