Synopsis¶

"sympa.pl" [ "-d, --debug" ] [ "-f, --file"=another.sympa.conf ] [ "-l, --lang"=lang ] [ "-m, --mail" ] [ "-h, --help" ] [ "-v, --version" ]

[ "--add"=list@domain [--role=role] [--quiet] [--notify] [--force] ] [ "--del"=list@domain [--role=role] [--quiet] [--notify] [--force] ] [ "--open_list"=list[@robot] [--notify] ] [ "--close_list"=list[@robot] ] [ "--purge_list"=list[@robot] ] [ "--lowercase" ] [ "--make_alias_file" ] [ "--dump_users" "--list"=list@domain|ALL [ "--role"=roles ] ] [ "--restore_users" "--list"=list@domain|ALL [ "--role"=roles ] ] [ "--show_pending_lists"=robot ] [ "--rebuildarc"=list[@robot] ]

Options¶

sympa.pl may run with following options in general.

"-d", "--debug"

Enable debug mode.

"-f", "--config="file

Force Sympa to use an alternative configuration file instead of /etc/sympa/sympa/sympa.conf.

"-l", "--lang="lang

Set this option to use a language for Sympa. The corresponding gettext catalog file must be located in $LOCALEDIR directory.

"--log_level="level

Sets Sympa log level.

With the following options sympa.pl will run in batch mode:

"--add="list@domain [ "--role"=role ] [ "--quiet" ] [ "--notify" ] [ "--force" ]

Add email(s) from the list. Data are read from standard input. The data should contain one email address per line.

Sample:

    ## emails to be added
    john.steward@some.company.com       John Steward
    mary.blacksmith@another.company.com Mary Blacksmith
    

Note: This option was added on Sympa 6.2.67b.2.

New command line format:

"--add_list="family_name "--robot="robot_name "--input_file="/path/to/file.xml

Add the list described by the file.xml under robot_name, to the family family_name.

New command line format:

"--change_user_email" "--current_email="current "--new_email="new

Changes a user email address in all Sympa databases (subscriber_table, list config, etc) for all virtual robots.

New command line format:

"--close_family="family_name "--robot="robot_name

Close lists of family_name family under robot_name.

New command line format:

"--close_list="list["@"robot]

Close the list (changing its status to closed), remove aliases and remove subscribers from DB (a dump is created in the list directory to allow restoring the list)

New command line format:

"--conf_2_db"

Load sympa.conf and each robot.conf into database.

New command line format:

TBD.

"--copy_list="listname"@"robot "--new_listname="newlistname "--new_listrobot="newrobot

Copy a list.

New command line format:

"--create_list" "--robot="robot_name "--input_file="/path/to/file.xml

Create a list with the XML file under robot robot_name.

New command line format:

"--del="list"@"domain [ "--role"=role ] [ "--quiet" ] [ "--notify" ] [ "--force" ]

Delete email(s) from the list. Data are read from standard input. The data should contain one email address per line.

Sample:

    ## emails to be deleted
    john.steward@some.company.com
    mary.blacksmith@another.company.com
    

Note: This options was added on Sympa 6.2.67b.2.

New command line format:

"--dump="list@domain|"ALL"

Obsoleted option. Use "--dump_users".

"--dump_users" "--list="list@domain|"ALL" [ "--role="roles ]

Dumps users of a list or all lists.

"--role" may specify "member", "owner", "editor" or any of them separated by comma (","). Only "member" is chosen by default.

Users are dumped in files role".dump" in each list directory.

Note: On Sympa prior to 6.2.31b.1, subscribers were dumped in subscribers.db.dump file, and owners and moderators could not be dumped.

See also "--restore_users".

Note: This option replaced "--dump" on Sympa 6.2.34.

New command line format:

"--health_check"

Check if sympa.conf, robot.conf of virtual robots and database structure are correct. If any errors occur, exits with non-zero status.

New command line format:

"--import="list@dom

Deprecated. Use "--add" instead.

"--instantiate_family="family_name "--robot="robot_name "--input_file="/path/to/file.xml [ "--close_unknown" ] [ "--quiet" ]

Instantiate family_name lists described in the file.xml under robot_name. The family directory must exist; automatically close undefined lists in a new instantiation if --close_unknown is specified; do not print report if "--quiet" is specified.

New command line format:

"--lowercase"

Lowercases email addresses in database.

New command line format:

TBD.

"--make_alias_file" [ "--robot" robot ]

Create an aliases file in /tmp/ with all list aliases. It uses the list_aliases.tt2 template (useful when list_aliases.tt2 was changed).

New command line format:

TBD.

"--md5_encode_password"

Rewrite password in "user_table" of database using MD5 fingerprint. YOU CAN'T UNDO unless you save this table first.

Note that this option was obsoleted. Use upgrade_sympa_password(1).

"--modify_list="family_name "--robot="robot_name "--input_file="/path/to/file.xml

Modify the existing list installed under the robot robot_name and that belongs to the family family_name. The new description is in the "file.xml".

New command line format:

"--open_list="list["@"robot] [ "--notify" ]

Restore the closed list (changing its status to open), add aliases and restore users to DB (dump files in the list directory are imported).

The "--notify" is optional. If present, the owner(s) of the list will be notified.

New command line format:

"--purge_list"=list["@"robot]

Remove the list (remove archive, configuration files, users and owners in admin table. Restore is not possible after this operation.

New command line format:

"--show_pending_lists"=robot

Print all pending lists for the robot, with information.

New command line format:

TBD.

"--rebuildarc"=list[@robot]

Rebuild the archives of the list.

New command line format:

TBD.

"--reload_list_config" [ "--list="mylist@mydom ] [ "--robot="mydom ]

Recreates all config.bin files or cache in "list_table". You should run this command if you edit authorization scenarios. The list and robot parameters are optional.

New command line format:

TBD.

"--rename_list="listname"@"robot "--new_listname="newlistname "--new_listrobot="newrobot

Renames a list or move it to another virtual robot.

New command line format:

"--send_digest" [ "--keep_digest" ]

Send digest right now. If "--keep_digest" is specified, stocked digest will not be removed.

New command line format:

TBD.

"--restore_users" "--list="list@domain|"ALL" [ "--role="roles ]

Restore users from files dumped by "--dump_users".

Note: This option was added on Sympa 6.2.34.

New command line format:

"--sync_include="listname"@"robot [ "--role="role ]

Trigger update of the list users included from data sources.

New command line format:

"--sync_list_db" [ "--list="listname@robot ]

Syncs filesystem list configs to the database cache of list configs, optionally syncs an individual list if specified.

New command line format:

TBD.

"--test_database_message_buffer"

Note: This option was deprecated.

Test the database message buffer size.

"--upgrade" [ "--from="X ] [ "--to="Y ]

Runs Sympa maintenance script to upgrade from version X to version Y.

New command line format:

"--upgrade_shared" [ "--list="X ] [ "--robot="Y ]

Note: This option was deprecated. See upgrade_shared_repository(1).

Rename files in shared.

New command line format:

TBD.

With following options sympa.pl will print some information and exit.

"-h", "--help"

Print this help message.

"--md5_digest="password

Output a MD5 digest of a password (useful for SOAP client trusted application).

"-v", "--version"

Print the version number.

End of description for earlier version.