NAME
interchange − an e−commerce and general HTTP database display system
SYNOPSIS
interchange [−−options] [file]
VERSION
5.7.6
DESCRIPTION
Interchange is a database access and retrieval system focused on e−commerce. It allows customers to select items to buy from catalog pages. The program tracks user information in sessions and interacts with an HTTP server through sockets.
Interchange has many, many, functions and features; they are too numerous to describe in this venue. Complete information can be found at its web site:
http://www.icdevgroup.org/
Interchange requires Perl 5.8.5 or higher; more information on Perl can be seen at:
http://www.perl.com/
OPTIONS
Interchange
uses the Getopt::Long module, and most options will be
recognized if they uniquely identifiable. The canonical
forms are:
−a, −−add
Add a catalog to the system. Information taken from the input file (or standard input). Implies reconfig=catalog. Example:
echo "Catalog simple /catalogs/simple /simple.cgi" | bin/interchange −a
The information is in the form of a standard Interchange catalog line, and must be in the single-line format.
−−runjobs=catalog[=job]
Run a jobs group which is a series of files in a directory with the name corresponding to the "job". For instance, if you set up a directory called "weekly" in your pages directory for the catalog "foundation", you can run those files with:
interchange −−runjobs=foundation=weekly
Files ending in .html (or whatever HTMLsuffix is for that catalog) are skipped. It is not tree-recursive -- directories are ignored.
Results can be emailed to an address if you specify −−email=address, and they will be put in the jobs log file.
Alternatively jobs can be specified with −−jobgroup=jobname before the −−runjobs option. In other words, this will work:
interchange −−jobgroup=weekly −−runjobs=foundation
This will NOT work:
interchange −−runjobs=foundation −−jobgroup=weekly
−d dir, −−dir=dir
Directory for VendRoot. This is where the Interchange configuration file will be looked for (if not redefined with "−f"), and where the log file will go (if not redefined with the ErrorFile directive).
−e name, −−exclude=name
Exclude catalog from this startup.
−email=address
Email address to email jobs results to.
−f file, −−config=file
Configuration file to use (default is interchange.cfg in VendRoot).
−h, −−help
Display help on command line options.
−i, −−inetmode
Run with internet-domain socket only. Normally Interchange runs with both UNIX− and internet-domain sockets (except on Windows).
−−jobgroup=job
Sets the job for −−runjobs if that is not included in the −−runjobs call. MUST precede the −−runjobs entry on the command line.
interchange −−jobgroup=weekly −−runjobs=foundation
See −−runjobs for an explanation of what this does.
−−kill [signal]
By default, kills the server ungracefully with signal KILL (9, usually). The optional signal will be sent instead if supplied.
−q, −−quiet
Suppress informational messages on startup. Only errors are shown.
−−reconfig=name
Cause only catalog "name" to re-read its configuration.
−−remove=catalog
Remove a catalog from operation; any future requests will get a not-found message.
−r, −−restart
Stop and restart the server. This may take a long time if many catalogs are in use, and will temporarily take the system offline. If you want to change a UserTag, use the −−add option instead.
−−serve
This is the default if no mode options (−−reconfig, −−kill, −−restart, etc.) are supplied.
−−stop
Stop server gracefully with a TERM signal.
−t, −−test
Report problems with config files; causes a complete configuration of the Interchange server but no server start.
−u, −−unix
Run with unix-domain socket only. Normally Interchange runs with both UNIX− and internet-domain sockets. This will not work on Windows.
−v, −−version
Display program version.
−−DEBUG=1
Set to true value to run foreground in debug mode. It is normal to receive warnings about various things if you run with perl −w.
Directive=value
Set a Interchange global directive upon start (or −−restart). Example:
interchange SocketPerms=0666
This will start the server and override the default of SocketPerms or the value set in interchange.cfg for this instance only. Any −−restarts must re-specify the directive if it is still to have that value.
name:Directive=value
Set a Interchange directive for catalog "name" upon start (or −−restart). Example:
interchange simple:VendURL="http://localhost/cgi−bin/simple";
This will start the server and override the default of VendURL for the value set in catalog.cfg for this instance only. Any −−restarts must re-specify the directive if it is still to have that value.
SEE ALSO
compile_link(1), config_prog(1), configdump(1), dump(1), expire(1), expireall(1), localize(1), makecat(1), offline(1), restart(1), update(1), http://www.icdevgroup.org/
LICENSE
Interchange comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY . This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute and modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002−2010 Interchange Development Group Copyright (C) 1995−2002 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved except those granted in the license.
AUTHOR
Mike Heins is the primary author of Interchange.
The Interchange Development Group is:
Daniel Browning David Christensen Davor Ocelic Ethan Rowe Gert van der Spoel Greg Hanson Jon Jensen JT Justman Jure Kodzoman Kevin Walsh Mark Johnson Mark Lipscombe Mike Heins Peter Ajamian Ron Phipps Stefan Hornburg (aka Racke), captain Ton Verhagen
Please do not contact the authors directly for help with the system. Use the Interchange mail list:
interchange−users [AT] icdevgroup.org
Information on subscribing to the list, as well as general information and documentation for Interchange is at:
http://www.icdevgroup.org/
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Original author of Vend, ancestor to Minivend and Interchange, was Andrew Wilcox <amw [AT] wilcoxsolutions.com>. Interchange could never have come into being without him. Interchange was based on Vend 0.2, with portions from Vend 0.3; both were produced in 1995.
Special thanks to Retired Core Team Members:
Brev Patterson David Kelly Ed LaFrance Jonathan Clark Paul Vinciguerra Randy Moore
Contributions to Interchange have been made by:
Alison Smith Jonathan Walker Andreas Koenig Jordan Adler Andrew Rich Josh Braegger Bill Carr Josh Lavin Bill Dawkins Jose MX Revuelto Bill Randle Jurgen Botz Birgitt Funk Justin Otten Bob Jordan Kaare Rasmussen Brent Kelly Keiko Brian Bullen Keith Oberlin Brian Kosick Kim Lauritz Christensen Brian Miller Larry Huffman Bruce Albrecht Larry Leszczynski Cameron Prince Lars Tode Carl Bailey Lyn St George Chen Naor Marc Austin Christian Mueller Mark Stosberg Christopher Miller Marty Tennison Christopher Thompson Massimiliano Ciancio Christopher Wenham Mat Jones Dan Busarow Matthew Schick Dan Collis−Puro Max Cohan Dan Helfman Michael Lehmkuhl Daniel Hutchinson Michael McCune Daniel Thompson Michael Wilk Dave Wingate Mick Weiss David Adams Mike Frager Dennis Cronin Neil Evans Don Grodecki Nelson Ferrari Don Hathaway Paul Delys Donald Alexander Paul Jordan Eric Zarko Phil Smith Frank Bonita Raj Goel Frederic Steinfels Ray Desjardins Gary Benson Reid Sutherland Gunnar Hellekson Rene Hertell Hamish Bradick Ryan Perry Hans−Joachim Leidinger Sergiusz Jarczyk Heinz Wittenbecher Shozo Murahashi Hiroyuki Cozy Kojima Sonny Cook Ignacio Lizaran Spencer Christensen Ivan Kohler Steve Graham Jack Tsai Thomas J.M. Burton Jason Holt Tim Baverstock Jason Kohles Tom Friedel Javier Martin Tom Tucker Jeff Barr Tommi Labermo Jeff Boes Toni Mueller Jeff Carnahan Troy Davis Jeff Fearn Victor Nolton Jeff Nappi William Dan Terry Jochen Wiedmann Zachary Matthews and many others.
And, of course, the entire Perl team without whom Interchange could not exist.