NAME

       dicod - a DICT daemon

SYNOPSIS

       dicod  [-fEsiTth]  [-I  DIR]  [-x  LEVEL-SPEC]  [--config=FILE]  [--foreground] [--stderr]
       [--syslog]  [--preprocessor=PROG]   [--no-preprocessor]   [--include-dir=DIR]   [--single-
       process]  [--inetd]  [--transcript] [--no-transcript] [--debug=LEVEL-SPEC] [--source-info]
       [--trace-grammar] [--trace-lex] [--config-help] [--lint] [--help] [--usage] [--version]

DESCRIPTION

       dicod is an implementation of DICT server (RFC 2229). It  is  fully  modular:  the  daemon
       itself (dicod) provides only the server functionality, but it knows nothing about database
       formats. Actual searches are performed by functions supplied in loadable modules. A single
       module can serve one or more databases.

OPTIONS

       --config=FILE
              Read this configuration file.

       -f, --foreground
              Operate in foreground.

       --stderr
              Output diagnostic to stderr.

       --syslog
              Output diagnostic to syslog (default).

       -E     Preprocess configuration file and exit

       --preprocessor=PROG
              Use PROG as a preprocessor for config file.

       --no-preprocessor
              Do not use external preprocessor.

       -I, --include-dir=DIR
              Add  the  directory  DIR to the list of directories to be searched for preprocessor
              include files

       -s, --single-process
              Single-process mode.

       -i, --inetd
              Inetd mode.

       -T, --transcript
              Enable session transcript.

       --no-transcript
              Disable session transcript.

       -x, --debug=LEVEL-SPEC
              Set debug verbosity level.

       --source-info
              Include source line information in the debugging output.

       --trace-grammar
              Trace parsing of configuration file.

       --trace-lex
              Trace config file lexer.

       --config-help
              Show configuration file summary.

       -t, --lint
              Check configuration file syntax and exit.

       -h, --help
              Give this help list

       --usage
              Give a short usage message

       --version
              Print program version

       Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory  or  optional  for  any
       corresponding short options.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-dico@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Sergey Poznyakoff.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3
       or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO  WARRANTY,
       to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       dico(1),
       The full documentation for dicod is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and dico-
       doc programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info dicod

       should give you access to the complete manual.

AUTHOR

       dico was written by Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>.

       This   manual   page    was    written    by    أحمد    المحمودي    (Ahmed    El-Mahmoudy)
       <aelmahmoudy@users.sourceforge.net>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).