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<title>Zebra Server - Administrators's Guide and Reference
<author>Index Data, <tt/info@index.ping.dk/
-<date>$Revision: 1.12 $
+<date>$Revision: 1.13 $
<abstract>
The Zebra information server combines a versatile fielded/free-text
search engine with a Z39.50-1995 frontend to provide a powerful and flexible
You can edit the configuration file with a normal text editor.
Parameter names and values are seperated by colons in the file. Lines
-starting with a hash sign (<tt/#/) are treated as comments.
+starting with a hash sign (<tt/#/) are treated as comments.
If you manage different sets of records that each share common
caracteristics, you can organize the configuration settings for each
<tag>-a <it/APDU file/</tag> Specify a file for dumping PDUs (for diagnostic purposes).
The special name &dquot;-&dquot; sends output to <tt/stderr/.
+<tag>-c <it/config-file/</tag> Read configuration information from <it/config-file/. The default configuration is <tt/./zebra.cfg/.
+
<tag/-S/Don't fork on connection requests. This can be useful for
symbolic-level debugging. The server can only accept a single
connection in this mode.
sequence of statements. Statements may be separated by newlines or
semicolons (;). Within actions, the strings that matched the
expressions immediately preceding the action can be referred to as
-$0, $1, $2, etc.
+$0, $1, $2, etc.
The available statements are:
exist, shouldn't have to worry too much about the contents of these tables.
Generally, the files are simple ASCII files, which can be maintained
-using any text editor. Blank lines, and lines beginning with a (#) are
-ignored. Any characters followed by a (#) are also ignored. All other
+using any text editor. Blank lines, and lines beginning with a (#) are
+ignored. Any characters followed by a (#) are also ignored. All other
lines contain <it/directives/, which establish some setting or value
to the system. Generally, settings are characterized by a single
keyword, identifying the setting, followed by a number of parameters.