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NAME
       qi - the CCSO Nameserver server (on-line phone book)

SYNOPSIS
       qi [-w] [-d] [-q]

DESCRIPTION
       Qi  manages  the database of the CCSO Nameserver.  It is the
       "server" program of the server-client pair that make up  the
       CCSO Nameserver (the client program is ph(1)).

       If  given the -w option, qi will run in read-only mode; com-
       mands that would change the database are  not  allowed.   If
       given  the  -d option, qi will be run as though invoked by a
       daemon; in this case, qi will limit the amount of  cpu  time
       it will consume.

       -q will cause prompts to be omitted even when run from a tty
       or pipe.

       Qi operates in "super-user" mode when run with its  standard
       input  is  a terminal, file, or pipe.  If its standard input
       is none of the above (implying  the  connection  comes  from
       over  the network) it runs in anonymous mode, and the opera-
       tions that may be performed are limited.

       Qi's availability may  be  controlled  by  the  file  /name-
       serv/db/prod.sta.   If  this file exists, and the first word
       in it is "read", then all invocations of qi will be in read-
       only  mode;  no writing of the database will be allowed.  If
       the first word of the file is not "read", qi will refuse  to
       run  at  all.   In  either  case,  the  remainder  of /name-
       serv/db/prod.sta will be printed by qi  as  the  reason  the
       database is unavailable.

FILES
       /nameserver/db/prod.{dir,dov,idx,iov,seq,bdx} - the database
       /nameserver/db/LockFile  -  flock(3) lock file for the data-
       base
       /nameserv/db/prod.sta - control file for the database.

SEE ALSO
       The CCSO Nameserver - An  Introduction,  by  Steven  Dorner;
       updated by Paul Pomes.
       The  CCSO  Nameserver  -  A  Description,  by Steven Dorner;
       updated by Paul Pomes.
       The CCSO Nameserver - Why, by Steven Dorner; updated by Paul
       Pomes.
       The  CCSO  Nameserver  -  Server-Client  Protocol, by Steven
       Dorner; updated by Paul Pomes.
       How To Rebuild A Nameserver Database, In 24 Easy  Steps,  by
       Steven Dorner; updated by Paul Pomes.
       The  CCSO  Nameserver  -  Guide  To  Installation, by Steven
       Dorner; updated by Paul Pomes.
       The CCSO  Nameserver  -  A  Programmer's  Guide,  by  Steven
       Dorner; updated by Paul Pomes.
       ph(1)

AUTHOR
       Parts written by Steven Dorner (sdorner@qualcomm.com), Qual-
       comm, Inc.  (formerly at the University of Illinois  Comput-
       ing and Communications Services Office)

       Parts derived from the CSNET Name Server.

       Code  is  now  maintained  by Paul Pomes (p-pomes@uiuc.edu),
       University of Illinois Computing and Communications Services
       Office.



                            30-Jul-1992                      QI(8L)