Problems w/WAIS Interface

Tim Evans (tkevans@fallst.es.dupont.com)
Fri, 21 Jan 1994 15:49:41 -0500 (EST)

I'm having some problems with a newly built WAIS index (previously
built ones are working ok, so this is sorta wierd). I've built the
new index on both a Sun 4 and an RS/6000, and am having trouble
with both indices. I'm using freeWAIS 0.202 and Mosaic 2.1 with
direct WAIS support built in.

Attempting to access the index built on the RS/6000 fails with the
following in the server log file:

cannot set readonly PWD=/home/tkevans
15527: 2: Jan 21 14:02:44 1994: 100: INFO locked, waiting since 1 seconds
15527: 3: Jan 21 14:02:44 1994: -2: Warning - lockfile /tmp/INFO.lock won't go away after 1 seconds, not reindexing.
15527: 4: Jan 21 14:02:44 1994: 1: Accepted connection from: fallst.es.dupont.com [138.196.252.3], freeWAIS Release 0.2 beta
15527: 5: Jan 21 14:02:44 1994: 3: Search! Database: lookup.src, Seed Words: brik
15527: 6: Jan 21 14:02:44 1994: 100: query lock can't be set
15527: 7: Jan 21 14:02:44 1994: -1: can't open the word hash file /nus-sources/lookup.dct

15527: 8: Jan 21 14:02:44 1994: 4: Returned 0 results.
15527: 9: Jan 21 14:02:44 1994: 4: Returned 0 results. Aww.
15527: 10: Jan 21 14:02:44 1994: 2: Done handling client

Note the gobblydegook in the line referring the the hash file.

Now, when I access the index built on the Sun 4, the search also fails
but different errors appear in the waisserver logfile:

2881: 0: Jan 21 15:24:31 1994: 1: Accepted connection from: fallst [138.196.252.3], freeWAIS Release 0.2 beta
2881: 1: Jan 21 15:24:31 1994: 3: Search! Database: lookup.src, Seed Words: brik
2881: 2: Jan 21 15:24:31 1994: -2: Warning: couldn't open /data/wais-sources/lookup.syn - translation disabled
2881: 3: Jan 21 15:24:31 1994: 100: Word brik Syn brik
2881: 4: Jan 21 15:24:31 1994: -2: Dangling File /nu/internet/database/anomaly.sbs.risc.net in database /data/wais-sources/lookup.
2881: 5: Jan 21 15:24:31 1994: 4: Returned 0 results.
2881: 6: Jan 21 15:24:31 1994: 4: Returned 0 results. Aww.
2881: 7: Jan 21 15:24:32 1994: 2: Done handling client

Note the reference to the "dangling file".

Anybody have any ideas? Thanks.

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