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# nserver
A nihilistic stats server written as part of reading Learn C the Hard
Way.
It's a toy, bugs galore.
## compiling
You'll need a C compiler (clang or gcc), the [gdbm][1] library and
[GNU make][2].
[1]: https://www.gnu.org.ua/software/gdbm
[2]: https://www.gnu.org/software/make
To compile the server, do:
```
gmake
```
To compile a debuggable version of the server, do:
```
gmake dev
```
The usual:
```
gmake clean
```
to clean up things.
This was written on an OpenBSD machine. There might be issues
compiling this one other systems.
## running
To start this server, do:
```
./bin/nserver
```
It'll be listening on port 7899.
You can connect as a client to the server via `nc`:
```
nc 127.0.0.1 7899
```
### client commands
Recognized commands:
```
/create NAME
/sample NAME
/mean NAME
/dump NAME
/list
/store NAME
/load NAME ANOTHER_NAME
```
The `/store` command stores `NAME` in a persistent database on the disk.
The `/load` command loads the `NAME` from the persistent database into
memory at ANOTHER_NAME.
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