WWWWAAAAIIIISSSSIIIINNNNDDDDEEEEXXXX((((1111))))   TTTThhhhiiiinnnnkkkkiiiinnnngggg MMMMaaaacccchhhhiiiinnnneeeessss ((((FFFFrrrriiii SSSSeeeepppp 11113333 1111999999991111))))   WWWWAAAAIIIISSSSIIIINNNNDDDDEEEEXXXX((((1111))))



     NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
          waisindex - Indexes files

     SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
          wwwwaaaaiiiissssiiiinnnnddddeeeexxxx [ -d index_filename ] [ -a ] [ -r ]
          [ -mem mbytes ] [ -register ] [ -t type ] [ -export ]
          filename filename ...

     DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
          wwwwaaaaiiiissssiiiinnnnddddeeeexxxx creates an index of the words in files so that
          they can be searched quickly (see waissearch).  The index
          takes about as much disk space as the original text.  It
          also creates a new source structure named index_filename.src
          if none exists.

     OOOOPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNNSSSS
          ----dddd index_filename
                    This is the base filename for the index files.
                    Therefore if /usr/local/foo is specified, then the
                    index files will be called /usr/local/foo.dct etc.
                    The index should be stored on the local file
                    system of the machine running waisindex.  It works
                    over NFS, but it is much slower.

          ----aaaa        Append this index to an existing one.  Useful for
                    incremental additions or updates.  This will only
                    add onto an index, so that if a file has changed,
                    it will get reindexed, but the old entries will
                    not be purged.  Therefore, to save space, it is a
                    good idea to reindex the whole set of files
                    periodically.

          ----rrrr        Recursively index subdirectories.

          -mmmmeeeemmmm      How much main memory to use during indexing.  This
                    variable will have a large effect on how fast
                    indexing is done.

          ----rrrreeeeggggiiiisssstttteeeerrrr Register this database with the directory of
                    servers.  You are encouraged to register
                    databases, but only ones that will be consistently
                    running.  The directory of servers is available to
                    anyone that is on the internet or can phone in.

          ----tttt type   This is the format of files that are handled by
                    waisindex.  It is easy to parse a different
                    format, but that has to be done by changing the
                    source (ircfiles.c).  To find out the list of
                    currently known types, execute the waisindex
                    command with no arguments and it will list them.

          ----eeeexxxxppppoooorrrrtttt   This causes the resulting source description file



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                    to include the host-name and tcp-port for use by
                    the clients.  Otherwise the file contains no
                    connection information, and is expected to be used
                    only for local searches.


     SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
          waissearch(1), waisserver(1), waissearch-gmacs(1), xwais(1),
          xwaisq(1)

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


     DDDDIIIIAAAAGGGGNNNNOOOOSSSSTTTTIIIICCCCSSSS
          The diagnostics produced by the waisindex is meant to be
          self-explanatory.


     BBBBUUUUGGGGSSSS
          It temporarily takes twice the space it needs for an index.


































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