WAISSERVER(1)            USER COMMANDS              WAISSERVER(1)



NAME
     waisserver - serves WAIS requests


SYNOPSIS
     waisserver [ -p [ port_number ] ] [ -s ] [  -d  directory  ]
     [ -e [ pathname ] ] [-u user ] [ -v ]

     waisserver.d
          [ same arguments ]


DESCRIPTION
     Part of the Wide Area Information Server system.

     waisserver will take  WAIS  requests  from  a  TCP  port  or
     standard-io  and  return  the  appropriate response.  If the
     name of the command is waisserver.d, then it is  assumed  it
     is  running from inetd, and it uses stdio for it's I/O sock-
     ets.  See the examples below for inetd.conf.


OPTIONS
      -p [ port ]
               Listen to the port.  If the port is supplied, then
               that  port  number is used.  If it is not supplied
               then the Z39.50 port (210) is used.

      -s       listen to standard I/O for queries.

      -d directory
               Use this directory as the default location of  the
               indexes.    Therefore   if   the   directory  were
               /usr/local, then the database foo would  be  found
               in /usr/local/foo (see waisindex for how to create
               an index)

       -e [ filename ]
               Redirect error output to pathname, if supplied, or
               to  /dev/null.   Error  output defaults to stderr,
               unless -s is selected, in which case  it  defaults
               to /dev/null.

       -u user Set the server's user id  to  the  user  specified
               after attaching the tcp-port. This is only used if
               the server is started as root.

       -v      Print the current version and date of the server.

EXAMPLES
     The following are examples of waisserver usage:




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WAISSERVER(1)            USER COMMANDS              WAISSERVER(1)



     waisserver -p 8000 -d wais-sources -e server.log
          Runs waisserver as a standalone server, using tcp  port
          8000  on  directory  wais-sources  writing  messages to
          server.log

     Some example inetd.conf entries (note, these must be on  one
     line in inted.conf):

     hpux 7.0/800, Interactive/386 2.2.1:

     z3950 stream tcp nowait root /etc/waisserver waisserver.d
      -d /wais-sources -e /server.log

     Ultrix 4.1:

     z3950 stream tcp nowait /etc/waisserver waisserver.d
      -d /wais-sources -e /server.log

     Also, add the next line to /etc/services, and tickle your YP
     server:

     z3950 210/tcp # wide area information server (wais)

SEE ALSO
     waissearch(1), waisindex(1), waissearch-gmacs(1),  xwais(1),
     xwaisq(1), inetd(8C), inetd.conf(5)

     Wide Area Information Servers Concepts by Brewster Kahle.
     Brewster@think.com

DIAGNOSTICS
     The diagnostics produced by the waisserver is  meant  to  be
     self-explanatory.

BUGS
     Under BSD logging information is sent  to  standard  output,
     instead of standard error.  This means the -e and -s options
     won't work as expected.

















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