DATABASE ORDER¶

The default order in which database entries are written is hard coded into dicodconfig, but it may be overridden via the optional order override file /etc/dicod/dicod.order. This may be desired because dicod returns definitions from dictionary databases in the order in which they are listed in its configuration file. The order override file may also be used to include local dictionary databases which may not necessarily reside in /usr/share/dictd/.

/etc/dicod/dicod.order, if present, should be a whitespace separated list of basenames and directories. It may also include comments starting with # and extending to the end of the line.

Dictionary database entries will be generated only for those databases found via basename and directory entries in the default order (or the order override file, if present), and they will be generated in the order in which these entries appear. No more than one dictionary database entry of any given name will be generated.

Entries without a leading / are relative to /usr/share/dictd/.

Entries without a trailing / are basenames. A dictionary database entry is generated if <basename>.index and <basename>.dict.dz or <basename>.dict are present.

Entries with a trailing / are directories. A dictionary database entry is generated for each <name> where <directory>/<name>.index and <directory>/<name>.dict.dz or <directory>/<name>.dict are present.

The default order includes the directories /usr/share/dictd/ , /usr/share/dico/ as its final entry so that if a previously unknown dictionary database (one not explicitly mentioned in the default order) is installed, its dictionary database entry will still be generated. An order override file should also use this technique, both for /usr/share/dictd/ , /usr/share/dico/ and for any other directory where local dictionary database might be installed.

The -o option may be used to make dicodconfig display the default order information along with the order override information if /etc/dicod/dicod.order is present.

DUMMY ENTRY¶

If no dictionary databases are found (via basename or directory entries in the default order or the order override file), a dummy dictionary database entry will be generated with /dev/null for both data and index. This allows dicod to start without error.

DATABASE ALIASES¶

If an executable script named /etc/dicod/dicodconfig.alias exists, dicodconfig will filter database names through it. The script can be bash, sed, perl, or whatever. Although dico -D will display database names of any length, names longer than 16 characters are displayed in a ragged format. Appropriate entries in this alias file can be used to cause dico -D to display the database names in a reasonable format.