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+Spider allows the creation of local or remote databases. It supports
+chained databases, allowing several different databases to be scanned
+with one simple command. Importing of databases is limited at present
+to the standard AK1A databases such as OBLAST and the DB0SDX QSL
+database but will expand with time.
+
+
+Creating a database could not be more simple. All the commands are
+sent from the cluster prompt as the sysop user.
+
+To create a database you use the command dbcreate. It can
+be used in 3 different ways like so ..
+
+
+The only databases that Spider can currently import are the standard
+AK1A databases such as OBLAST or the DB0SDX qsl and address database.
+This will be added to with time.
+
+To import such a database, first put the file somewhere useful like /tmp
+and then issue the following command ...
+
+
+Once a database is created, you will want to check that it has been
+added. To do this use the dbavail command. This will
+output the available databases. For example ...
+
+
+To look for information in a defined database, simply use the dbshow
+command, for example ...
+
+
+To delete an existing database you use the dbremove command.
+For example ...
+
+
+
+
+This command outputs a short section of the system log. On its own
+it will output a general logfile. With the optional callsign it will
+show output from the log associated with that callsign.
+