Now that the server is running and ready to receive updates
type the command: /3_06_05/scripts/snodb.perl -build_official
This builds the database files. When run, the sncreate program
creates the database files listed in the sncreate.dat file. The
program sndirs creates internal structure as requested by /3_06_05/dbs_tools_f/sndirs.dat in each of these files. snalia is then run to create HEPDB aliases as requested in sndirs.dat.
The script will wait until sndirs is finished running before
running snalia. It does this to allow the server to process all
the directory changes before it tries to process all the aliases for
those directories. Otherwise, snalia would report errors. The
script also waits for the updates generated by snalia to be
processed before proceeding. Finally, the script checks the log files
from the sndirs and snalia operations for errors and
reports any it finds. If you wish, you may run these programs
independently by typing:
/3_06_05/scripts/snodb.perl -sncreate
/3_06_05/scripts/snodb.perl -sndirs
/3_06_05/scripts/snodb.perl -snalia
(but you are definitely better off running -build_official).
To be sure that the server is finished creating the directories, check
that the $CDSERV/todo directory is empty before running snalia.
Note that sncreate can be run without the server running.