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diff --git a/doc/yaz-proxy-ref.xml b/doc/yaz-proxy-ref.xml
index c1301cb..e18d9d6 100644
--- a/doc/yaz-proxy-ref.xml
+++ b/doc/yaz-proxy-ref.xml
@@ -1,26 +1,35 @@
+
+ yazproxy
+ Index Data
+
+
yazproxy
8
+ System management commands
yazproxy
- The YAZ toolkit's transparent Z39.50/SRW/SRU proxy
+ The YAZ toolkit's transparent Z39.50/SRU proxy
yazproxy
-a filename
+ -c config
+ -D
+ -i seconds
-l filename
-m num
- -v level
- -t target
- -U auth
+ -n num
-o level
- -i seconds
- -T seconds
+ -t target
-p pidfile
+ -T seconds
-u userid
- -c config
+ -v level
+ -V
+ -X
host:port
@@ -28,7 +37,7 @@
DESCRIPTION
yazproxy is a proxy that accepts connections
- from Z39.50/SRW/SRU clients and contacts a Z39.50 backend.
+ from Z39.50/SRU clients and contacts a Z39.50 backend.
The listening port must be specified on the command-line.
inetd operation is not supported.
The host:port
@@ -58,40 +67,46 @@
standard output.
- -l filename
+ -c config
- Specifies the name of a file to which to write a log of the
- YAZ proxy activity. This uses the logging facility as provided
- by the YAZ toolkit. If this options is omitted, the output
- directed to stderr.
+ Specifies config filename. Configuration is in XML
+ and is only supported if the YAZ proxy is compiled with
+ libxml2.
- -m num
+ -D
- Specifies the maximum number of connections to be cached
- [default 50].
+ Puts YAZ proxy in the background after startup. This is
+ similar to using shell's & operator but often better since
+ it allows the start / stop script to capture startup errors.
- -v level
+ -i seconds
- Sets the logging level. level is
- a comma-separated list of members of the set
- {fatal,debug,warn,log,malloc,all,none}.
+ Specifies in seconds the idle time for communication between
+ client and proxy. If a connection is inactive for this long
+ it will be closed. Default: 600 seconds (10 minutes).
- -t target
+ -l filename
- Specifies the default backend target to use when a client
- connects that does not explicitly specify a target in its
- initRequest.
+ Specifies the name of a file to which to write a log of the
+ YAZ proxy activity. This uses the logging facility as provided
+ by the YAZ toolkit. If this options is omitted, the output
+ directed to stderr.
- -U auth
+ -m num
- Specifies authentication info to be sent to the backend target.
- This is useful if you happen to have an internal target that
- requires authentication, or if the client software does not allow
- you to set it.
+ Specifies the maximum number of client connections to be
+ offered [default 150].
+
+
+ -n num
+
+ Sets maximum number of open files to num.
+ This is only available on systems that offers the
+ setrlimit(2) call.
-o level
@@ -102,11 +117,18 @@
features. By default optimization is enabled (value 1).
- -i seconds
+ -p pidfile
- Specifies in seconds the idle time for communication between
- client and proxy. If a connection is inactive for this long
- it will be closed. Default: 600 seconds (10 minutes).
+ When specified, yazproxy will create pidfile
+ with the process ID of the proxy. The pidfile will be generated
+ before the process changes identity (see option -u).
+
+
+ -t target
+
+ Specifies the default backend target to use when a client
+ connects that does not explicitly specify a target in its
+ initRequest.
-T seconds
@@ -117,13 +139,6 @@
it will be closed. Default: 600 seconds (10 minutes).
- -p pidfile
-
- When specified, yazproxy will create pidfile
- with the process ID of the proxy. The pidfile will be generated
- before the process changes identity (see option -u).
-
-
-u userid
When specified, yazproxy will change identity to the user ID
@@ -132,11 +147,25 @@
if specified by option -u.
- -c config
+ -v level
- Specifies config filename. Configuration is in XML
- and is only supported if the YAZ proxy is compiled with
- libxml2.
+ Sets the logging level. level is
+ a comma-separated list of members of the set
+ {fatal,debug,warn,log,malloc,all,none}.
+
+
+ -V
+
+ Displays yazproxy version and exits with status code 0. Should
+ not be used in conjunction with other options.
+
+
+ -X
+
+ Enables debugging mode for the proxy. When specified, the proxy will
+ not fork itself, thus any violations becomes fatal. Useful if
+ you run yazproxy inside gdb.
+ Don't run this in production.
@@ -197,7 +226,7 @@
sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
sgml-indent-step:1
sgml-indent-data:t
- sgml-parent-document: "proxy.xml"
+ sgml-parent-document: "reference.xml"
sgml-local-catalogs: nil
sgml-namecase-general:t
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