I've got this problem tracked down now, and (almost) sorted. The issue is that htmerge only appears to be applying the -a option to the first database, but not to the one that is being merged in. (Is this by design, and if so why?) The solution is either to do the second (external) dig without the -a option, or else to use the -a option as normal, but insert a file-renaming phase between the dig/merge and merging the two databases.
Hope this helps someone else in the future, as I saw no warning of this behaviour in the documentation. (Subtle Hint.) Mike -----Original Message----- From: Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 October 2004 19:20 To: BROCKINGTON, Michael -Syntegra UK Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [htdig] Problem with external sites On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm still trying to persuade htdig to do what I want it to, but I'm > having problems with the merge process. I'm using the -a option for > two separate digs, each followed by a merge, so that I end up with two > sets of databases: > > Db.wordlist.work = 3092KB > And > Ext.wordlist.work = 2026Kb > > The third stage is to merge the ext...databases into the > db...databases. The fourth stage is to take them live, ie rename > db.*.work -> db.whatever > > Stage three is giving me the message: 'Cannot open db.wordlist' (with > the correct path), which is not surprising as that file does not > exist. > > Am I doing this in the wrong order or is it more likely to be a > configuration problem? This is a new installation, so I have never > actually proved that it is capable of merging two databases. The order sounds correct. What does your htmerge command look like? Are you manually renaming the files with Db. and Ext. or do you actually have the alternate names defined in your config file? If the former, you might want to take a look at the database name attributes (i.e. word_list, word_db, doc_db, doc_list). Jim ******************************************************************** This email may contain information which is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please notify the sender immediately and delete it without reading, copying, storing, forwarding or disclosing its contents to any other person Thank you Check us out at http://www.bt.com/consulting ********************************************************************
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