gen-index(8) GNATS Administration Utilities gen-index(8)NAMEgen-index - generate new GNATS database index
SYNOPSISgen-index
[ -n | --numeric ] [ -h | --help ]
[ -o outfile | --outfile=outfile ]
[ -i | --import ] [ -e | --export ]
[ -d databasename | --database=databasename ]
[ -V | --version ]
DESCRIPTION
Builds an index for the specified GNATS database. The index is printed
to standard output by default.
OPTIONS-n, --numeric
Sorts index entries numerically rather than by their order in the
categories list.
-d databasename, --database=databasename
Specifies the database to be indexed. If no database is speci‐
fied, the database named default is assumed. This option over‐
rides the database specified in the GNATSDB environment variable.
-o outfile, --outfile=outfile
Prints the index to outfile rather than to the standard output.
-i, --import
Import the existing index file instead of re-indexing the data‐
base.
-e, --export
Force plaintext output
-h, --help
Prints usage for gen-index.
-V, --version
Prints the version number of gen-index.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The GNATSDB environment variable is used to determine which database to
use. For a local database, it contains the name of the database to ac‐
cess.
For network access via gnatsd, it contains a colon-separated list of
strings that describe the remote database, in the form
server:port:databasename:username:password
Any of the fields may be omitted, but at least one colon must appear;
otherwise, the value is assumed to be the name of a local database.
If GNATSDB is not set, it is assumed that the database is local and
that its name is default.
SEE ALSO
Keeping Track: Managing Messages With GNATS (also installed as the GNU
Info file gnats.info) and Reporting Problems Using send-pr (also in‐
stalled as the GNU Info file send-pr.info).
databases(5), dbconfig(5), delete-pr(8), edit-pr(1)file-pr(8), gen-in‐
dex(8), gnats(7), gnatsd(8), mkcat(8), mkdb(8), pr-edit(8), query-
pr(1), queue-pr(8), send-pr(1).
COPYING
Copyright (c) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
preserved on all copies.
Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the en‐
tire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permis‐
sion notice identical to this one.
Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manu‐
al into another language, under the above conditions for modified ver‐
sions, except that this permission notice may be included in transla‐
tions approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in the origi‐
nal English.
GNATS August 2003 gen-index(8)
