---
name: "bc-adapter"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xt-toolbus"
version: "0.25-2"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bc-adapter"
---

# bc-adapter(1)

Generic adapter for ToolBus

## NAME

bc-adapter - Generic adapter for ToolBus

## SYNOPSIS

**bc-adapter** \[ **-help** \] \[ **-TB\_PORT** *N* \] \[ **-TB\_HOST**  *hostname* \] \[ **-TB\_TOOL\_NAME**  *Name* \] \[ **-TB\_TOOL\_ID**  *N* \] \[ **-TB\_SINGLE** \]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly describes the **bc-adapter** commands.

## OPTIONS

- **-help**

  print a description of all arguments and exit

- **-TB\_PORT** *port\_name*

  defines the "well known socket" port\_name to which all tools temporarily connect in order to set up their own private socket that connects them to the ToolBus interpreter. When ommited, socket 8998 will be used

  Note that explicit arguments defining the sockets are only needed when several ToolBus interpreters are running simultaneously in the same host machine.

- **-TB\_HOST** *host\_name*

  use the ToolBus running on machine Name

- **-TB\_TOOL\_NAME** *name*

  the name of this tool is Name

- **-TB\_TOOL\_ID** *id*

  the allocated tool id for this tool is N

- **-TB\_SINGLE**

  stand-alone execution, do connect with ToolBus

## SEE ALSO

[toolbus(1)](/toolbus/1.md), [perl-adapter(1)](/perl-adapter/1.md), [tifstoc(1)](/tifstoc/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Julien LEMOINE \<speedblue@debian.org\>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.