<chapter id="administration">
- <!-- $Id: administration.xml,v 1.3 2002-04-09 13:26:26 adam Exp $ -->
+ <!-- $Id: administration.xml,v 1.4 2002-04-09 19:20:22 adam Exp $ -->
<title>Administrating Zebra</title>
<para>
Indexing is a per-record process, in which either insert/modify/delete
will occur. Before a record is indexed search keys are extracted from
whatever might be the layout the original record (sgml,html,text, etc..).
- The Zebra system currently supports two fundamantal types of records:
+ The Zebra system currently supports two fundamental types of records:
structured and simple text.
To specify a particular extraction process, use either the
command line option <literal>-t</literal> or specify a
<para>
You can edit the configuration file with a normal text editor.
- parameter names and values are seperated by colons in the file. Lines
+ parameter names and values are separated by colons in the file. Lines
starting with a hash sign (<literal>#</literal>) are
treated as comments.
</para>
<title>Locating Records</title>
<para>
- The default behaviour of the Zebra system is to reference the
+ The default behavior of the Zebra system is to reference the
records from their original location, i.e. where they were found when you
ran <literal>zebraidx</literal>.
That is, when a client wishes to retrieve a record
disk space than simpler indexing methods, but it makes it easier for
you to keep the index in sync with a frequently changing set of data.
If you combine this system with the <emphasis>safe update</emphasis>
- facility (see below), you never have to take your server offline for
+ facility (see below), you never have to take your server off-line for
maintenance or register updating purposes.
</para>
<title>Indexing with General Record IDs</title>
<para>
- When using this method you construct an (almost) arbritrary, internal
+ When using this method you construct an (almost) arbitrary, internal
record key based on the contents of the record itself and other system
information. If you have a group of records that explicitly associates
an ID with each record, this method is convenient. For example, the
<para>
For instance, if you have allocated two disks for your register, and
the first disk is mounted
- on <literal>/d1</literal> and has 200 Mb of free space and the
- second, mounted on <literal>/d2</literal> has 300 Mb, you could
+ on <literal>/d1</literal> and has 200 MB of free space and the
+ second, mounted on <literal>/d2</literal> has 300 MB, you could
put this entry in your configuration file:
<screen>
your responsibility to ensure that enough space is available, and that
other applications do not attempt to use the free space. In a large
production system, it is recommended that you allocate one or more
- filesystem exclusively to the Zebra register files.
+ file system exclusively to the Zebra register files.
</para>
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