rwhois site, and other questions

[Greg Fausak]

Hi,

I have had pretty serious problems with the indexing
stuff.  I've also written a script, but it is a little different,
I run it from the rwhois root directory.  Careful with this!!!

#!/bin/sh
# cleanup rwhois dictionary files
echo 'cleanup in process'
find . \( -name index\* -o -name local* -o -name \*.txt.\* \) -print  |\
        xargs rm -f
# rerun the indexing stuff
/usr/local/sbin/rwhois_indexer -v -s txt \
        -c /var/local/nettle/rwhois/rwhoisd.conf


----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Mansolino <rmsolino at netaxs.com>
To: Keri Medei <medei at web-ink.com>
Cc: <rwhois at rwhois.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: rwhois site, and other questions


: I haven't futzed with it in a coupole of months, but here's a wee script I
: wrote to do the reindexing:
:
: /usr/local/rwhoisd>cat .reindex
:
: #!/bin/sh
: bin/rwhois_indexer -c etc/rwhoisd.conf -i -s .txt 2>&1
:
: after you get this to work, try querying it again.
:
:
: Keri Medei said...
: >
: >
: > I'm trying to query the root.rwhois.net from the webpage
: >
: > http://www.rwhois.net/rwhois/products/web/
: >
: > but I'm getting no answer. Is there something wrong? I wanted to look at
: > the files so that I can make sure that the information that I'm putting
: > into my files is correct. (if you have a sample of an actual
: > net-xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xxx config, I'd appreciate it)
: >
: > When I've been querying my server through the website, it's come up ok,
: > but with no information, not even the sample files.
: >
: > Which brings me to my next problem, and that's how I use the
: > rwhois_indexer. I've read everything that I can get my hands on, but I
: > don't understand some of it.
: >
: > I'm going to be using rwhois to get more IP address space from ARIN,
: > instead of SWIPing everything out. I'm thinking that this might have an
: > impact on what I'm putting in for the indexer.
: >
: > So, if anyone happens to be using rwhois for the same reason, could you
: > send me the exact "wording" for the rwhois_indexer to work correctly?
: >
: > I've been reading everything that I can find on rwhois, including the
rfc,
: > and the archives (which do seem out of date) and anything available on
the
: > web, but I'm hoping to find a "rwhois for dummies" book. :)
: >
: > I am also documenting the steps that I take to configure the rwhois
: > package, and would be more then happy to send a copy (when finished) to
: > everyone, perhaps it will lessen the amount of questions such as the
ones
: > that I'm asking that are posted to the list. :)
: >
: > Your help is much appreciated,
: >
: > Sincerely,
: >
: > Keri Medei
: >
:
:
: --
: Ron Mansolino   RMsolino at netaxs.com   http://www.netaxs.com/~rmsolino/
: