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[svn] * src/lock.h,src/lock.c,src/noffle.c: Add lazy lock release. Only release
the lock and close the databases if (a) another process signals us
SIGUSR1 indicating it wants the lock, or (b) it is explicitly requested by
a call to new function Lock_syncDatabases(). When waiting for the lock,
SIGUSR1 the holding process every second. This is all an attempt to
minimise the number of times we need to close and open the database.
When (ha!) the database is replaced by something that can handle
multiple simultaneous writers (with appropriate locking) this won't
be necessary.
| author | bears |
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| date | Thu, 25 Jan 2001 13:38:31 +0000 |
| parents | 1c7303c71f66 |
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.TH inews 1 .\" $Id: inews.1 227 2000-10-26 21:21:13Z bears $ .SH NAME inews \- Send a Usenet article. .SH SYNOPSIS .B inews [ .B \-D ] [ .B \-O ] [ .B \-S ] [ .I input ] .SH DESCRIPTION .I inews reads a Usenet news article including headers from the named file or standard input if no file is given. It adds some headers and performs some checks. If the article fails the checks (e.g. the article lacks a body, or has no Newsgroups: line), the article is rejected. Otherwise the article is posted. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-D Debug mode. .I inews adds header lines and performs some checks. If the checks are successful, the article is printed on the standard output and not posted. .TP .B \-O If no .I Organization: header is found, and a value for .I organization is specified in .BR noffle.conf (5), .I inews will add a .I Organization: header using that value. To suppress this behaviour, use the .B \-O flag. .TP .B "\-h \-A \-V \-W" For compatibility with inews programs used with other news servers, .I inews accepts, but ignores, the ``\fB\-h\fP'', ``\fB\-A\fP'', ``\fB\-V\fP'' and ``\fB\-W\fP'' flags. .TP .B \-N For compatability with inews programs used with other news servers, the ``\fB\-N\fP'' flag is treated as the ``\fB\-D\fP'' flag. .TP .B \-S Normally, if a file named .I .signature exists in the user's home directory, .I inews will try to append it to the end of the article. If the file cannot be read, the article will not be posted. If the .B \-S flag is given, .signature will not be added. .SH NOTES .I inews exits with a zero status if the article was successfully posted, or a non-zero status if a check fails or posting fails. .PP This .I inews is supplied with the .B NOFFLE news server. It is, in fact, the main .BR noffle (1) executable, and the .I inews program is just a link to the main .I noffle program. If the .I noffle program sees it is being executed under the name .I inews it adjusts its behaviour accordingly. .SH FILES .B NOFFLE takes its configuration from a configuration file, by default .I /etc/noffle.conf. For a description of this file, see .BR noffle.conf(5). .SH SEE ALSO .BR noffle (1), .BR noffle.conf (5), .SH AUTHORS Markus Enzenberger <markus.enzenberger@t-online.de> .br Volker Wysk <volker.wysk@student.uni-tuebingen.de> .br Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org> .br Uwe Hermann <uh1763@bingo-ev.de> 1998-2000.