CVS stands for "Concurrent Versions System" and the CVS for DXSpider is held -at -Sourceforge. This means -that it is possible to update your DXSpider installation to the latest -sources by using a few simple commands. -
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THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED!!! ONLY DO THIS IF YOU HAVE A TEST -INSTALLATION OR ARE WILLING TO HAVE YOUR CLUSTER CRASH ON YOU!!! -THIS MUST BE CONSIDERED AT LEAST BETA TESTING AND MAYBE EVEN ALPHA!! -YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!! +
One of the more important things a cluster sysop needs to do is to get +information to his users. The simplest way to do this is to have a banner +that is sent to the user on login. This is know as a "message of the day" +or "motd". To set this up, simply create a file in /spider/data called motd +and edit it to say whatever you want. It is purely a text file and will be +sent automatically to anyone logging in to the cluster.
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DID I MENTION..... ONLY DO THIS IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE -CONSEQUENCES!!! +
If for any reason the cluster is down, maybe for upgrade or maintenance but +the machine is still running, a message can be sent to the user advising them +of the fact. This message lives in the /spider/data directory and is called +"offline". Simply create the file and edit it to say whatever you wish. +This file will be sent to a user attempting to log into the cluster when +DXSpider is not actually running.
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I am of course assuming that you have a machine with both DXSpider and -Internet access running. +
You can set other text messages to be read by the user if they input the file +name. This could be for news items or maybe information for new users. +To set this up, make a directory under /spider called packclus. +Under this directory you can create files called news or newuser +for example. In fact you can create files with any names you like. These can +be listed by the user with the command ....
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BEFORE YOU EVEN CONSIDER STARTING WITH THIS MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR -ENTIRE SPIDER TREE!! +
+
+show/files
+
+They can be read by the user by typing the command ....
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Assuming you are connected to the Internet, you need to login to the -CVS repository and then update your Spider source. There are several -steps which are listed below ... +
+
+type news
+
+If the file they want to read is called news. You could also set +an alias for this in the Alias file to allow them just to type news
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First login as the user sysop. Next you need to connect to the CVS -repository. You do this with the command below ... +
You can also store other information in this directory, either directly or +nested under directories. One use for this would be to store DX bulletins +such as the OPDX bulletins. These can be listed and read by the user. +To keep things tidy, make a directory under /spider/packclus called +bulletins. Now copy any OPDX or similar bulletins into it. These +can be listed by the user in the same way as above using the show/files +command with an extension for the bulletins directory you have just created, +like this ....
+
-cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.DXSpider.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/DXSpider login
+show/files bulletins
-You will get a password prompt. Simply hit return here and your machine should
-return to a normal linux prompt.
+
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What happens next depends on whether you have an existing installation that -you want to update with the latest and greatest or whether you just want -to see what is there and/or run it on a new machine for testing. -Either way you will want to change directory to a new place, if you want to -update an existing installation then I suggest /tmp, otherwise choose a -suitable place according to the normal installation instructions. +
An example would look like this ....
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The next step will create a brand new 'spider' directory in your current -directory. +
+
+sh/files
+bulletins DIR 20-Dec-1999 1715Z news 1602 14-Dec-1999 1330Z
+
+You can see that in the files area (basically the packclus directory) there is a +file called news and a directory called bulletins. You can +also see that dates they were created. In the case of the file news, +you can also see the time it was last modified, a good clue as to whether the +file has been updated since you last read it. To read the file called +news you would simply issue the command ....
+
-cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.DXSpider.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/DXSpider co spider
+type news
-This command is all on one line.
+
To look what is in the bulletins directory you issue the command ....
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Hopefully your screen should show you downloading files. The -z3 simply compresses -the download to improve speed. -When this has finished, you will have exactly the same as if you had untarred a full -tarball PLUS some extra directories and files that CVS needs to do the magic that -it does. +
+
+show/files bulletins
+opdx390 21381 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx390.1 1670 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
+opdx390.2 2193 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx391 25045 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
+opdx392 35969 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx393 15023 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
+opdx394 33429 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx394.1 3116 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
+opdx395 24319 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx396 32647 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
+opdx396.1 5537 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx396.2 6242 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
+opdx397 18433 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx398 19961 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
+opdx399 17719 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx400 19600 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
+opdx401 27738 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx402 18698 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
+opdx403 24994 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx404 15685 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
+opdx405 13984 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx405.1 4166 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
+opdx406 28934 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx407 24153 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
+opdx408 15081 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx409 23234 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
+Press Enter to continue, A to abort (16 lines) >
+
+You can now read any file in this directory using the type command, like this ....
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Now if you are doing a new installation, that's it. Carry on as if you have -just downloaded and untarred the lastest tarball. +
+
+type bulletins/opdx391
+Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 391
+The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
+DX Bulletin No. 391
+BID: $OPDX.391
+January 11, 1999
+Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
+Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
+Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 (New Area Code!)
+Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
+Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, K1XN & Golist, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH
+& The 59(9) DXReport, W3UR & The Daily DX, K3TEJ, KN4UG, W4DC, NC6J, N6HR,
+Press Enter to continue, A to abort (508 lines) >
+
+The page length will of course depend on what you have it set to!
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If you want to upgrade your current installation then do this ... +
You will find a file in /spider/cmd/ called Aliases. First, copy this file to +/spider/local_cmd/Aliases and edit this file. You will see something like this ...
-tar cvfz /tmp/s.tgz spider
-cd /
-tar xvfzp /tmp/s.tgz
+
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# provide some standard aliases for commands for terminally
+# helpless ak1a user (helpless in the sense that they never
+# read nor understand help files)
+
+# This file is automagically reloaded if its modification time is
+# later than the one stored in CmdAlias.pm
+
+# PLEASE make this file consistant with reality! (the patterns MUST
+# match the filenames!)
+
+# Don't alter this file, copy it into the local_cmd tree and modify it.
+# This file will be replaced everytime I issue a new release.
+
+# You only need to put aliases in here for commands that don't work as
+# you desire naturally, e.g sh/dx on its own just works as you expect
+# so you need not add it as an alias.
+
+
+
+package CmdAlias;
+
+%alias = (
+ '?' => [
+ '^\?', 'apropos', 'apropos',
+ ],
+ 'a' => [
+ '^ann.*/full', 'announce full', 'announce',
+ '^ann.*/sysop', 'announce sysop', 'announce',
+ '^ann.*/(.*)$', 'announce $1', 'announce',
+ ],
+ 'b' => [
+ ],
+ 'c' => [
+ ],
+ 'd' => [
+ '^del', 'kill', 'kill',
+ '^del\w*/fu', 'kill full', 'kill',
+ '^di\w*/a\w*', 'directory all', 'directory',
+ '^di\w*/b\w*', 'directory bulletins', 'directory',
+ '^di\w*/n\w*', 'directory new', 'directory',
+ '^di\w*/o\w*', 'directory own', 'directory',
+ '^di\w*/s\w*', 'directory subject', 'directory',
+ '^di\w*/t\w*', 'directory to', 'directory',
+ '^di\w*/f\w*', 'directory from', 'directory',
+ '^di\w*/(\d+)', 'directory $1', 'directory',
+ ],
+ 'e' => [
+ ],
+ 'f' => [
+ ],
+ 'g' => [
+ ],
+ 'h' => [
+ ],
+ 'i' => [
+ ],
+ 'j' => [
+ ],
+ 'k' => [
+ ],
+ 'l' => [
+ '^l$', 'directory', 'directory',
+ '^ll$', 'directory', 'directory',
+ '^ll/(\d+)', 'directory $1', 'directory',
+ ],
+ 'm' => [
+ ],
+ 'n' => [
+ '^news', 'type news', 'type',
+ ],
+ 'o' => [
+ ],
+ 'p' => [
+ ],
+ 'q' => [
+ '^q', 'bye', 'bye',
+ ],
+ 'r' => [
+ '^r$', 'read', 'read',
+ '^rcmd/(\S+)', 'rcmd $1', 'rcmd',
+ ],
+ 's' => [
+ '^s/p$', 'send', 'send',
+ '^sb$', 'send noprivate', 'send',
+ '^set/home$', 'set/homenode', 'set/homenode',
+ '^set/nobe', 'unset/beep', 'unset/beep',
+ '^set/nohe', 'unset/here', 'unset/here',
+ '^set/noan', 'unset/announce', 'unset/announce',
+ '^set/nodx', 'unset/dx', 'unset/dx',
+ '^set/nota', 'unset/talk', 'unset/talk',
+ '^set/noww', 'unset/wwv', 'unset/wwv',
+ '^set/nowx', 'unset/wx', 'unset/wx',
+ '^sh$', 'show', 'show',
+ '^sh\w*/buck', 'dbshow buck', 'dbshow',
+ '^sh\w*/bu', 'show/files bulletins', 'show/files',
+ '^sh\w*/c/n', 'show/configuration nodes', 'show/configuration',
+ '^sh\w*/c$', 'show/configuration', 'show/configuration',
+ '^sh\w*/com', 'dbavail', 'dbavail',
+ '^sh\w*/dx/(\d+)-(\d+)', 'show/dx $1-$2', 'show/dx',
+ '^sh\w*/dx/(\d+)', 'show/dx $1', 'show/dx',
+ '^sh\w*/dx/d(\d+)', 'show/dx from $1', 'show/dx',
+ '^sh\w*/email', 'dbshow email', 'dbshow',
+ '^sh\w*/hftest', 'dbshow hftest', 'dbshow',
+ '^sh\w*/vhftest', 'dbshow vhftest', 'dbshow',
+ '^sh\w*/qsl', 'dbshow qsl', 'dbshow',
+ '^sh\w*/tnc', 'who', 'who',
+ '^sh\w*/up', 'show/cluster', 'show/cluster',
+ '^sh\w*/w\w*/(\d+)-(\d+)', 'show/wwv $1-$2', 'show/wwv',
+ '^sh\w*/w\w*/(\d+)', 'show/wwv $1', 'show/wwv',
+ '^sp$', 'send', 'send',
+
+ ],
+ 't' => [
+ '^ta$', 'talk', 'talk',
+ '^t$', 'talk', 'talk',
+ ],
+ 'u' => [
+ ],
+ 'v' => [
+ ],
+ 'w' => [
+ '^wx/full', 'wx full', 'wx',
+ '^wx/sysop', 'wx sysop', 'wx',
+ ],
+ 'x' => [
+ ],
+ 'y' => [
+ ],
+ 'z' => [
+ ],
+)
This is assuming you downloaded to the /tmp directory of course. +
You can create aliases for commands at will. Beware though, these may not +always turn out as you think. Care is needed and you need to test the +results once you have set an alias. +
+
DXSpider receives all and any mail sent to it without any alterations needed +in files. Because personal and bulletin mail are treated differently, there +is no need for a list of accepted bulletin addresses. It is necessary, however, +to tell the program which links accept which bulletins. For example, it is +pointless sending bulletins addresses to "UK" to any links other than UK +ones. The file that does this is called forward.pl and lives in /spider/msg. +At default, like other spider files it is named forward.pl.issue. Rename it +to forward.pl and edit the file to match your requirements. +The format is below ...
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NOTE: the 'p' on the end of the 'xvfz' is IMPORTANT! It keeps the permissions -correct. YOU WERE LOGGED IN AS THE USER SYSOP WEREN'T YOU????? -
Remember to recompile the C client (cd /spider/src; make) +
+
+#
+# this is an example message forwarding file for the system
+#
+# The format of each line is as follows
+#
+# type to/from/at pattern action destinations
+# P/B/F T/F/A regex I/F [ call [, call ...] ]
+#
+# type: P - private, B - bulletin (msg), F - file (ak1a bull)
+# to/from/at: T - to field, F - from field, A - home bbs, O - origin
+# pattern: a perl regex on the field requested
+# action: I - ignore, F - forward
+# destinations: a reference to an array containing node callsigns
+#
+# if it is non-private and isn't in here then it won't get forwarded
+#
+# Currently only type B msgs are affected by this code.
+#
+# The list is read from the top down, the first pattern that matches
+# causes the action to be taken.
+#
+# The pattern can be undef or 0 in which case it will always be selected
+# for the action specified
+#
+# If the BBS list is undef or 0 and the action is 'F' (and it matches the
+# pattern) then it will always be forwarded to every node that doesn't have
+# it (I strongly recommend you don't use this unless you REALLY mean it, if
+# you allow a new link with this on EVERY bull will be forwarded immediately
+# on first connection)
+#
+
+package DXMsg;
+
+@forward = (
+'B', 'T', 'LOCAL', 'F', [ qw(GB7MBC) ],
+'B', 'T', 'ALL', 'F', [ qw(GB7BAA GB7ADX PA4AB-14) ],
+'B', 'T', 'UK', 'F', [ qw(GB7BAA GB7ADX) ],
+'B', 'T', 'QSL', 'F', [ qw(GB7BAA GB7ADX PA4AB-14) ],
+'B', 'T', 'QSLINF', 'F', [ qw(GB7BAA GB7ADX PA4AB-14) ],
+'B', 'T', 'DX', 'F', [ qw(GB7BAA GB7ADX PA4AB-14) ],
+'B', 'T', 'DXINFO', 'F', [ qw(GB7BAA GB7ADX PA4AB-14) ],
+'B', 'T', 'DXNEWS', 'F', [ qw(GB7BAA GB7ADX PA4AB-14) ],
+'B', 'T', 'DXQSL', 'F', [ qw(GB7BAA GB7ADX PA4AB-14) ],
+'B', 'T', 'SYSOP', 'F', [ qw(GB7BAA GB7ADX) ],
+'B', 'T', '50MHZ', 'F', [ qw(GB7BAA GB7ADX PA4AB-14) ],
+);
+
+Simply insert a bulletin address and state in the brackets where you wish +that mail to go. For example, you can see here that mail sent to "UK" will +only be sent to the UK links and not to PA4AB-14.
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At this point the files have been upgraded. You can (usually) restrt the cluster -in your own time. However, if you attempt to use any new commands or features -expect it to be fatal! At least your cluster will have been restarted then so it -will be too late to worry about it! +
To force the cluster to reread the file use load/forward
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Now the magic part! From now on when you want to update, simply connect to the -Internet and then, as the user sysop ... +
Distribution lists are simply a list of users to send certain types of +mail to. An example of this is mail you only wish to send to other +sysops. In /spider/msg there is a directory called distro. You +put any distibution lists in here. For example, here is a file called +SYSOP.pl that caters for the UK sysops.
-cd /spider
-cvs -z3 update -d
+qw(GB7TLH GB7DJK GB7DXM GB7CDX GB7BPQ GB7DXN GB7MBC GB7MBC-6 GB7MDX
+ GB7NDX GB7SDX GB7TDX GB7UDX GB7YDX GB7ADX GB7BAA GB7DXA GB7DXH
+ GB7DXK GB7DXI GB7DXS)
and your files will be updated. As above, remember to recompile the "C" client -if it has been updated (CVS will tell you) and restart if any of the perl scripts -have been altered or added, again, CVS will tell you. +
Any mail sent to "sysop" would only be sent to the callsigns in this list. +
+
In later versions of Spider a simple console program is provided for the sysop. +This has a type ahead buffer with line editing facilities and colour for spots, +announces etc. To use this program, simply use console.pl instead of client.pl.
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You will find any changes documented in the /spider/Changes file. +
To edit the colours, copy /spider/perl/Console.pl to /spider/local and edit the +file with your favourite editor.