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6 sympa, sympa.pl - Command line utility to manage Sympa
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9 "sympa.pl" [ "-d, --debug" ] [ "-f, --file"=another.sympa.conf ]
10 [ "-l, --lang"=lang ] [ "-m, --mail" ] [ "-h, --help" ]
11 [ "-v, --version" ]
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13 [ "--import"=listname ] [ "--open_list"=list[@robot] [--notify] ]
14 [ "--close_list"=list[@robot] ] [ "--purge_list"=list[@robot] ]
15 [ "--lowercase" ] [ "--make_alias_file" ]
16 [ "--dump_users" "--list"=list@domain|ALL [ "--role"=roles ] ]
17 [ "--restore_users" "--list"=list@domain|ALL [ "--role"=roles ] ]
18 [ "--show_pending_lists"=robot ] [ "--rebuildarc"=list[@robot] ]
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21 NOTE: On overview of Sympa documentation see sympa_toc(1).
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23 Sympa.pl is invoked from command line then performs various
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27 sympa.pl may run with following options in general.
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29 "-d", "--debug"
30 Enable debug mode.
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32 "-f", "--config="file
33 Force Sympa to use an alternative configuration file instead of
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36 "-l", "--lang="lang
37 Set this option to use a language for Sympa. The corresponding
38 gettext catalog file must be located in $LOCALEDIR directory.
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40 "--log_level="level
41 Sets Sympa log level.
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43 With the following options sympa.pl will run in batch mode:
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45 "--add_list="family_name "--robot="robot_name
46 "--input_file="/path/to/file.xml
47 Add the list described by the file.xml under robot_name, to the
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50 "--change_user_email" "--current_email="xx "--new_email="xx
51 Changes a user email address in all Sympa databases
52 (subscriber_table, list config, etc) for all virtual robots.
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54 "--close_family="family_name "--robot="robot_name
55 Close lists of family_name family under robot_name.
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57 "--close_list="list[@robot]
58 Close the list (changing its status to closed), remove aliases and
59 remove subscribers from DB (a dump is created in the list directory
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62 "--conf_2_db"
63 Load sympa.conf and each robot.conf into database.
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65 "--copy_list="listname@robot "--new_listname="newlistname
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67 Copy a list.
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69 "--create_list" "--robot="robot_name "--input_file="/path/to/file.xml
70 Create a list with the XML file under robot robot_name.
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72 "--dump="list@domain|"ALL"
73 Obsoleted option. Use "--dump_users".
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75 "--dump_users" "--list="list@domain|"ALL" [ "--role="roles ]
76 Dumps users of a list or all lists.
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78 "--role" may specify "member", "owner", "editor" or any of them
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81 Users are dumped in files role".dump" in each list directory.
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91 "--health_check"
92 Check if sympa.conf, robot.conf of virtual robots and database
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96 "--import="list@dom
97 Import subscribers in the list. Data are read from standard input.
98 The imported data should contain one entry per line : the first
99 field is an email address, the second (optional) field is the free
100 form name. Fields are spaces-separated.
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111 "--instantiate_family="family_name "--robot="robot_name
112 "--input_file="/path/to/file.xml [ "--close_unknown" ] [ "--quiet" ]
113 Instantiate family_name lists described in the file.xml under
114 robot_name. The family directory must exist; automatically close
115 undefined lists in a new instantiation if --close_unknown is
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118 "--lowercase"
119 Lowercases email addresses in database.
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121 "--make_alias_file" [ "--robot" robot ]
122 Create an aliases file in /tmp/ with all list aliases. It uses the
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126 "--md5_encode_password"
127 Rewrite password in "user_table" of database using MD5 fingerprint.
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133 "--modify_list="family_name "--robot="robot_name
134 "--input_file="/path/to/file.xml
135 Modify the existing list installed under the robot robot_name and
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139 "--open_list="list[@robot] [--notify]
140 Restore the closed list (changing its status to open), add aliases
141 and restore users to DB (dump files in the list directory are
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147 "--purge_list"=list[@robot]
148 Remove the list (remove archive, configuration files, users and
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152 "--show_pending_lists"=robot
153 Print all pending lists for the robot, with informations.
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155 "--rebuildarc"=list[@robot]
156 Rebuild the archives of the list.
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158 "--reload_list_config" [ "--list="mylist@mydom ] [ "--robot="mydom ]
159 Recreates all config.bin files or cache in "list_table". You
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161 list and robot parameters are optional.
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163 "--rename_list="listname@robot "--new_listname="newlistname
164 "--new_listrobot="newrobot
165 Renames a list or move it to another virtual robot.
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167 "--send_digest" [ "--keep_digest" ]
168 Send digest right now. If "--keep_digest" is specified, stocked
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171 "--restore_users" "--list="list@domain|"ALL" [ "--role="roles ]
172 Restore users from files dumped by "--dump_users".
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176 "--sync_include="listname@robot [ "--role="role ]
177 Trigger update of the list users included from data sources.
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180 Syncs filesystem list configs to the database cache of list
181 configs, optionally syncs an individual list if specified.
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183 "--test_database_message_buffer"
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186 Test the database message buffer size.
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188 "--upgrade" [ "--from="X ] [ "--to="Y ]
189 Runs Sympa maintenance script to upgrade from version X to version
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196 Rename files in shared.
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198 With following options sympa.pl will print some information and exit.
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200 "-h", "--help"
201 Print this help message.
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203 "--md5_digest="password
204 Output a MD5 digest of a password (useful for SOAP client trusted
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207 "-v", "--version"
208 Print the version number.
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211 /etc/sympa/sympa.conf main configuration file.
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217 This program was originally written by:
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220 Comite Reseau des Universites
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225 As of Sympa 6.2b.4, it was split into three programs: sympa.pl command
226 line utility, sympa_automatic.pl daemon and sympa_msg.pl daemon.
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