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6 ncid.conf - ncid configuration file
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9 The ncid.conf file contains the configuration information for ncid, the
10 Network Caller ID Client.
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12 The ncid.conf file is a tcl/tk configuration file used to set options.
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14 The ncid.conf file understands 3 types of lines:
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20 shell variable set to a value, for example: foo=bar
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26 Set ncid to use the page output module:
27 set ModName ncid-page
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29 Set ncid to format its date output in alternate form 1. Assuming the
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33 Set ncid to format its date output with hyphen (-) as separator. The
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38 Set ncid to format its date output with period (.) appended to year
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43 Set ncid to format its date output in alternate form 2. The display
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48 Set ncid to add a dial prefix to the phone number sent to the server to
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51 set DialPrefix=""
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53 Set the number of characters to display a name in the GUI to 40. The
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57 Set ncid to tell the server to send the call log, only used in the
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