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TITLE           Synchronize species IDs / ARB name server

OCCURRENCE      ARB_NT/Species/Synchronize IDs
                ARB_MERGE/Check IDs/Synchronize

DESCRIPTION     Starts the 'NAME SERVER' to update species IDs ('name') within the
                specified database according to the information stored in the file
                '$ARBHOME/lib/nas/names.dat'.

                Press the 'GO' button.

NOTES           It is possible to link names.dat to a central names.dat, but you should
                be aware, that there may occur temporary inconsistencies, if multiple users
                use the nameserver at the same time.

                The name server examines names.dat and terminates within 5-10 seconds if
                the file changes. A message is written to the console window in either case. 

                Another way to use a central NAME SERVER is to edit '$ARBHOME/lib/arb_tcp.dat'
                and to specify a central server for ARB_NAME_SERVER.
                This completely avoids any inconsistencies.

EXAMPLES        None

WARNINGS        Missing 'acc' fields are generated automatically by this function.

                If there is some warning about duplicate entries, you REALLY should try
                to understand the reason why this happens:

                It only happens, when you have multiple species with the same 'acc' entry
                (which is strongly unrecommended). To solve that problem either

                - delete the duplicated species or
                - modify duplicated acc entries by appending some personal suffix (e.g. your initials)


BUGS            No bugs known