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.IX Title "OVDB_SERVER 8"
.TH OVDB_SERVER 8 2024-04-01 "INN 2.7.2" "InterNetNews Documentation"
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.SH NAME
ovdb_server \- Overview helper server for nnrpd
.SH SYNOPSIS
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Use \fBovdb_init\fR to start \fBovdb_server\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
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If the \fIreadserver\fR parameter in \fIovdb.conf\fR is true, \fBovdb_init\fR
(if not invoked with the \fB\-r\fR flag) will start as many \fBovdb_server\fR
processes as the \fInumrsprocs\fR parameter states.
.PP
\&\fBovdb_server\fR opens the overview database, and accesses it on behalf
of the \fBnnrpd\fR reader processes.
.PP
To shut down \fBovdb_server\fR, send a TERM signal to the process ID
mentioned in \fIovdb_server.pid\fR in \fIpathrun\fR (note that the \fBrc.news\fR
script already does that if used to shut down INN).  The parent
process will shut down its children and wait for their exit before
exiting itself.
.SH HISTORY
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Written by Heath Kehoe <hakehoe@avalon.net> for InterNetNews.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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ovdb(5), ovdb_init(8), rc.news(8).