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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY xapian-download-http
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| 8 | "http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/&xapian-version;/xapian-core-&xapian-version;.tar.xz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY xapian-download-ftp " ">
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[edcb4a5] | 10 | <!ENTITY xapian-md5sum "2ebf4b85896ecc7e1a9c4f91226d14b4">
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[e0013c4] | 11 | <!ENTITY xapian-size "2.9 MB">
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[edcb4a5] | 12 | <!ENTITY xapian-buildsize "232 MB (add 187 MB for tests)">
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[e0013c4] | 13 | <!ENTITY xapian-time "0.6 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 34 SBU for tests)">
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[0476a00] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="xapian" xreflabel="xapian-&xapian-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="xapian.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>Xapian-&xapian-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="xapian">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-xapian">xapian</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to xapian</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | Xapian is an open source search engine library.
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| 35 | </para>
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| 36 |
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[5380ca3] | 37 | &lfs91_checked;
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[0476a00] | 38 |
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| 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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[d56e7df] | 42 | <para>
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| 43 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xapian-download-http;"/>
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| 44 | </para>
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[0476a00] | 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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[d56e7df] | 47 | <para>
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| 48 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xapian-download-ftp;"/>
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| 49 | </para>
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[0476a00] | 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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[d56e7df] | 52 | <para>
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| 53 | Download MD5 sum: &xapian-md5sum;
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| 54 | </para>
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[0476a00] | 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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[d56e7df] | 57 | <para>
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| 58 | Download size: &xapian-size;
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| 59 | </para>
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[0476a00] | 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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[d56e7df] | 62 | <para>
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| 63 | Estimated disk space required: &xapian-buildsize;
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| 64 | </para>
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[0476a00] | 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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[d56e7df] | 67 | <para>
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| 68 | Estimated build time: &xapian-time;
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| 69 | </para>
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[0476a00] | 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | </itemizedlist>
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| 72 |
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[94945733] | 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xapian Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 76 | <para role="optional">
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[d373629] | 77 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/> (for tests)
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[94945733] | 78 | </para>
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| 79 |
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[0476a00] | 80 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 81 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xapian"/></para>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | </sect2>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 86 | <title>Installation of Xapian</title>
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[ed07746] | 87 | <!-- Interesting footnote - SSE support is only enabled on i686.
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| 88 | There seems to be some trickery involved in that. It's not essential
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| 89 | to operation on x86_64 though, so look into it at the next version of
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| 90 | xapian. -->
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[0476a00] | 91 |
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[d56e7df] | 92 | <para>
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| 93 | Install <application>Xapian</application> by
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| 94 | running the following commands:
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| 95 | </para>
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[0476a00] | 96 |
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[7a34460d] | 97 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 98 | --disable-static \
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[38fb1e3] | 99 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/xapian-core-&xapian-version; &&
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[0476a00] | 100 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <para>
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[e0013c4] | 103 | <!--
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[cb1e2842] | 104 | The regression tests are not recommended. On a fast (3.2 GHz i7)
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| 105 | system they took over five hours and two of four tests (the valgrind
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| 106 | tests) failed. To run the test suite anyway,
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| 107 | issue: <command>make check</command>.
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[e0013c4] | 108 | The tests with 1.4.15 took under an hour, at 34 SBU total. Marking
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| 109 | the testsuite as usable again. I had four passes and 0 failures:
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| 110 | PASS: apitest
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| 111 | PASS: internaltest
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| 112 | PASS: stemtest
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| 113 | PASS: unittest
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| 114 | I did have Valgrind installed too. -renodr -->
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| 115 | To run the test suite, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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[0476a00] | 116 | </para>
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| 117 |
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[d56e7df] | 118 | <para>
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| 119 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 120 | </para>
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[0476a00] | 121 |
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| 122 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | </sect2>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 127 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <segmentedlist>
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| 130 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 131 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 132 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <seglistitem>
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| 135 | <seg>
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[ed07746] | 136 | copydatabase, quest, simpleexpand, simpleindex, simplesearch,
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[e0013c4] | 137 | xapian-check, xapian-compact, xapian-config,
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[ed07746] | 138 | xapian-delve, xapian-metadata, xapian-pos, xapian-progsrv,
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| 139 | xapian-replicate, xapian-replicate-server and xapian-tcpsrv
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[0476a00] | 140 | </seg>
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| 141 | <seg>
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| 142 | libxapian.so
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| 143 | </seg>
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| 144 | <seg>
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[f3429309] | 145 | /usr/include/xapian,
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[e0013c4] | 146 | /usr/lib/cmake/xapian,
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| 147 | /usr/share/doc/xapian-core-&xapian-version;, and
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| 148 | /usr/share/xapian-core
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[0476a00] | 149 | </seg>
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| 150 | </seglistitem>
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| 151 | </segmentedlist>
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[4e95b37b] | 152 |
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| 153 | <variablelist>
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| 154 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 155 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 156 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <varlistentry id="copydatabase">
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| 159 | <term><command>copydatabase</command></term>
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| 160 | <listitem>
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| 161 | <para>
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| 162 | perform a document-by-document copy of one or more
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| 163 | <application>Xapian</application> databases.
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| 164 | </para>
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| 165 | <indexterm zone="xapian copydatabase">
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| 166 | <primary sortas="b-copydatabase">copydatabase</primary>
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| 167 | </indexterm>
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| 168 | </listitem>
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| 169 | </varlistentry>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <varlistentry id="quest">
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| 172 | <term><command>quest</command></term>
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| 173 | <listitem>
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| 174 | <para>
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| 175 | is a search command line tool.
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| 176 | </para>
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| 177 | <indexterm zone="xapian quest">
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| 178 | <primary sortas="b-quest">quest</primary>
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| 179 | </indexterm>
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| 180 | </listitem>
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| 181 | </varlistentry>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <varlistentry id="simpleexpand">
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| 184 | <term><command>simpleexpand</command></term>
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| 185 | <listitem>
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| 186 | <para>
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| 187 | is a simple example program demonstrating query expansion.
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| 188 | </para>
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| 189 | <indexterm zone="xapian simpleexpand">
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| 190 | <primary sortas="b-simpleexpand">simpleexpand</primary>
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| 191 | </indexterm>
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| 192 | </listitem>
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| 193 | </varlistentry>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <varlistentry id="simpleindex">
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| 196 | <term><command>simpleindex</command></term>
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| 197 | <listitem>
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| 198 | <para>
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| 199 | index each paragraph of a text file as a
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| 200 | <application>Xapian</application> document.
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| 201 | </para>
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| 202 | <indexterm zone="xapian simpleindex">
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| 203 | <primary sortas="b-simpleindex">simpleindex</primary>
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| 204 | </indexterm>
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| 205 | </listitem>
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| 206 | </varlistentry>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <varlistentry id="simplesearch">
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| 209 | <term><command>simplesearch</command></term>
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| 210 | <listitem>
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| 211 | <para>
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| 212 | is a simple command line search utility.
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| 213 | </para>
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| 214 | <indexterm zone="xapian simplesearch">
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| 215 | <primary sortas="b-simplesearch">simplesearch</primary>
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| 216 | </indexterm>
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| 217 | </listitem>
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| 218 | </varlistentry>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <varlistentry id="xapian-check">
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| 221 | <term><command>xapian-check</command></term>
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| 222 | <listitem>
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| 223 | <para>
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| 224 | check the consistency of a database or table.
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| 225 | </para>
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| 226 | <indexterm zone="xapian xapian-check">
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| 227 | <primary sortas="b-xapian-check">xapian-check</primary>
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| 228 | </indexterm>
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| 229 | </listitem>
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| 230 | </varlistentry>
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| 231 |
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[e0013c4] | 232 | <!--
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[4e95b37b] | 233 | <varlistentry id="xapian-chert-update">
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| 234 | <term><command>xapian-chert-update</command></term>
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| 235 | <listitem>
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| 236 | <para>
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| 237 | update a chert database to the new format keys.
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| 238 | </para>
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| 239 | <indexterm zone="xapian xapian-chert-update">
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| 240 | <primary sortas="b-xapian-chert-update">xapian-chert-update</primary>
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| 241 | </indexterm>
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| 242 | </listitem>
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| 243 | </varlistentry>
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[e0013c4] | 244 | No longer installed in 1.4.15. - renodr
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| 245 | -->
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[4e95b37b] | 246 |
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| 247 | <varlistentry id="xapian-compact">
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| 248 | <term><command>xapian-compact</command></term>
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| 249 | <listitem>
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| 250 | <para>
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| 251 | compact a database, or merge and compact several.
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| 252 | </para>
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| 253 | <indexterm zone="xapian xapian-compact">
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| 254 | <primary sortas="b-xapian-compact">xapian-compact</primary>
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| 255 | </indexterm>
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| 256 | </listitem>
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| 257 | </varlistentry>
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <varlistentry id="xapian-config">
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| 260 | <term><command>xapian-config</command></term>
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| 261 | <listitem>
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| 262 | <para>
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| 263 | report information about the installed xapian.
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| 264 | </para>
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| 265 | <indexterm zone="xapian xapian-config">
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| 266 | <primary sortas="b-xapian-config">xapian-config</primary>
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| 267 | </indexterm>
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| 268 | </listitem>
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| 269 | </varlistentry>
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| 270 |
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[ed07746] | 271 | <varlistentry id="xapian-delve">
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| 272 | <term><command>xapian-delve</command></term>
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[4e95b37b] | 273 | <listitem>
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| 274 | <para>
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[ed07746] | 275 | inspect the contents of a <application>Xapian</application>
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| 276 | database.
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[4e95b37b] | 277 | </para>
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[ed07746] | 278 | <indexterm zone="xapian xapian-delve">
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| 279 | <primary sortas="b-xapian-delve">xapian-delve</primary>
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[4e95b37b] | 280 | </indexterm>
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| 281 | </listitem>
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| 282 | </varlistentry>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | <varlistentry id="xapian-metadata">
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| 285 | <term><command>xapian-metadata</command></term>
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| 286 | <listitem>
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| 287 | <para>
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| 288 | read and write user metadata.
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| 289 | </para>
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| 290 | <indexterm zone="xapian xapian-metadata">
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| 291 | <primary sortas="b-xapian-metadata">xapian-metadata</primary>
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| 292 | </indexterm>
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| 293 | </listitem>
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| 294 | </varlistentry>
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| 295 |
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[ed07746] | 296 | <varlistentry id="xapian-pos">
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| 297 | <term><command>xapian-pos</command></term>
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| 298 | <listitem>
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| 299 | <para>
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| 300 | inspect the contents of a flint table for development or debugging.
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| 301 | </para>
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| 302 | <indexterm zone="xapian xapian-pos">
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| 303 | <primary sortas="b-xapian-pos">xapian-pos</primary>
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| 304 | </indexterm>
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| 305 | </listitem>
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| 306 | </varlistentry>
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| 307 |
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[4e95b37b] | 308 | <varlistentry id="xapian-progsrv">
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| 309 | <term><command>xapian-progsrv</command></term>
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| 310 | <listitem>
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| 311 | <para>
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| 312 | remote server for use with <application>ProgClient</application>.
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| 313 | </para>
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| 314 | <indexterm zone="xapian xapian-progsrv">
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| 315 | <primary sortas="b-xapian-progsrv">xapian-progsrv</primary>
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| 316 | </indexterm>
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| 317 | </listitem>
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| 318 | </varlistentry>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <varlistentry id="xapian-replicate">
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| 321 | <term><command>xapian-replicate</command></term>
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| 322 | <listitem>
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| 323 | <para>
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| 324 | replicate a database from a master server to a local copy.
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| 325 | </para>
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| 326 | <indexterm zone="xapian xapian-replicate">
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| 327 | <primary sortas="b-xapian-replicate">xapian-replicate</primary>
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| 328 | </indexterm>
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| 329 | </listitem>
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| 330 | </varlistentry>
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| 331 |
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| 332 | <varlistentry id="xapian-replicate-server">
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| 333 | <term><command>xapian-replicate-server</command></term>
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| 334 | <listitem>
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| 335 | <para>
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| 336 | service database replication requests from clients.
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| 337 | </para>
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| 338 | <indexterm zone="xapian xapian-replicate-server">
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| 339 | <primary sortas="b-xapian-replicate-server">xapian-replicate-server</primary>
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| 340 | </indexterm>
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| 341 | </listitem>
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| 342 | </varlistentry>
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| 343 |
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| 344 | <varlistentry id="xapian-tcpsrv">
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| 345 | <term><command>xapian-tcpsrv</command></term>
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| 346 | <listitem>
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| 347 | <para>
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| 348 | is the TCP daemon for use with <application>Xapian</application>'s
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| 349 | remote backend.
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| 350 | </para>
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| 351 | <indexterm zone="xapian xapian-tcpsrv">
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| 352 | <primary sortas="b-xapian-tcpsrv">xapian-tcpsrv</primary>
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| 353 | </indexterm>
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| 354 | </listitem>
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| 355 | </varlistentry>
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| 356 |
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| 357 | </variablelist>
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| 358 |
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[0476a00] | 359 | </sect2>
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| 360 |
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| 361 | </sect1>
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