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>backend-spec</H1
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><H2
>Name</H2
>backend-spec -- interface between jw and its backends</DIV
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><H2
>Description</H2
><P
><SPAN
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>jw</SPAN
>(1)</SPAN
> calls backends like
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>backends/html</TT
> to do the "real" conversion
work. The backend gets all necessary data delivered
via environment variables ready to use.</P
><P
>This documentation describes those environment variables.</P
><P
>The backend is run in the directory where the output
files are to be created. It should return 0 if there weren't any problem,
and return a positive value otherwise.</P
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><H2
>Variables</H2
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> <CODE
CLASS="ENVAR"
>SGML_FILE_NAME</CODE
>
</B
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><DD
><P
>The bare name of the source file</P
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><DT
><B
> <CODE
CLASS="ENVAR"
>SGML_FILE</CODE
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</B
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><DD
><P
>The full name and path of the source file</P
></DD
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><DT
><B
> <CODE
CLASS="ENVAR"
>SGML_JADE</CODE
>
</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>The name of the parser (usually
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Jade</SPAN
> or
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>OpenJade</SPAN
>)</P
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> <CODE
CLASS="ENVAR"
>SGML_ARGUMENTS</CODE
>
</B
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><DD
><P
>The full argument-string for
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Jade</SPAN
> or
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>OpenJade</SPAN
></P
></DD
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><DT
><B
> <CODE
CLASS="ENVAR"
>SGML_CATALOG_FILES</CODE
>
</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>The list of catalog files needed by
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Jade</SPAN
> or
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>OpenJade</SPAN
></P
></DD
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><B
> <CODE
CLASS="ENVAR"
>SGML_STYLESHEET</CODE
>
</B
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><DD
><P
>The style sheet to use</P
></DD
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><DT
><B
> <CODE
CLASS="ENVAR"
>SGML_BASE_DIR</CODE
>
</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>The base directory of the SGML system (default is
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/usr/share/sgml</TT
>)</P
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>See also</H2
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>frontend-spec</SPAN
>(7)</SPAN
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><H2
>Authors</H2
><P
>Jochem Huhmann <CODE
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>joh@revier.com</A
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