.\" $Id: ramkomd.8,v 1.3 1991/08/22 23:41:12 linus Exp $
.\" $Date: 1991/08/22 23:41:12 $
.TH ramkomd 8 "August 22, 1991"
.SH NAME
ramkomd - LysKOM server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /usr/lyskom/bin/ramkomd 
[
.B -d
] [
.B -q
] [
.BI -D database-directory
] [
.BI -p clientportnumber
] [
.BI -P muxportnumber
] [
.B -a
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This program runs a LysKOM server.
.PP
It listens for connections on the given portnumbers (defaults are 4894
for the 
.I clientportnumber
and 4787 for the
.IR muxportnumber ).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-d
Adds one to the debug-level i.e. increases the amount of output on the
stderr from the process.

Using one
.B \-d
make the process print a
.I >
for every timeout, a message for every person that is connecting or
disconnecting and a message for every succesful or unsuccessful
communication to the process.
.TP
.B \-q
Never save the database.
.TP
.BI \-D database-directory
Use the database in the
.I database-directory.
.br
Example: If your database is in
.B $HOME/lyskom/db
you should use the option
.B \-D$HOME/lyskom
.TP
.BI \-p clientportnumber
listens for clients on the port number
.I clientportnumber.
.TP
.BI \-P muxportnumber
listens for mux connections on the port number
.I muxportnumber.
A mux connection is a connection using a special protocoll to allow
several sessions within one connection.
.TP
.B \-a
Do not send any non-requested messages. This disables the sending of
messages about events in the server to all connections.
.SH FILES
.TP 20
.B /usr/lyskom
Default database directory.
.TP
.IB database-directory /db/ramkomd-data
File with all the elements and pointers.
.TP
.IB database-directory /db/ramkomd-texts
File with the texts.
.TP
.IB database-directory /etc/pid
File with the pid of the lyskom-process.
.TP
.IB database-directory /db/ramkomd-backup
Backup file with all data.
.SH BUGS
Small memory leak.
.PP
There is no practical handling of security.
.PP
The choice of asynchronously issued messages is not very good.
.PP
The so called "data base" is a joke.
.SH AUTHOR
Per Cederqvist <ceder@lysator.liu.se>
.SH NOTE
Version 2.0 on its way.