A.7 $HARVEST_HOME/lib/broker

The $HARVEST_HOME/lib/broker directory contains the search and index programs needed by the Broker, plus several utility programs needed for Broker administration, as follows:

  BrokerRestart
This program will issue a restart command to a broker. Mainly used by the Replicator after a Broker has been updated.
Usage: BrokerRestart [-password passwd] host port

  brkclient
Client interface to the broker. Can be used to send queries or administrative commands to a broker.
Usage: brkclient hostname port command-string

  dumpregistry
Prints the Broker's Registry file in a human-readable format.
Usage: dumpregistry [-count] [BrokerDirectory]

      glimpse, glimpseindex, glimpseserver
The Glimpse indexing and search system as described in Section 5.

    info-to-html.pl, mkbrokerstats.pl
Perl programs used to generate Broker statistics and to create stats.html.
Usage: gather -info host port | info-to-html.pl > host.port.html
Usage: mkbrokerstats.pl broker-dir > stats.html