[IRCServices] Backup?

[Andrew Church]

>ok.. so that's how it works.. but do you have to upload an old copy of
>databases to it, or does it pick the current ones up somehow? if so, how?

     You have to transfer the databases manually.

>phish
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Andrew Church" <achurch at achurch.org>
>To: <ircservices at ircservices.za.net>
>Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 1:07 AM
>Subject: Re: [IRCServices] Backup?
>
>
>> >Hi..
>> >
>> >Just wondering how exactly the backup feature of ircservices actually
>works.
>> >It says to run services with -readonly tag, but what i'm interested in,
>is
>> >how does it detect that the original services shell has gone down, and
>when
>> >to replace them until they get back?
>>
>>      You have to start it up manually; when the main one comes back, the
>> backup will not reintroduce its clients after the nick collisions, while
>> the main one will.  However, some IRC servers have weird nick collision
>> handling which prevents this from working, and it hasn't been tested
>> recently, so I'd recommend not using it, or at least testing it before you
>> try it live.
>>
>>   --Andrew Church
>>     achurch at achurch.org
>>     http://achurch.org/
>>
>> >Any hints?
>> >
>> >phish
>> >
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