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authordwight <dwight@10gen.com>2010-06-17 10:38:09 -0400
committerdwight <dwight@10gen.com>2010-06-17 10:38:09 -0400
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@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ COMPONENTS
BUILDING
- see docs/building.md
+ See docs/building.md, also www.mongodb.org search for "Building".
RUNNING
- To see command line options invoke:
+ For command line options invoke:
$ ./mongod --help
@@ -25,22 +25,27 @@ RUNNING
$ mkdir /data/db
$ ./mongod
$
- $ # mongo shell connects to localhost and test database by default:
+ $ # The mongo javascript shell connects to localhost and test database by default:
$ ./mongo
> help
+DRIVERS
+
+ Client drivers for most programming languages are available at mongodb.org.
+
NOTES
Mongo uses memory mapped files. If built as a 32 bit executable, you will
not be able to work with large (multi-gigabyte) databases. However, 32 bit
builds work fine with small development databases.
-LICENSING
+LICENSE
Most MongoDB source files are made available under the terms of the
GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL). See individual files for
details.
- As an exception, the files in the debian/ directory, the rpm/
- directory, and all subdirectories thereof are made available under
+ As an exception, the files in the client/, debian/, rpm/,
+ utils/mongoutils, and all subdirectories thereof are made available under
the terms of the Apache License, version 2.0.
+