3.3

Database Traits Console Command Summary
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Queue
Being
Ordered
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-o
This is an indicator, rather than database traits.
It indicates the queue’s order status.
The l indicates that the queue is currently order
locked to prevent more than one user from
reordering stories in a queue at the same time.
To find out who is ordering a queue, read the
Busy error message you get when you try to
order the queue. If no one is actually ordering
the queue, then it has an invalid order lock on it.
The o indicates the queue was once sorted, but
has since been ordered. When a sorted queue is
ordered, the system stops sorting stories as they
enter the queue. To indicate that a sorted queue
has been ordered, the system replaces sorted on
the screen with order.
The
dbtrait -o command can be used to
remove the ordered attribute (indicator) and
make the queue resume sorting from the
console. There is no +o to apply the ordered
attribute.
To find out who last ordered the
SHOW.5PM.SCRIPTS queue, type:
list d-o show.5pm.scripts
Locked
Queue
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Not a database trait; indicates a user has locked
the queue. Only a superuser or someone who
knows the correct key for the lock can remove
it.
To find out who last locked the
SHOW.5PM.SCRIPTS queue:
list d-u show.5pm.scripts
Inverted
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+i|-i
Indicates whether or not stories in a directory or
queue will be displayed with the most recent
one at the top.
To display stories in the WIRES.ALL queue,
with the most recent one at the top:
dbtraits wires.all +i
Name
Location in Display
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Mode / Option
Keyword Definition / Example