Linux script webupd - generate stats and update indexes on remote Linux hosts.

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City LinUX sample scripts - webupd

NAME

webupd - updates the awstats statistics pages and the dig search indexes for an arbitrary number of websites on a remote server.

SYNOPSIS

webupd [[ -S ] [ -c <config_file> ] [ -d ] [[ -h ]|[ -s ]] [ -v ] <host_name> ] | [ -V ]

AVAILABILITY

webupd is a Bourne shell script which should work equally well on all versions of UNIX and Linux.

DESCRIPTION

The webupd uses the <host_name> to look up the path to the web pages and the name of the configuration files for dig and awstats. A ssh connection is made to <host_name> and the awstats perl script awstats.pl is run to update the stats data set and generate static web pages for each web site.

The dig script rundig is then invoked to update the search data with any changes that have been made to the web pages.

OPTIONS

-c <config_file>
Allows a configuration file to be identified on the command line rather than using the default " /usr/local/etc/webupd.cf ".

-S Use static links when generating awstats web page.

-d Run in debug mode.

-h Update htdig only.

-s Update awstats only.

-v Run in verbose mode.

-V Print the version details to standard out and exit.

FILES

webupd.cf.

EXAMPLES

webupd  caswallon-gw

The script will look for the configuration file in the default location i.e. /usr/local/etc/webupd.cf .

NB. The site names are abreviated in the example configuration file and appropriate alternative short path names are provided as symbolic links on disk. These sites could equally well have been written as "amharic-interpreter.com" "citylinux.com" etc. provided that the paths are available e.g. "usr/local/web/amharic-interpreter.com".

BUGS

The script has very little input error checking. The script is designed to be used with cron where the resolution of the symbolic hostname is predictable. It is assumed that ssh keys have already been exchanged and that the connection will be non problematic.

AUTHOR

Clifford W Fulford, City Linux. Contact fulford@fulford.net or call +44 (0)709 229 5385.

Trainer

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Clifford W Fulford BA(Hons), PGDip (Computing), PGCE. DES/DFE No. 7773034.

I started my career in computing in the days of CPM and C/CPM, building network operating systems and correcting bespoke software written to manage community transport booking and accounting systems.

I fist came across UNIX when called upon to migrate database systems from Mercator BBS to Thoroughbred Basic. Excited by the power and flexibility of UNIX in 1989/90 I studied the OS at City University night classes while developing my practical skills in a SCO Xenix environment during the working day.

In 1994 I was introduced to Linux by students in the School of Mathematics and Computing at North London University. Although initially sceptical of the ability of the fledgling OS to meet the requirements of large scale mission critical systems, I rapidly became a convert to Linux in a corporate environment.

I have now worked professionally as a systems manager and systems administrator with Xenix, AIX, HPUX, SunOS, Solaris and Linux in the City, Antwerp, McLean Virginia, Cairo, Birmingham and Nottingham for over 25 years

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