NAME

admin-cgi/wppdc.pl - WWW front end to start LUT WHOIS++ server

SYNOPSIS

  admin-cgi/wppdc.pl

DESCRIPTION

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

"wppdc.pl" in bin

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>