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4. Running <I>Sympa</I> </A>
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<A NAME="sympa.pl"></A>
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4.1 sympa.pl
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<P>
<A NAME="7266"></A><TT>sympa.pl</TT> is the main daemon ; it processes mail commands and is in charge of
messages distribution.
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<A NAME="7269"></A><TT>sympa.pl</TT> recognizes the following command line arguments:
<P>
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<LI><A NAME="7272"></A><TT>- - debug</TT> | <A NAME="7275"></A><TT>-d</TT>
<P>
Sets <I>Sympa</I> in debug mode and keeps it attached to the terminal.
Debugging information is output to STDERR, along with standard log
information. Each function call is traced. Useful while reporting
a bug.
<P>
</LI>
<LI><A NAME="7279"></A><TT>service</TT> <I>process_command</I> | <I>process_message</I>
<P>
Sets <I>Sympa</I> daemon in way it process only message distribution (process_message) or in way it process only command (process_command).
<P>
</LI>
<LI><A NAME="7292"></A><TT>- - config <I>config_file</I></TT> | <A NAME="7307"></A><TT>-f <I>config_file</I></TT>
<P>
Forces <I>Sympa</I> to use an alternative configuration file. Default behavior is
to use the configuration file as defined in the Makefile ($CONFIG).
<P>
</LI>
<LI><A NAME="7314"></A><TT>- - mail</TT> | <A NAME="7317"></A><TT>-m</TT>
<P>
<I>Sympa</I> will log calls to sendmail, including recipients. Useful for
keeping track of each mail sent (log files may grow faster though).
<P>
</LI>
<LI><A NAME="7330"></A><TT>- - lang <I>catalog</I></TT> | <A NAME="7345"></A><TT>-l <I>catalog</I></TT>
<P>
Set this option to use a language catalog for <I>Sympa</I>.
The corresponding catalog file must be located in <A NAME="7352"></A><TT>~sympa/locale</TT>
directory.
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</LI>
<LI><A NAME="7366"></A><TT>- - keepcopy <I>recipient_directory</I></TT> | <A NAME="7381"></A><TT>-k <I>recipient_directory</I></TT>
<P>
This option tells Sympa to keep a copy of every incoming message,
instead of deleting them. <I>recipient_directory</I> is the directory
to store messages.
<P><PRE>
/home/sympa/bin/sympa.pl
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<LI><A NAME="7399"></A><TT>- - create_list - - robot <I>robotname</I> - - input_file <I>/path/to/list_file.xml</I></TT>
<P>
Create the list described by the xml file, see <A HREF="node19.html#list-creation-sympa">18.3</A>,
page <A HREF="node19.html#list-creation-sympa"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A>.
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<LI><A NAME="7417"></A><TT>- - close_list <I>listname@robot</I></TT>
<P>
Close the list (changing its status to closed), remove aliases and remove
subscribers from DB (a dump is created in the list directory to allow restoring
the list). See <A HREF="#family-close-list"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A>, page <A HREF="#family-close-list"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A> when you
are in a family context.
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<LI><A NAME="7435"></A><TT>- - dump <I>listname <TT>|</TT> ALL</I></TT>
<P>
Dumps subscribers of a list or all lists. Subscribers are dumped
in <A NAME="7444"></A><TT>subscribers.db.dump</TT>.
<P>
</LI>
<LI><A NAME="7456"></A><TT>- - import <I>listname</I></TT>
<P>
Import subscribers in the <I>listname</I> list. Data are read from STDIN.
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</LI>
<LI><A NAME="7462"></A><TT>- - lowercase</TT>
<P>
Lowercases e-mail addresses in database.
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</LI>
<LI><A NAME="7465"></A><TT>- - help</TT> | <A NAME="7468"></A><TT>-h</TT>
<P>
Print usage of sympa.pl.
<P>
</LI>
<LI><A NAME="7471"></A><TT>- - make_alias_file</TT>
<P>
Create an aliases file in /tmp/ with all list aliases (only list which status is 'open'). It uses the list_aliases.tt2
template.
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<LI><A NAME="7474"></A><TT>- - version</TT> | <A NAME="7477"></A><TT>-v</TT>
<P>
Print current version of <I>Sympa</I>.
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<LI><A NAME="7496"></A><TT>- - instanciate_family <I>familyname</I> <I>robotname</I> - - input_file <I>/path/to/family_file.xml</I></TT>
<P>
Instantiate the family <I>familyname</I>. See <A HREF="node20.html#lists-families">19</A>,
page <A HREF="node20.html#lists-families"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A>.
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<LI><A NAME="7520"></A><TT>- - close_family <I>familyname</I> - - robot <I>robotname</I></TT>
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Close the <I>familyname</I> family. See <A HREF="node20.html#family-closure">19.2.4</A>,
page <A HREF="node20.html#family-closure"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A>.
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<LI><A NAME="7544"></A><TT>- - add_list <I>familyname</I> - - robot <I>robotname</I> - - input_file <I>/path/to/list_file.xml</I></TT>
<P>
Add the list described in the XML file to the <I>familyname</I> family. See <A HREF="node20.html#family-add-list">19.2.5</A>,
page <A HREF="node20.html#family-add-list"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A>.
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<LI><A NAME="7571"></A><TT>- - modify_list <I>familyname</I> - - robot <I>robotname</I> - - input_file <I>/path/to/list_file.xml</I></TT>
<P>
Modify the existing family list, with description contained in the XML file. See <A HREF="node20.html#family-modify-list">19.2.7</A>,
page <A HREF="node20.html#family-modify-list"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A>.
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<LI><A NAME="7592"></A><TT>- - sync_include <I>listaddress</I> </TT>
<P>
Trigger an update of list members, usefull if the list uses
external data sources.
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<LI><A NAME="7598"></A><TT>- - upgrade - - from=X - -to=Y </TT>
<P>
Runs Sympa maintenance script to upgrate from version X to version Y
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<LI><A NAME="7601"></A><TT>- - reload_list_config - -list=mylist@dom </TT>
<P>
Recreates all <A NAME="7604"></A><TT>configbin</TT> files. You should run this command if you edit authorization scenarios. The list parameter is optional.
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4.2 INIT script
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The <A NAME="7607"></A><TT>make install</TT> step should have installed a sysV init script in
your <A NAME="7610"></A><TT>/etc/rc.d/init.d/</TT> directory (you can change this at <A NAME="7613"></A><TT>configure</TT>
time with the <A NAME="7616"></A><TT>-with-initdir</TT> option). You should edit your runlevels to make
sure <I>Sympa</I> starts after Apache and MySQL. Note that <A NAME="7620"></A>MySQL should
also start before <A NAME="7621"></A>Apache because of <A NAME="7622"></A><TT>wwsympa.fcgi</TT>.
<P>
This script starts these deamons : sympa.pl, task_manager.pl, archived.pl and bounced.pl.
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4.3 Stopping <I>Sympa</I> and signals
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4.3.0.1 <TT>kill -TERM</TT>
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When this signal is sent to sympa.pl (<A NAME="7629"></A><TT>kill -TERM</TT>), the daemon is stopped ending message distribution in progress
and this can be long (for big lists). If <A NAME="7632"></A><TT>kill -TERM</TT> is used, sympa.pl will stop immediatly whatever a distribution
message is in progress. In this case, when sympa.pl restart, message will distributed many times.
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4.3.0.2 <TT>kill -HUP</TT>
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When this signal is sent to sympa.pl (<A NAME="7638"></A><TT>kill -HUP</TT>), it switchs of the <A NAME="7641"></A><TT>-mail</TT> logging option
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