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6 barriers - Barrier Keyboard/Mouse Server
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9 barriers [--address <address>] [--config <pathname>] [--display <dis‐
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14 Start the barrier server component.
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17 -a, --address <address>
18 listen for clients on the given address.
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20 -c, --config <pathname>
21 use the named configuration file instead.
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23 -d, --debug <level>
24 filter out log messages with priority below level. level may
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27 -n, --name <screen-name> use screen-name instead the hostname to iden‐
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35 restart the server automatically if it fails. (*)
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37 -l --log <file>
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40 --no-tray
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43 --enable-drag-drop
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59 -f, --no-daemon
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68 --version
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87 Copyright © 2018 Debauchee Open Source Group
88 Copyright © 2012-2016 Symless Ltd.
89 Copyright © 2008-2014 Nick Bolton
90 Copyright © 2002-2014 Chris Schoeneman
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