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-<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Installation (Original version by Iain Phillips, G0RDI)</A></H2>
+<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Installation (Original version by Iain Philipps, G0RDI)</A></H2>
<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Introduction</A>
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in the development of Spider.
<P>
<P>In addition to the standard Red Hat distribution you will require the
-following
-<A HREF="http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html">CPAN</A> modules: -
+following modules from
+<A HREF="http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html">http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html</A> ...
<P>
<P>
<UL>
<P>
<P><B>PLEASE USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR CALLSIGNS</B>
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-<P>DON'T alter the DXVars.pm (or any other file) in /spider/perl, they are
-overwritten with every release. Any files or commands you place in /spider/local
-or /spider/local_cmd will automagically be used in preference to the ones in
-/spider/perl EVEN while the cluster is running!
+<P>DON'T alter any file in /spider/perl, they are overwritten with every
+release. Any files or commands you place in /spider/local or /spider/local_cmd
+will automagically be used in preference to the ones in /spider/perl EVEN
+while the cluster is running!
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<P>Save the new file and change directory to ../perl ....
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<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-$ create_sysop.pl
+$ ./create_sysop.pl
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-$ cluster.pl
+$ ./cluster.pl
DXSpider DX Cluster Version 1.46
Copyright (c) 1998 Dirk Koopman G1TLH
loading prefixes ...
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
<P>If all is well then login on another term or console as <EM>sysop</EM> and
-cd to /spider/perl. Now issue the following command ...
+cd to /spider/src. Now issue the following command ...
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-$ client.pl
+$ ./client
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
<P>
<P>and both the cluster and the client should return to Linux prompts.
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+<H2><A NAME="ss1.6">1.6 The Client program</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>In earlier versions of Spider, all the processes were Perl scripts. This
+was fine but with a lot of users your computer memory would soon be used up.
+To combat this a new client was written in "C". This client only works for
+<EM>incoming</EM> connects at the moment. Before you can use it though it
+has to be "made". CD to /spider/src and type <EM>make</EM>. You
+should see the output on your screen and hopefully now have a small C program
+called <EM>client</EM>. Leave it in this directory.
+<P>
+<P>
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