sphinxsearch(1)

NAME

searchd -- socket server handling search requests backed by Sphinx

SYNOPSIS

searchd  [--config  CONFIGFILE]   [--cpustats]   [--iostats]   [--index
INDEX]  [--port PORT]

searchd --status [--config CONFIGFILE]  [--pidfile PIDFILE]

searchd --stop [--config CONFIGFILE]  [--pidfile PIDFILE]

DESCRIPTION

Sphinx is a collection of programs that aim to provide high quality fulltext search. searchd answers search requests coming in on a socket.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in HTML format, see below.

OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the HTML documentation.

--config Specify an alternate configuration file to use.

--cpustats

Provide per-query CPU stats in searchd log.

--iostats Provide per-query I/O stats in searchd log.

-h --help

Show summary of options.

--pidfile Used with --status and --stop to find the correct searchd.

--status Print status variables of a running searchd.

--stop Send SIGTERM to a running searchd.

SEE ALSO

indexer (1), search (1).

Sphinx and it's programs are documented fully by the Spinx reference manual available in /usr/share/doc/sphinxsearch.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Christian Hofstaedtler ch+debian-packages@zeha.at for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

sphinxsearch(1)