5 Specifications

The information system is divided into 4 activities:

Flood diagram:

• Events in

  # /etc/init.d/mediatexd start

  # /etc/init.d/mediatexd stop

  # /etc/init.d/mediatexd status

  # /etc/init.d/mediatexd reload

  from ADMIN (see Who) to init.d (see init.d): start/stop the MEDIATEX daemon.

  # mediatex adm init

  # mediatex adm remove

  # mediatex adm purge

  # mediatex adm add user user

  # mediatex adm del user user

  from ADMIN to misc (see misc): configure the MEDIATEX system.

  # mediatex adm add coll [serv-]coll[@host[:port]]

  # mediatex adm del coll coll

  from ADMIN to conf (see conf): configure collections.

  (date)

  from DATE (see Who) to Cron (see Cron): scheduled tasks.

  $ mediatex add key file to coll coll

  $ mediatex del key fingerprint from coll coll

  $ mediatex upgrade[+] [coll coll]

  from PUBLISHER (see Who) to serv (see serv): manage collection settings.

  $ mediatex ls [master] coll

  $ mediatex add supp supp to (all|coll coll)

  $ mediatex del supp supp from (all|coll coll)

  from PUBLISHER to conf (see conf): list collections ; share/withdraw local supports to collections.

  $ mediatex ls supp

  $ mediatex add supp supp on path

  $ mediatex add file path

  $ mediatex del supp supp

  $ mediatex note supp supp as text

  $ mediatex check supp supp on file

  from PUBLISHER to supp (see supp): manage local supports.

  $ mediatex upload[+] [file file [as target]]* [catalog file] [rules file] to coll coll

  from PUBLISHER to uploadClient (see uploadClient): upload an incoming archive into the cache.

  $ mediatex make [coll coll]

  $ mediatex clean [coll coll]

  $ mediatex su [coll coll]

  $ mediatex audit for mail coll coll

  from PUBLISHER to misc (see misc): build/clean the HTML catalogue ; change to server or collection system user ; simulate retrieving all archives.

  <http-get-query>

  <http-post-query>

  <http-get-file>

  from USER (see Who) to Apache (see Apache): USER’s queries generated by its internet browser.

• Processing

  see What

• Events out

  (motd)

  from Cron (see Cron) to PUBLISHER: message of the day the PUBLISHER see at log-in.

  <html-form>

  (if archive is not available) ...

  <html-redirect>

  (if archive is available)
  from Apache (see Apache) to USER: replies to the USER’s internet browser.

  (mail to USER)

  from Sendmail (see Exim) to USER: archive availability notification.

  (mail to PUBLISHER)

  from Sendmail (see Exim) to PUBLISHER: audit availability notification.

  (mail to ADMIN)

  from Sendmail (see Exim) to ADMIN: scheduled task error notification.

• Data in/out
  • /etc/mediatex/mdtx.conf (see mdtx.conf)
  • ~mdtx/git/mdtx/supports.txt (see supports.txt)
  • /etc/mediatex/mdtx-COLL/servers.txt (see servers.txt)
  • /etc/mediatex/mdtx-COLL/catalogXXX.txt (see catalog.txt)
  • /etc/mediatex/mdtx-COLL/extractXXX.txt (see extract.txt)
  • ~mdtx/md5sums/mdtx-COLL.md5 (see mdtxCOLL.md5)