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# Synchronize species IDs / ARB name server OCCURRENCE DESCRIPTION NOTES EXAMPLES WARNINGS BUGS ## 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