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FACE_UPDATE

Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (1L)
Updated: 25 June 1990
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NAME

faces - automatic faces database update script.

SYNOPSIS

face_update[-o][-w]

DESCRIPTION

face_updateis a shell script for automatically updating thefacesdatabase with "on-the-fly" faces. Whenfacesis run with the -U option, every time that a new "on-the-fly" face is found,it is mailed to a special mail alias which by default isfacemaker.There would be a special entry in the/etc/aliasesfile forfacemaker.Something like:

"|/usr/local/bin/face_update"

This mail message has a certain format. The Subject line contains the filein the database to be updated. The body of the mail message is 48 lines inBlit ikon (48x48x1) format. Depending upon command line options, this newfaces is included in thefacesdatabase.face_updatewill also perform various tests on the mail message to ensure it is a validupdate.

An entry will be written in the/var/log/faceloglog file upon completion. This entry will consist of a timestamp, the nameof the user who sent the update, the ikon that was updated, and the statusof the update (whether it was successful or not).

Note that the log file (/var/log/facelog)needs to be created and owned bydaemonwith permissions of 0644.

OPTIONS

-o: This is to allow ikons to be stored in the "old" style format, where theusername was the ikon, and not a directory where the icons were kept.
-w: If the given ikon is already present in the database, this option will allowit to be overwritten. By default this doesn't happen.

FILES

/var/log/facelog: log file for all ikon updates.

AUTHOR

Hal Stern Sun Microsystems Inc.

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