---
name: "wbd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wbd"
version: "1.0ucl4-7"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wbd"
---

# wbd(1)

multicast whiteboard

## NAME

**wbd** – multicast whiteboard

## SYNOPSIS

**wbd** \[**-N** *username*\] \[**-C** *confname*\] \[**-maxhops** *n*\] \[**-p** \| **-l** \| **+l**\] \[**-r** \| **+r**\] \[**-geometry** *wxh+x+y*\] \[**-P** *filesize*\] \[**-R** *bandwidth*\] \[**-help**\] *address/port*

## DESCRIPTION

**wbd** is a shared whiteboard compatible with the LBL whiteboard, wb. When started **wbd** will join a previously existing multicast session or start a new one at the given address and port. You are presented with a page where you can see the drawings of others, and you can add your own drawing if the page has been made writable. The toolbar allows you to draw lines, boxes, circles, freehand, add text and include text and PostScript files.

## OPTIONS

- **-N** *username*

  Set the announced username.

- **-C** *confname*

  Set the conference window name.

- **-maxhops** *n*

  Set the TTL of the multicast packets to  *n*.

- **-p** \| **-l** \| **+l**

  Portrait/landscape mode.

- **-r** \| **+r**

  Disable/enable writing to the whiteboard.

- **-geometry** *wxh+x+y*

  Set the window's geometry to *wxh+x+y*.

- **-P** *filesize*

  Set the PostScript filesize limit to *filesize*.

- **-R** *bandwidth*

  Set the bandwidth limit to *bandwidth* bits per second.

- **-help**

  Display a help message.

## AUTHOR

**wbd** has been written by Julian Highfield and Kristian Hasler.

This manual page was written by Guus Sliepen ⟨guus@sliepen.warande.net⟩ for the Debian GNU/Linux system.