NAME
admin-cgi/wppdc.pl - WWW front end to start LUT WHOIS++ server
SYNOPSIS
admin-cgi/wppdc.plDESCRIPTION
This Perl program runs the LUT WHOIS++ server management program, wppdc.pl.
CGI VARIABLES
wppdc.pl understands serveral options, as detailed below. These should be supplied in the CGI variable operation.
- coldstart
-
Start the WHOIS++ server from cold (e.g. when booting up), ignoring any existing guts/wppd.pid files.
- restart
-
Restarts the WHOIS++ server by stopping it, then starting it.
- safetyfirst
-
Restarts the WHOIS++ server, but not if it was running already.
- start
-
Starts the WHOIS++ server.
- status
-
Returns the status of the WHOIS++ server, if one is running. This is done by querying the results of ps.
- stop
-
Stops the WHOIS++ server.
OUTPUT
Short confirmation message, formatted in HTML.
FILES
guts/wppd.pid - WHOIS++ server process ID is stored here
SEE ALSO
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1988, Martin Hamilton <martinh@gnu.org> and Jon Knight <jon@net.lut.ac.uk>. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
It was developed by the Department of Computer Studies at Loughborough University of Technology, as part of the ROADS project. ROADS is funded under the UK Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib), the European Commission Telematics for Research Programme, and the TERENA development programme.
AUTHOR
Martin Hamilton <martinh@gnu.org>, Jon Knight <jon@net.lut.ac.uk>