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NAME
       dispatch - PQ IRDB directory configuration file

DESCRIPTION
       Dispatch  files  are  used  by  the  join  module of pq(1) to access an
       Implicit Relational Database (IRDB) directory.  A  dispatch  file  con-
       tains  a  list  of  module arguments, one per line.  Argument words are
       separated by white space.  An open is attempted for each line  in  turn
       until  one  succeeds,  or  the end of file is reached, in which case an
       error is returned.

       See modules(7) for a description of join and module arguments.

EXAMPLES
       The following dispatch file describes relations for two local  directo-
       ries  and  a  pointer  to  a  host for attributes that can not be found
       locally.  The two local relations are in the  directories  /lib/pq/name
       and /lib/pq/phone.  Within those directories are and files that contain
       the values for the relation  and  the  attributes  for  that  relation,
       respectively.

       > +ssn first middle last street street2 city state zip
       ev /sys/src/cmd/pq/example/name
       > +ssn number type
       ev /sys/src/cmd/pq/example/phone
       opt call host.com

FILES
       /lib/pq/dispatch              default pq configuration file
       /sys/src/cmd/pq/example/dispatch
                                     sample dispatch file

SEE ALSO
       pq(1), pq(2), modules(7).



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