NAME¶
dictdconfig - write dictd database configuration section
SYNOPSIS¶
dictdconfig [-hlovw] [--help] [--list] [--order] [--version] [--write]
DESCRIPTION¶
dictdconfig generates a complete
dictd database configuration
section for available dictionary databases found in
/usr/share/dictd/
(or possibly elsewhere if an optional order override file is present). If a
dictionary database contains a <basename>.suffix and/or a
<basename>.word file, appropriate index_suffix and index_word entries
are created.
Its output file
/var/lib/dictd/db.list may then be included from the
dictd configuration file
/etc/dictd/dictd.conf with an ``include
/var/lib/dictd/db.list'' line. See
dictd(8) for an explanation of
dictd configuration.
In Debian,
dictdconfig is automatically invoked upon installation or
removal of dictionary database packages, so most users will never need to
invoke it by hand.
DATABASE ORDER¶
The default order in which database entries are written is hard coded into
dictdconfig, but it may be overridden via the optional order override
file
/etc/dictd/dictd.order. This may be desired because
dictd
returns definitions from dictionary databases in the order in which they are
listed in its configuration file. The order override file may also be used to
include local dictionary databases which may not necessarily reside in
/usr/share/dictd/.
/etc/dictd/dictd.order, if present, should be a whitespace separated list
of basenames and directories. It may also include comments starting with # and
extending to the end of the line. Virtual dictionaries and the directive
database_exit may be included in the order override file. (If virtual
dictionaries are used, it is necessary to use this directive after the default
set of dictionaries to avoid returning duplicate entries. See
dictd(8).)
Dictionary database entries will be generated only for those databases found via
basename and directory entries in the default order (or the order override
file, if present), and they will be generated in the order in which these
entries appear. No more than one dictionary database entry of any given name
will be generated.
Entries without a leading / are relative to
/usr/share/dictd/.
Entries without a trailing / are basenames. A dictionary database entry is
generated if
<basename>.index and
<basename>.dict.dz
or
<basename>.dict are present.
Entries with a trailing / are directories. A dictionary database entry is
generated for each <name> where
<directory>/<name>.index and
<directory>/<name>.dict.dz or
<directory>/<name>.dict are present.
The default order includes the directory
/usr/share/dictd/ as its final
entry so that if a previously unknown dictionary database (one not explicitly
mentioned in the default order) is installed, its dictionary database entry
will still be generated. An order override file should also use this
technique, both for
/usr/share/dictd/ and for any other directory where
local dictionary database might be installed.
The -o option may be used to make
dictdconfig display the default order
information along with the order override information if
/etc/dictd/dictd.order is present.
DUMMY ENTRY¶
If no dictionary databases are found (via basename or directory entries in the
default order or the order override file), a dummy dictionary database entry
will be generated with
/dev/null for both data and index. This allows
dictd to start without error.
DATABASE ALIASES¶
If an executable script named
/etc/dictd/dictdconfig.alias exists,
dictdconfig will filter database names through it. The script can be bash,
sed, perl, or whatever. Although
dict -D will display database names of
any length, names longer than 16 characters are displayed in a ragged format.
Appropriate entries in this alias file can be used to cause
dict -D to
display the database names in a reasonable format.
OPTIONS¶
- -w, --write
- Write database section to /var/lib/dictd/db.list.
- -l, --list
- List database section to standard out.
- -o, --order
- Display database order information.
- -h, --help
- Display a usage message and exit.
- -v, --version
- Display version information and exit.
FILES¶
- /var/lib/dictd/db.list
- Output of dictdconfig.
- /etc/dictd/dictd.config
- dictd configuration file which "includes"
/var/lib/dictd/db.list.
- /etc/dictd/dictd.order
- Optional dictdconfig order override file.
SEE ALSO¶
dictd(8)
BUGS¶
Older dictionary database packages did not automatically invoke
dictdconfig upon installation and removal, so you may need to do so
manually (after which, you should restart dictd).
AUTHOR¶
Kirk Hilliard <kirk@debian.org>.