man dictdconfig (Administration système) - write serpento database configuration section
NAME
dictdconfig - write serpento database configuration section
SYNOPSIS
dictdconfig [-hlovw] [--help] [--list] [--order] [--version] [--write]
DESCRIPTION
dictdconfig generates a complete serpento database configuration section for available dictionary databases found in /usr/share/dictd/ (or possibly elsewhere if an optional order override file is present). Its output file /var/lib/dictd/serpento.db.list may then be included from the serpento configuration file /etc/serpento/config-dbs.py with an ``execfile("/var/lib/dictd/serpento.db.list")'' line. See serpento(8) for an explanation of serpento configuration.
dictdconfig is automatically invoked upon installation or removal of dictionary database packages, so most users will never need to invoke it by hand.
DATABASE ORDER
The default order in which database entries are written is hard coded into dictdconfig, but it may be overridden via the optional order override file /etc/dictd.order. This may be desired because serpento returns definitions from dictionary databases in the order in which they are listed in its configuration file. The order override file may also be used to included local dictionary databases which may not necessarily reside in /usr/share/dictd/.
/etc/dictd.order, if present, should be a whitespace separated list of basenames and directories. It may also include comments starting with # and extending to the end of the line.
Dictionary database entries will be generated only for those databases found via basename and directory entries in the default order (or the order override file, if present), and they will be generated in the order in which these entries appear. No more than one dictionary database entry of any given name will be generated.
Entries without a leading / are relative to /usr/share/dictd/.
Entries without a trailing / are basenames. A dictionary database entry is generated if <basename>.index and <basename>.dict.dz or <basename>.dict are present.
Entries with a trailing / are directories. A dictionary database entry is generated for each <name> where <directory>/<name>.index and <directory>/<name>.dict.dz or <directory>/<name>.dict are present.
The default order includes the directory /usr/share/dictd/ as its final entry so that if a previously unknown dictionary database (one not explicitly mentioned in the default order) is installed, its dictionary database entry will still be generated. An order override file should also use this technique, both for /usr/share/dictd/ and for any other directory where local dictionary database might be installed.
The -o option may be used to make dictdconfig display the default order information along with the order override information if /etc/dictd.order is present.
DUMMY ENTRY
If no dictionary databases are found (via basename or directory entries in the default order or the order override file), a dummy dictionary database entry will be generated with /dev/null for both data and index. This allows dictd to start without error.
OPTIONS
- -w, --write
- Write database section to /var/lib/dictd/db.list.
- -l, --list
- List database section to standard out.
- -o, --order
- Display database order information.
- -h, --help
- Display a usage message and exit.
- -v, --version
- Display version information and exit.
FILES
- /var/lib/dictd/db.list
- Output of dictdconfig.
- /etc/serpento/config-dbs.py
- dictd configuration file which "includes" /var/lib/dictd/serpento.db.list.
- /etc/dictd.order
- Optional dictdconfig order override file.
SEE ALSO
BUGS
Older dictionary database packages did not automatically invoke dictdconfig upon installation and removal, so you may need to do so manually (after which, you should restart serpento).
AUTHOR
Kirk Hilliard <kirk@debian.org>.
Modified for serpento by Radovan Garabik <garabik@melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk>