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add METALINK parameters to the appendix (#246)
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@@ -50,14 +50,15 @@ CVMFS_EXTERNAL_FALLBACK_PROXY | List of HTTP proxies similar to ``CVMFS_EXTERN
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| and disable DIRECT connections.
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CVMFS_EXTERNAL_HTTP_PROXY Chain of HTTP proxy groups to be used when CernVM-FS is accessing external data
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CVMFS_EXTERNAL_MAX_SERVERS | Caps the list of external hosts to the given number (after geo-sorting them)
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CVMFS_EXTERNAL_METALINK Semi-colon-separated chain of RFC6249-compliant servers to locate webservers serving external data.
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CVMFS_EXTERNAL_TIMEOUT Timeout in seconds for HTTP requests to an external-data server with a proxy server
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CVMFS_EXTERNAL_TIMEOUT_DIRECT Timeout in seconds for HTTP requests to an external-data server without a proxy server
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CVMFS_EXTERNAL_URL Semicolon-separated chain of webservers serving external data chunks.
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CVMFS_FALLBACK_PROXY | List of HTTP proxies similar to ``CVMFS_HTTP_PROXY``. The fallback proxies are
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| added to the end of the normal proxies, and disable DIRECT connections.
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CVMFS_FOLLOW_REDIRECTS When set to *yes*, follow up to 4 HTTP redirects in requests.
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CVMFS_HIDE_MAGIC_XATTRS If set to *yes* the client will not expose CernVM-FS specific extended attributes
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CVMFS_HOST_RESET_AFTER See ``CVMFS_PROXY_RESET_AFTER``.
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CVMFS_HOST_RESET_AFTER See ``CVMFS_PROXY_RESET_AFTER``, for server URLs.
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CVMFS_HTTP_PROXY | Chain of HTTP proxy groups used by CernVM-FS. Necessary.
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| Set to ``DIRECT`` if you don't use proxies.
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CVMFS_HTTP_TRACING Activates that a tracing header is attached to each CURL request. Consists of ``uid``, ``pid``, and ``gid``. Default is ``off``.
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CVMFS_MAX_SERVERS Limit the number of (geo sorted) stratum 1 servers that are effectively used.
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CVMFS_MAX_TTL Maximum file catalog TTL in minutes. Can overwrite the TTL stored in the catalog.
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CVMFS_MEMCACHE_SIZE Size of the CernVM-FS metadata memory cache in Megabyte.
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CVMFS_METALINK_URL Semi-colon-separated chain of RFC6249-compliant servers to locate Stratum-1 servers.
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CVMFS_METALINK_RESET_AFTER See ``CVMFS_PROXY_RESET_AFTER``, for metalink servers.
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CVMFS_MOUNT_RW | Mount CernVM-FS as a read/write file system. Write operations will fail
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| but this option can workaround faulty ``open()`` flags.
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CVMFS_NFILES Maximum number of open file descriptors that can be used by the CernVM-FS process.

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