Just a thought: I'm running Slackware 9.1. By default, Slackware puts htdig where the authors intended it to go (presumably), in /opt/www/htdig. If your www directory is somewhere else (/var/www possibly), maybe you are getting some path problems somehow. Check your paths in htdig.conf.
On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 23:53, Jon Oransky wrote: > wow, so i added a common_dir attrib and rundig worked! now i try to submit > the default search they included and of course that doesn't work :) i get: > > ht://Dig error > htsearch detected an error. Please report this to the webmaster of this > site. The error message is: > > Unable to read word database file > Did you run htmerge? > > i checked the FAQ and didn't see anything on this in there. any help would > be great appreciated. > > - Jon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rupert Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:50 AM > To: 'Jon Oransky' > Subject: RE: [htdig] DB2 error > > > Hi Jon, > > For some reason, it looks like ht://dig isn't picking up the correct db > directory. > You may try explicitly stating the path to the db directory in your > htdig.conf file with the database_dir attribute, although I think it's set > by default. > > I found, for me, that when I needed to specify different directories to the > defaults I had to explicitly state pathnames when using ./configure > It's a bore, but I found a lot of problems I was having were fixed when I > did that. > I also found that adding the common_dir attribute to the conf file helped. > > Regards, > > Rupert. > > ________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Oransky > Sent: 07 April 2004 14:14 > To: ht dig > Subject: RE: [htdig] DB2 error > > i am running slackware. i gather from reading the other posts on this issue > that i dont have to use the meta tags at all. so what else could be the > problem? > > these are the errors i get: > > htmerge: Unable to open document database > '/home/****/websites/****/html/htdig/db/db.docdb' > > DB2 problem...: /home/****/websites/****/html/htdig/db/db.docdb: No such > file or directory > > i did the -v and i'd say 80% of the .html files say size = # after them so > it seems like its working. what could be the problem? > > > - Jon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Akins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 11:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [htdig] DB2 error > Hi Jon, > > What kind of system are you running? I would think the meta tags could > easily be added with a small Perl script or using sed. > > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 09:58:30 -0400 > From: Jon Oransky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [htdig] DB2 error > > getting the DB2 error when i run rundig. is there anyway to just add the > meta tag to a few files to test the search out? or do you have to add it to > everything to build the db? is there an easy way to do this besides editing > the individual html files 1 by 1? i have 200 html files i have to go through > and i don't even know if this will work. > > - Jon > > > > Bill Akins > SSS III > Emory Healthcare > (404) 712-2879 - Office > 12674 - PIC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 7.0.230 / Virus Database: 262.6.6 - Release Date: 04/04/2004 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&opÃk > _______________________________________________ > ht://Dig general mailing list: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ht://Dig FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html > List information (subscribe/unsubscribe, etc.) > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/htdig-general -- -------------------------------------- Ninti Systems: Smart IT Solutions Michael Hall Mobile: 0429 095 392 Ph/Fax: 08 8953 1442 Email: office at ninti dot com dot au Web: http://ninti.com.au -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&op=click _______________________________________________ ht://Dig general mailing list: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ht://Dig FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html List information (subscribe/unsubscribe, etc.) https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/htdig-general
