[IRCServices] Backup?

[phish]

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?

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
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------------
> >To unsubscribe, mail ircservices-request at ircservices.za.net
> >with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject of the mail.
> >http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, mail ircservices-request at ircservices.za.net
> with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject of the mail.
> http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices