From e2c9631b12b78533d94ec74ee714a5b46c117600 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Hammer Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 09:59:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] New GILS doc. --- doc/gils.sgml | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/gils.sgml b/doc/gils.sgml index cff66e4..eb293ff 100644 --- a/doc/gils.sgml +++ b/doc/gils.sgml @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
Serving GILS Records with Zebra <author><htmlurl url="http://www.indexdata.dk/" name="Index Data">, <tt><htmlurl url="mailto:info@index.ping.dk" name="info@index.ping.dk"></> -<date>$Revision: 1.2 $ +<date>$Revision: 1.3 $ <abstract> This document explains how to set up a simple database of Government Information Locator Records using the Zebra retrieval engine and @@ -307,5 +307,31 @@ consistent. <sect>Creating Your Own Database <p> +Whenever we create a new database with Zebra, we find it useful to +first set up a new, empty directory. This directory will contain the +configuration file, the lock files maintained by Zebra (unless you +specify a different location for these), and any logs of updates and +server runs that you may wish to keep around. The first thing to do is +set up the <tt/zebra.cfg/ file for your database. You can copy the one +from the <tt/test/ directory, or you can create a new one using the +example settings described in the previous section. Once you get your +server up and running, you may want to read the description of the +<tt/zebra.cfg/ file in the general documentation, to set up additional +defaults for database names, etc. + +If you copy one of thse files, you should be careful to update the +pathnames to reflect the setup of your own database. In particular, if +you want to specify one or more directories for the register files +and/or the shadow files, you should make sure that these directories +exist and are accessible to the user ID which will run the Zebra +processes. + +You need to make sure that your GILS records are available, too. For +small to medium-sized (say, less than 100,000 records) databases, it +is frequently useful to maintain the records as individual files +someplace in the file system. Zebra will, by default, access these +files directly whenever the user requests to see a specific record. +However, you can set up Zebra to maintain the database records in +other ways, too. Consult the general documentation for details. </article> -- 1.7.10.4