+# is it remotely connected anywhere (with exact callsign) and on node?
+sub present_on
+{
+ my $call = uc shift;
+ my $ncall = uc shift;
+ my $node = Route::Node::get($ncall);
+ return ($node) ? grep $call eq $_, $node->users : undef;
+}
+
+# is it remotely connected (ignoring SSIDS) and on node?
+sub presentish_on
+{
+ my $call = uc shift;
+ my $ncall = uc shift;
+ my $node = Route::Node::get($ncall);
+ my $present;
+ if ($node) {
+ $present = grep {/^$call/ } $node->users;
+ }
+ return $present;
+}
+
+# last time this thing was connected
+sub last_connect
+{
+ my $call = uc shift;
+ return $main::systime if DXChannel::get($call);
+ my $user = DXUser::get($call);
+ return $user ? $user->lastin : 0;
+}
+
+# disconnect a locally connected thing
+sub disconnect
+{
+ my $call = shift;
+ run_cmd("disconnect $call");
+}
+
+# start a connect process off
+sub start_connect
+{
+ my $call = shift;
+ # connecting is now done in one place - Yeah!
+ run_cmd("connect $call");
+}
+
+# spawn any old job off
+sub spawn
+{
+ my $line = shift;
+ my $t0 = [gettimeofday];
+
+ dbg("DXCron::spawn: $line") if isdbg("cron");
+ my $fc = DXSubprocess->new();
+ $fc->run(
+ sub {
+ my @res = `$line`;
+# diffms("DXCron spawn 1", $line, $t0, scalar @res) if isdbg('chan');
+ return @res
+ },
+ sub {
+ my ($fc, $err, @res) = @_;
+ if ($err) {
+ my $s = "DXCron::spawn: error $err";
+ dbg($s);
+ return;
+ }
+ for (@res) {
+ chomp;
+ dbg("DXCron::spawn: $_") if isdbg("cron");
+ }
+ diffms("by DXCron::spawn", $line, $t0, scalar @res) if isdbg('progress');
+ }
+ );
+}
+
+sub spawn_cmd
+{
+ my $line = shift;
+ my $t0 = [gettimeofday];
+
+ dbg("DXCron::spawn_cmd run: $line") if isdbg('cron');
+ my $fc = DXSubprocess->new();
+ $fc->run(
+ sub {
+ $main::me->{_nospawn} = 1;
+ my @res = $main::me->run_cmd($line);
+ delete $main::me->{_nospawn};
+# diffms("DXCron spawn_cmd 1", $line, $t0, scalar @res) if isdbg('chan');
+ return @res;
+ },
+ sub {
+ my ($fc, $err, @res) = @_;
+ if ($err) {
+ my $s = "DXCron::spawn_cmd: error $err";
+ dbg($s);
+ }
+ for (@res) {
+ chomp;
+ dbg("DXCron::spawn_cmd: $_") if isdbg("cron");
+ }
+ diffms("by DXCron::spawn_cmd", $line, $t0, scalar @res) if isdbg('progress');
+ }
+ );
+}
+
+# do an rcmd to another cluster from the crontab
+sub rcmd
+{
+ my $call = uc shift;
+ my $line = shift;
+
+ # can we see it? Is it a node?
+ my $noderef = Route::Node::get($call);
+ return unless $noderef && $noderef->version;
+
+ # send it
+ DXProt::addrcmd($main::me, $call, $line);
+}
+
+sub run_cmd
+{
+ my $line = shift;
+ my @in = $main::me->run_cmd($line);
+ dbg("DXCron::run_cmd: $line") if isdbg('cron');
+ for (@in) {
+ s/\s*$//og;
+ dbg("DXCron::cmd out: $_") if isdbg('cron');
+ }