Server Address

The server address is the address the client uses to connect to the server. Depending on the used transport the address format is different.In common cases server auto locating is used and the server address is not given explicitly by the user. This page describes the format of the server address and how the auto locating works.

Address syntax

The syntax depends on the used transport. Some implementations do not support all transports. See NetworkMatrix for details on support of transports by implementations.

Type	Syntax	Defaults	Notes
UNIX	/path/to/socket	~/.roar, /tmp/roar	Used if filename is a socket
DECnet	node::obj, node::, ::obj, ::	node: localnode, object: roar	(none)
IPv4	hostname:port, hostname, ip:port, ip	host: localhost, port: 16002	Usage of hostnames is recommended.
IPv6	hostname:port, hostname	host: localhost, port: 16002	IPv6 addresses are not supported. Hostnames must be used.
Chardev	/path/to/dev	(none)	Used if filename is a char device
Special	+type	(none)	See list below

Special addresses

The following special addresses are assigned at the moment:

Address	Supported by	Description
+fork	libroar	Fork a new server process only bound to this client.
+slp	libroar	Use OpenSLP to locate the server.
+abstract	libroar	Address in abstract name space.
+invalid	libroar	An invalid address. This is to be used for testing.