Re: [htdig-dev] new rundig script (was: Various things..)

[Gilles D. <gr...@sc...>]

Yes, in both 3.1.6 and 3.2.0b6, and indeed as far back as I can
recall, the standard rundig script bundled with ht://Dig (installed
from installdir) has always passed -i to htdig by default.  I have no
problems with Robert's modified script, but be well aware that bundling
this one will mean that the default action of rundig will change from
what it was before.  That could lead to a lot of user confusion.

Mind you, there's already a lot of user confusion about rundig, so
the question is whether and by how much this change will aggravate
the confusion.  ;-P

On the plus side, Robert's script adds some flexibility to rundig, and
makes its usage more consistent with htdig's (i.e. update by default,
and use -i to reindex from scratch).

According to Lachlan Andrew:
> Greetings Robert,
> 
> In 3.2.0b6,  rundig  automatically passes  -i  to htdig.  If it didn't 
> in 3.1, that may account for some of the criticisms of its speed.  I 
> have been meaning to make it optional, but didn't want to break any 
> compatibility -- it looks like I don't have to worry about that.
> 
> Unfortunately, the role of  htmerge  has changed between 3.1 and 3.2 
> -- after  htdig,  the script should now call  htpurge  instead, so 
> I'm not sure if the 3.1.6 script will work as expected.
> 
> Cheers,
> Lachlan
> 
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:17 pm, Robert Ribnitz wrote:
> > I have a few observations:
> >
> > - it is possible to run htdig -i, meaning that the update is full
> > rather than incremental ('initial').
> > - if I use rundig -i, that option is passed to htdig (fine),  but
> > also to htpurge and  htnotify  which error out, since they don't
> > know any option -i
> >
> > I have therefore adapted the 'rundig' script of htdig-3.1.6, and
> > attach it here..
> >
> > Please test..
> >
> > Robert


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Gilles R. Detillieux              E-mail: <gr...@sc...>
Spinal Cord Research Centre       WWW:    http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba  Winnipeg, MB  R3E 3J7  (Canada)