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fixed the journal bloat from multilink changes we just log the add or remove operations, not the whole list
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2 User Guide
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3 ==========
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.4 $
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9 Command Line Tool
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10 -----------------
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12 Usage: ``roundup-admin [-i instance home] [-u login] [-c] <command> <arguments>``
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14 Options:
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16 -i instance home specify the issue tracker "home directory" to administer
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17 -u the ``user[:password]`` to use for commands
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18 -c when outputting lists of data, comma-separate them
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20 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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21 | Command Help |
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22 +=============+===============================================================+
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23 |commit |Usage: commit |
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24 | |The changes made during an interactive session are not |
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25 | |automatically written to the database - they must be committed |
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26 | |using this command. |
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27 | | |
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28 | |One-off commands on the command-line are automatically |
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29 | |committed if they are successful. |
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30 +-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
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31 |create |Usage: create classname property=value ... |
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32 | |This creates a new entry of the given class using the property |
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33 | |name=value arguments provided on the command line after the |
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34 | |"create" command. |
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35 +-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
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36 |display |Usage: display designator |
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37 | |This lists the properties and their associated values for the |
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38 | |given node. |
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39 +-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
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40 |export |Usage: export class[,class] destination dir |
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41 | |This action exports the current data from the database into |
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42 | |tab-separated-value files that are placed in the nominated |
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43 | |destination |
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44 | |directory. The journals are not exported. |
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45 +-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
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46 |find |Usage: find classname propname=value ... |
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47 | |Find the nodes of the given class with a given link property |
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48 | |value. The |
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49 | |value may be either the nodeid of the linked node, or its key |
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50 | |value. |
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51 +-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
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52 |get |Usage: get property designator[,designator]* |
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53 | |Retrieves the property value of the nodes specified by the |
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54 | |designators. |
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56 |help |Usage: help topic |
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57 | |commands -- list commands |
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58 | |x -- help specific to a command |
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59 | |initopts -- init command options |
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60 | |all -- all available help |
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62 |history |Usage: history designator |
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63 | |Lists the journal entries for the node identified by the |
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64 | |designator. |
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66 |import |Usage: import class file |
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67 | |The file must define the same properties as the class |
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68 | |(including having |
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69 | |a "header" line with those property names.) The new nodes are |
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70 | |added to |
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71 | |the existing database - if you want to create a new database |
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72 | |using the |
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73 | |imported data, then create a new database (or, tediously, |
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74 | |retire all |
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75 | |the old data.) |
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77 |initialise |Usage: initialise [template [backend [admin password]]] |
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78 | |The command will prompt for the instance home directory (if not|
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79 | |supplied |
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80 | |through INSTANCE HOME or the -i option. The template, backend |
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81 | |and admin |
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82 | |password may be specified on the command-line as arguments, in |
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83 | |that |
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84 | |order. |
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85 | | |
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86 | |See also initopts help. |
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88 |list |Usage: list classname [property] |
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89 | |Lists all instances of the given class. If the property is not |
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90 | |specified, the "label" property is used. The label property is|
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91 | |tried |
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92 | |in order: the key, "name", "title" and then the first property,|
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93 | |alphabetically. |
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95 |retire |Usage: retire designator[,designator]* |
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96 | |This action indicates that a particular node is not to be |
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97 | |retrieved by |
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98 | |the list or find commands, and its key value may be re-used. |
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100 |rollback |Usage: rollback |
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101 | |The changes made during an interactive session are not |
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102 | |automatically written to the database - they must be committed |
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103 | |manually. This command undoes all those changes, so a commit |
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104 | |immediately after would make no changes to the database. |
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106 |set |Usage: set designator[,designator]* propname=value ... |
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107 | |Sets the property to the value for all designators given. |
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109 |specification|Usage: specification classname |
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110 | |This lists the properties for a given class. |
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112 |table |Usage: table classname [property[,property]*] |
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113 | |Lists all instances of the given class. If the properties are |
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114 | |not |
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115 | |specified, all properties are displayed. By default, the column|
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116 | |widths |
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117 | |are the width of the property names. The width may be |
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118 | |explicitly defined |
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119 | |by defining the property as "name:width". For example:: |
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120 | | |
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121 | | roundup> table priority id,name:10 |
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122 | | Id Name |
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123 | | 1 fatal-bug |
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124 | | 2 bug |
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125 | | 3 usability |
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126 | | 4 feature |
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130 All commands (except help) require an instance specifier. This is just the path to
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131 the roundup instance you're working with. A roundup instance is where roundup
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132 keeps the database and configuration file that defines an issue tracker. It may be
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133 thought of as the issue tracker's "home directory". It may be specified in the
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134 environment variable ``ROUNDUP_INSTANCE`` or on the command line as "``-i instance``".
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136 A designator is a classname and a nodeid concatenated, eg. bug1, user10, ...
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137 Property values are represented as strings in command arguments and in the printed
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138 results:
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140 - Strings are, well, strings.
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141 - Password values will display as their encoded value.
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142 - Date values are printed in the full date format in the local time zone,
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143 and accepted in the full format or any of the partial formats explained
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144 below.::
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146 Input of... Means...
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147 "2000-04-17.03:45" 2000-04-17.08:45:00
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148 "2000-04-17" 2000-04-17.00:00:00
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149 "01-25" yyyy-01-25.00:00:00
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150 "08-13.22:13" yyyy-08-14.03:13:00
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151 "11-07.09:32:43" yyyy-11-07.14:32:43
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152 "14:25" yyyy-mm-dd.19:25:00
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153 "8:47:11" yyyy-mm-dd.13:47:11
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154 "." "right now"
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156 - Link values are printed as node designators. When given as an argument,
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157 node designators and key strings are both accepted.
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158 - Multilink values are printed as lists of node designators joined by
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159 commas. When given as an argument, node designators and key strings are
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160 both accepted; an empty string, a single node, or a list of nodes joined
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161 by commas is accepted.
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163 When multiple nodes are specified to the roundup get or roundup set commands, the
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165 results are returned by the roundup get or roundup find commands, they are printed
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174 If either the name or password is not supplied, they are obtained from the
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175 command-line.
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205 Performing Actions
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206 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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219 Setting Properties
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222 The e-mail interface also provides a simple way to set properties on items. At
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223 the end of the subject line, propname=value pairs can be specified in square
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228 - setting the priority of an issue::
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230 Subject: Re: [issue1] the coffee machine is broken! [priority=urgent]
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232 - adding yourself to a nosy list (both of these are equivalent)::
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234 Subject: Re: [issue2] we're out of widgets [nosy=+richard]
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235 Subject: Re: [issue2] we're out of widgets [nosy=richard]
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237 - removing yourself from a nosy list::
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239 Subject: Re: [issue2] we're out of widgets [nosy=-richard]
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242 Message content
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245 Incoming messages are examined for multiple parts:
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247 * In a multipart/mixed message or part, each subpart is extracted and
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248 examined. The text/plain subparts are assembled to form the textual body
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249 of the message, to be stored in the file associated with a "msg" class
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250 node. Any parts of other types are each stored in separate files and
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251 given "file" class nodes that are linked to the "msg" node.
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252 * In a multipart/alternative message or part, we look for a text/plain
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253 subpart and ignore the other parts.
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255 Message summary
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258 The "summary" property on message nodes is taken from the first non-quoting
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259 section in the message body. The message body is divided into sections by blank
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261 "|" character are considered "quoting sections". The first line of the first
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262 non-quoting section becomes the summary of the message.
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264 Address handling
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267 All of the addresses in the To: and Cc: headers of the incoming message are
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268 looked up among the user nodes, and the corresponding users are placed in the
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269 "recipients" property on the new "msg" node. The address in the From: header
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270 similarly determines the "author" property of the new "msg" node. The default
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271 handling for addresses that don't have corresponding users is to create new
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272 users with no passwords and a username equal to the address. (The web interface
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273 does not permit logins for users with no passwords.) If we prefer to reject
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274 mail from outside sources, we can simply register an auditor on the "user"
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275 class that prevents the creation of user nodes with no passwords.
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280 Both cases may trigger detectors (in the first case we are calling the set()
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281 method to add the message to the item's spool; in the second case we are
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282 calling the create() method to create a new node). If an auditor raises an
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283 exception, the original message is bounced back to the sender with the
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285 Nosy Lists
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288 A standard detector is provided that watches for additions to the "messages"
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289 property. When a new message is added, the detector sends it to all the users
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290 on the "nosy" list for the item that are not already on the "recipients" list
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291 of the message. Those users are then appended to the "recipients" property on
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292 the message, so multiple copies of a message are never sent to the same user.
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293 The journal recorded by the hyperdatabase on the "recipients" property then
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294 provides a log of when the message was sent to whom.
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299 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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301 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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