.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1994, 1996 Bunyip Information Systems Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.  
.\"	
.\" Archie 3.5
.\" August 1996
.\"	
.\"	@(#)update_anonftp.n	
.\"
.TH UPDATE_ANONFTP N "August 1996"

.SH NAME
.B update_anonftp
\- update the entry for an Archie anonftp database site

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B update_anonftp 
.BI \-i \ <file> 
[ 
.BI \-M \ <dir> 
] [
.BI \-w \ <dir>
] [ 
.BI \-h \ <dir> 
] [ 
.BI \-t \ <dir> 
] [
.BI \-I \ <size> 
] [
.BI \-v
]  [ 
.B \-l 
] [
.BI \-L \ <logfile>
]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B update_anonftp 
performs a delete-insert sequence in the Archie anonftp
catalog for the site specifed in the given input file and is normally
invoked, by the 
.BR arcontrol (n) 
program. The site is first deleted from the anonftp catalog and its 
entry in the host database made inactive by the 
.BR delete_anonftp (n) 
program. An insert into the catalog is then attempted by 
.BR insert_anonftp (n) 
which if successful, incorporates the new data and reactivates the site. 
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-i
Input file name containing the header information and (possibly) additional
information.
.TP
.BI \-M \ <dir>
The name of the master Archie database directory. If not
specified, the program looks in the directory
.BR ~archie/db ,
then
.BR ./db .
.TP
.BI \-w \ <dir> 	
The name of the directory in which the Archie anonftp
catalog resides. This parameter overrides the internally
generated catalog name 
.B ~archie/db/anonftp_db
and the 
.B \-M
option, if specified.
.TP
.BI \-h \ <dir>	
The name of the Archie host database directory. If not
specified, the program will first default to
.BR ~archie/db/host_db ,
then
.BR ./host_db .
.TP
.BI \-t \ <dir>	
Set the name of directory used for temporary files. By
default the program will use 
.B ~archie/db/tmp.
.TP 
.BI \-I \ <size> 
Set the minimum size for a site file to be indexed.
The size is in bytes.
If the size of the site file is greater or equal to this size
a .idx file will accompany this site file to speed up
searches in it. By default this size is
 500000 bytes.
.TP
.BI \-v
Verbose. Tell you what it is doing.
.TP
.BI \-l
Write any user output to the default log file
.B ~archie/logs/archie.log. 
If desired, this can be overridden with the 
.B \-L 
option. Errors will by default be written to stderr.
.TP
.BI \-L \ <logfile>	
The name of the file to be used for logging information.
Note that debugging information is also written to the
log file. This implies the 
.B \-l 
option as well.		
.PP
.B update_anonftp 
is also responsible for the file locking required to prevent two or 
more programs from concurrently updating the catalog. The file is
.B anonftp
and placed in 
.B ~archie/db/locks 
during the update process. It contains the host name and time of its creation.
.SH FILES
~archie/db/anonftp/*
.br
~archie/db/locks/anonftp
.br
~archie/db/host_db/*

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR arcontrol (n),
.BR parse_anonftp (n), 
.BR delete_anonftp (n), 
.BR insert_anonftp (n)

.SH AUTHOR
Bunyip Information Systems.
.br
Montr\o"\'e"al, Qu\o"\'e"bec, Canada
.br
Archie is a registered trademark of Bunyip Information Systems Inc., Canada,
1990.