Automatic updates

Some of the editors of Project Runeberg have a background as computer programmers. A close look at the internal workings of the makefiles probably reveals that. This file is an attempt to document some of the more obscure things that happen behind the scenes when you type "make" in an edition. This text is aimed at persons with access to the computers of Lysator.

.../texter/authors/author-code.tit/index-code

These files are generated when make is run in the directory of an edition. Each file contains a single line, and each field on that line is separated by a bar. Note that there is a file for each author/index combination that exists. Example:

Mårbacka|mbacka|lagerlof|trans.txt|1941|wip|sv

The meaning of the fields are as follows:

TITLE Mårbacka
The full title of the book.
INDEX mbacka
The index code of the edition.
AUTHOR lagerlof
The author code of the author.
LICENSE trans.txt
Non-empty if there is a special license that this text is published under. There are only a few valid values for this field.
DEATH 1941
max of DEATH(all-authors), DEATH(edition)
OFFLINE wip
If the file is offline, the reason is stated here in code form.
LANGUAGE sv
The langauge(s) this text is written in, in code form.