NAME

ebx - Elixir BBS Exchange Suite

SYNOPSIS

ebx sync [ -adfghlmopuxAFPRS ] [ -m maxmsg ] [ -o [logfile] ] [ -r seconds ] [ -s [interval] ] [ -u user ] [ boards... ]

ebx <set|del|list>pass [ -u user ] [ sites... ]

ebx <set|list>board [ boards... ]

DESCRIPTION

This script synchronizes your local BBS's storage via the BBSCOM settings configured within.

COMMANDS

sync		perform synchronization

setpass		add login/password pairs
delpass		delete login/password pairs
listpass		list current passring

setboard		set up boards for mirroring
listboard		list board settings

OPTIONS

-a			recursively sync archive
-d			enable debugging messages
-f			enable per-site forking (Unix only)
-g			skip passring check, use guest for all sites
-h			show help message and usage info
-l			enable per-site locking
-m <maxmsg>		set maximal number of message to keep track
-o [logfile]	output to log stdout instead of log files
-p			post only; skip fetching articles
-r <delay>		repeat sync every <delay> seconds
-s [interval]	write config every [interval] updates (default 1)
-u <user>		specify the owner of gpg passring
-x			remove lockfiles and proceed anyway
-A			sync archive *only*: ignore articles
-F			force fetching of duplicate articles
-P			preserve remote user id and headers
-R			refresh message id, do nothing else
<boards>...		process specified boards or source
<sites>...		set passring against specified site identifiers

ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables are understood by ebx:

EBX_BACKEND

The local BBS's backend. Defaults to MELIX.

EBX_BBSROOT

The local BBS's location. Defaults to /home/melix or /home/bbs.

EBX_USER

The owner to .ebx.keyring, the private passring used to store encrypted ebx passwords. Defaults to USER.

EBX_HOME

The home directory of EBX_USER, defaults to HOME.

TODO

  • Background mode, externally controlled mode.

SEE ALSO

OurNet::BBS, OurNet::BBSApp::Sync, OurNet::BBSApp::PassRing

AUTHORS

Chia-Liang Kao <clkao@clkao.org>, Autrijus Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001 by Chia-Liang Kao <clkao@clkao.org>, Autrijus Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html