3.3
Table Of Contents
- Avid iNEWS Administration Guide
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- 1 - Introduction
- 2 - Connect Services
- 3 - Database Security
- 4 - Database Management
- 5 - Backing Up the iNEWS System
- 6 - Disconnects
- 7 - Troubleshooting
- A - Command References
- Programs Invoked by iNEWS
- Commands Used by Avid Personnel Only
- Linux Commands Used in iNEWS
- Console Control Commands
- Console Server Commands
- broadcast
- configure
- connect
- ctraits
- dbclean
- dbclose
- dbdev
- dbdump
- dbfree
- dblines
- dboriginal
- dbpurge (Superuser conditional)
- dbrestore
- dbserver
- dbsort
- dbtraits
- dbvisit
- dictionary
- diskclear (Superuser only)
- diskcopy
- doc
- ed
- enter
- force (Superuser only)
- grpcheck
- gtraits (Superuser only)
- help
- hogs
- idiff
- list
- list B
- list C
- list c
- list d
- list g
- list p
- list q
- list s
- list sq
- list u
- logout
- makemontab
- makeshift (Super user only)
- maketab (Superuser only)
- msgclean
- offline
- online
- otod
- reconnect
- remove
- rename (Superuser only)
- reorder
- restart
- searchtape
- send
- shutdown
- sitedump (Superuser only)
- siterestore (Superuser only)
- startup
- status
- stop
- su
- unbusy
- utraits (Super user only)
- version
- wholockedit
- Job List Commands
- Dialog Commands
- B - System Files
- C - Standard Dictionaries
- Using Dictionaries to Define Messages and Commands
- Customizing Dictionaries
- Utility Messages Dictionary (/site/dict/messages)
- DBServer Program Messages
- Disconnect Program Messages
- Category and Keyword Check Program Messages
- Keyboard Check Program Messages
- Keyboard Check Program Messages for Macros
- Grpcheck Messages
- Wire Program Messages
- Mail Server Messages
- Validation (Action) Server
- Seek Server Messages
- Last Login Messages
- Print Server Messages
- dbtraits Messages
- Save Error (Workstation) Messages
- Queues Dictionary (/site/dict/queues)
- Words Dictionary (/site/dict/words)
- Keyboard Macros Dictionary (/site/dict/keymacros)
- Case-shifting Dictionary (/site/dict/shift)
- MCS Dictionary (/site/dict/mcs)
- Job List Command Dictionary (/site/dict/joblist)
- D Messages Dictionary (/site/dict/dmessages)
- S Messages Dictionary (/site/dict/smessages)
- D - Environment Variables
- E - Managing Traits at the Console
- F - The Line Editor, ed
- Index
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maketab
(Superuser only)
maketab -i[sv]
Use this command after making changes to the dictionaries (or before the system is
connected) to build the new translations into programs.
To use this command, become a superuser and type:
maketab -i
n
For maketab, the dictionary definitions are installed into the following programs: /exc/news,
/exc/gnews, /exc/snews, /exc/nxserver, and /exc/newsmail. Day and month abbreviation
definitions are installed into:/exc/news,/exc/gnews, /exc/snews, /exc/nxserver, /exc/newsmail,
/exc/rxnet, and /exc/server.
msgclean
msgclean-<options> [-f <from name>][-a <age in days>][-x] [<username>]
maketab Command Options
s Standard translations
v Verbose output
msgclean Command Options
r Remove messages
d Show messages that are removed
o Show outstanding messages
t Tabulate outstanding messages
f Restrict messages to those from the specified sender. Sender is used
exactly as specified, no case shift. An empty sender can be specified
with quotes ("").
a Restrict messages to those older than the specified number of days.
x Restrict to nonexistent users.
<username> For specified user. Use trailing asterisk (*) for wildcard match. If no
username is specified, then an asterisk will be assumed.