NAME

ifindex - Create nodelist index

SYNOPSIS

ifindex [-h] [-x verbosity] [-I file]

DESCRIPTION

Ifindex creates a nodelist index which is used by ifcico for faster nodelist lookups.

Depending on the OPTIONS set when compiling the program, one of 3 different nodelist indices will be generated: a db- a (g)dbm- or a dbz- version. The dbz- type nodelist-index has some advantages (smaller indices and faster index generation) over the other 2 types but is currently only in PRE-ALPHA state - you should also read the README before using this type of nodelist-index.

OPTIONS

-h

Display a short help message.

-x Verbosity

Set the debug verbosity. Verbosity may be a number from 0 to 32 to set 'on' bits from 1 to number, or a string of letters where 'a' = bit 1, 'b' = bit 2, etc. up to bit 26.

-I File

Use the alternate configuration file File.

RETURN CODES

DEBUG VERBOSITY

FILES

$IFLIBDIR/config

Runtime configuration file.

nodelist.???

A list of nodes in an FTN network.

SEE ALSO

ifcico(8), ifinfo(8)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Some ideas taken from Fidogate/RFmail package, written by Teemu Torma and hacked by Martin Junius.
Some tcp code taken from JE version, written by Tsuneo Tanaka <ttan@twics.com>

1993, 1994 Eugene Crosser

This is free software. You can do what you wish with it as long as this copyright notice is preserved.

Manpage and dbz-nodelist-index support by Christof Meerwald <cmeerw@mail.htl.fh-sbg.ac.at>

Many thanks to the institute of computer science in Salzburg/Austria and especially to Anton Hofmann <hofmann@wst.edvz.sbg.ac.at> who made further work possible during his lecture.