- When <command>yaz-client</command> is invoked it attemps to read the
- following files:
- <literal>$HOME/.yazclientrc</literal> (home directory, Unix only) and
- <literal>.yazclientrc</literal> (current directory - any platform)
- For those files that are readable, the YAZ client executes commands
- in those files. See COMMANDS section for description of commands.
+ If the <replaceable>addr</replaceable> is specified, the client creates
+ a connection to the Z39.50/SRU target at the address given.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When <command>yaz-client</command> is started it tries to read
+ commands from one of the following files:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Command file if it is given by option -f.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <filename>.yazclientrc</filename> in current working directory.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <filename>.yazclientrc</filename> in the user's home directory.
+ The value of the <literal>HOME</literal> is used to determine
+ the home directory. Normally, <literal>HOME</literal> is only set
+ on POSIX systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>