SKKSEARCH(8)

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✨ skksearch(8) ✨

the System Manager's Manual, but make it cute 💖 — this is skksearch, section 8, and yes bestie we're doing the whole thing.

🌸 NAME 🌸

skksearch — yet another SKK Dictionary server. no cap, that's literally what it is 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

skksearch [-l digit] [-f logfile] [-s][-c config] type:file ...

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so first thing you need to know: this manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution, and the reason is lowkey iconic — the original program does not have a manual page. so Debian said "fine, I'll do it myself" 💅

skksearch is a dictionary server for the SKK Japanese input method system. and the way it gets run is not by you, bestie — it's normally invoked by the Internet server (go read inetd(8) if you want the lore) for requests to connect to the skkserv port, as indicated by the /etc/services file (see services(5)). so it's giving background-service main character energy, not foreground-girlboss energy 🌈

✨ OPTIONS ✨

the skksearch program accepts the following options:

  • -l digit — specify loglevel -1 to 7. that's the whole range, don't get creative 🎀
  • -f logfile — output debug message to logfile. so if something's acting up, this is your diary 📓
  • -s — Use syslog. classic, timeless, iconic 👑
  • -c config — indicates config file which contains the specifications of dictionaries. so like, which dictionaries and how, all in one file 🗂️
  • type:file — the skksearch program supports the following dictionary types:
    • db — Berkeley DB
    • cdb — constant database (see tinycdb)
    • plain — plain text like SKK-JISYO.L
    • dummy — dummy dictionary for debugging. yes it's fake, that's the point 🙈

skksearch can take multiple dictionaries. stack 'em, bestie 💜

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

Insert the following line in inetd.conf, and restart inetd.

skkserv stream  tcp  nowait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd
/usr/sbin/skksearch -c /etc/skksearch.conf

that's it. that's the whole ritual. then restart inetd and let her cook 🔥

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was written by Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). shoutout to the author fr fr 🫶

and that's a wrap on the September 23, 2000 edition of this page, straight from the System Manager's Manual — slay, periodt, go configure your dictionary server bestie 💖✨🎀

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