.TH omniNames 1 "7 May 97" "ORL"

.SH NAME
omniNames \- OMNI Naming Service

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B omniNames
[-start <port>]

.SH DESCRIPTION
The OMNI Naming Service is an omniORB2 implementation of the OMG's COS Naming
Service Specification.

When started for the first time, omniNames needs to be told which port it
should listen on.  This is specified with the \-start option.  Subsequently,
omniNames will always determine its port from the log file which it writes.

When omniNames starts up successfully it writes the stringified object
reference for its root context on standard error.

.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.TP
.B OMNINAMES_LOGDIR
the directory in which log files are kept.
.TP
.B OMNINAMES_ITBC
the idle time between checkpoints in seconds.  It defaults to 15 minutes.

.SH SEE ALSO
nameclt(1)

.SH AUTHOR
Tristan Richardson, ORL (Olivetti & Oracle Research Laboratory)