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.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1994, 1996 Bunyip Information Systems Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Archie 3.5
.\" August 1996
.\"
.\" @(#)delete_webindex.n
.\"
.TH DELETE_WEBINDEX N "August 1996"
.SH NAME
.B delete_webindex
\- delete a site from the Archie webindex database
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B delete_webindex
.BI \-H " <hostname>"
[
.BI \-M " <dir>"
] [
.BI \-h " <dir>"
] [
.BI \-p " <port>"
] [
.BI \-w " <dir>"
] [
.B \-v
] [
.B \-l
] [
.BI \-L " <logfile>"
]
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-H " <hostname>"
The fully qualified domain name or IP address, in standard `quad' or `dotted
decimal' format, of the site to be deleted. This name must already exist in
the Archie host database, or be resolvable via the Domain Name System. This
parameter is required.
.TP
.BI \-M " <dir>"
The name of the master Archie database directory. By default, the program
first looks in the directory
.BR ~archie/db ,
then
.BR ./db .
.TP
.BI \-w " <dir>"
The name of the directory in which the Archie webindex catalog resides. This
parameter overrides the default catalog name,
.BR ~archie/db/webindex ,
as well as the
.B \-M
option.
.TP
.BI \-h " <dir>"
The name of the Archie host database directory. By default, the program first
looks in
.BR ~archie/db/host_db ,
then
.BR ./host_db .
.TP
.BI \-p " <port>"
The port number at the Web site. The default value is 80.
.TP
.B \-v
Verbose mode. Debugging information is printed to
.IR stderr ,
or to the log file, if
.B \-l
is specified.
.TP
.B \-l
Write output to the default log file
.BR ~archie/logs/archie.log .
The name of this file can be overridden with the
.B \-L
option. By default, errors are written to
.IR stderr .
.TP
.BI \-L " <logfile>"
The name of the log file. This option has no effect unless the
.B \-l
option is also specified. Note that debugging information is also written to
the log file.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B delete_webindex
modifies and deactivates the appropriate entry in the auxiliary host database.
If the specified host does not exist in the webindex catalog, the program
prints an error message, then exits. Normally, this program is only invoked
by
.BR update_webindex (n).
.PP
When running
.B delete_webindex
from the command line, one should ensure
that no other processes are modifying the webindex catalog.
The exclusive locking mechanism provided by
.BR update_webindex (n),
is not available from the command line.
.SH FILES
~archie/db/host_db/*
.br
~archie/db/webindex_db/*
.br
~archie/db/webindex_db/start_db/*
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR update_webindex (n),
.BR insert_webindex (n)
.SH AUTHOR
Bunyip Information Systems.
.br
Montr\o"\'e"al, Qu\o"\'e"bec, Canada
.sp
Archie is a registered trademark of Bunyip Information Systems Inc., Canada,
1990.