skksearch (8)

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

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

skksearch is a dictionary server for the SKK Japanese input method system. skksearch is normally invoked by the Internet server (see inetd(8)) for requests to connect to the skkserv port as indicated by the /etc/services file (see services(5)).

skksearch program accepts the following options:

-l digit

specify loglevel -1 to 7.

-f logfile

output debug message to logfile.

-s

Use syslog.

-c config

indicates config file which contains the specifications of dictionaries.

type:file

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.

skksearch can take multiple dictionaries.

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

This manual page was written by Fumitoshi UKAI <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).