Builds an index for the specified GNATS database. The index is printed
to standard output by default.
OPTIONS
-n, --numeric
Sorts index entries numerically rather than by their order in the
categories list.
-d databasename, --database=databasename
Specifies the database to be indexed. If no database is specified,
the database named default is assumed. This option overrides
the database specified in the GNATSDB environment variable.
-o outfile, --outfile=outfile
Prints the index to
outfile rather than to the standard output.
-i, --import
Import the existing index file instead of re-indexing the database.
-e, --export
Force plaintext output
-h, --help
Prints usage for
gen-index .
-V, --version
Prints the version number of
gen-index .
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The GNATSDB environment variable is used to determine which database to
use. For a local database, it contains the name of the database to access.
For network access via gnatsd, it contains a colon-separated list
of strings that describe the remote database, in the form
server:port:databasename:username:password
Any of the fields may be omitted, but at least one colon must appear;
otherwise, the value is assumed to be the name of a local database.
If GNATSDB is not set, it is assumed that the database is local
and that its name is default.
SEE ALSO
Keeping Track: Managing Messages With GNATS (also installed as the GNU Info file
gnats.info ) and
Reporting Problems Using send-pr (also installed as the GNU Info file
send-pr.info ).databases(5) ,dbconfig(5) , delete-pr (8), edit-pr (1) file-pr (8), gen-index (8),gnats(7) ,gnatsd(8) ,mkcat(8) ,mkdb(8) , pr-edit (8), query-pr (1), queue-pr (8), send-pr (1).
COPYING
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