---
name: "mbtserver"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mbtserver"
version: "0.17-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mbtserver"
---

# mbtserver(1)

Tilburg Memory Based Tagger Server

## NAME

mbtserver - Tilburg Memory Based Tagger Server

## SYNOPSIS

mbtserver \[server options\]

or

mbtserver -s settingsfile -S portnumber **(deprecated)**

## DESCRIPTION

mbtserver extends **mbt** with a server layer. It provided the possibility to access a trained tagger from multiple sessions. It also allows one to run and access different taggers in parallel.

## OPTIONS

- **-h** or **--help**

  show help

- **--config=file**

  read the settings for one or more taggers from the specified configuration file.

  A configuration file *must* contain a port specification:

  port=\<number\>

  It *may* provide a limit to the number of parallel connections:

  maxconn=\<number\>

  And it *must* give one or more mbt tagger descriptions:

  \<base\>=\<mbt options line\>

  The \<base\> is a basename for the Tagger that will be started with the options specified. The basename is needed because it is possible to start several (different) taggers. When accessing the server, we need a way to tell which Tagger we want to use. In general, the mbt options line will just be something like: "-s \<settingsfile\>", where settingsfile is a file generated by **mbtg**

  example config file:

  ```
  port=4567
  maxconn=15
  test1 = -s tests/eindh.set
  another = -s tests/wotan.set
  ```

- **--pidfile**=file

  store the pid of the main server process in file

- **--logfile**=file

  log server actions to file

- **--daemonize**=\[yes\|no\]

  run the server as a daemon. Default is yes.

- **-V** or **--version**

  show version

**deprecated** options are

- **-s** settingsfile

  read settings (probably generated with **mbtg** ) from the settingsfile

- **-S** \<port\>

  run the server on 'port'.

For **mbt** options see [**mbt**(1)](/mbt/1.md)

## Accessing the server

To Do

## BUGS

possibly

## AUTHORS

Ko van der Sloot Timbl@uvt.nl

Antal van den Bosch Timbl@uvt.nl

## SEE ALSO

[**mbt**(1)](/mbt/1.md) [**mbtg**(1)](/mbtg/1.md) [**timbl**(1)](/timbl/1.md)