Add FAQ on restarting user file

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 <title>The DXSpider FAQ 
 <author>Ian Maude, G0VGS, (ianmaude@btinternet.com)
-<date>Version 0.2 July 2000
+<date>Version 0.5 March 2001
 <abstract>
 A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program.
 </abstract>
@@ -107,7 +107,37 @@ Assuming that the node_call you are changing is gb7adx.
 
 <P>
 There is a file in /spider/msg called forward.pl.issue.  Rename this to
-forward.pl and edit it to meet your requirements.  You will need to restart
-Spider for the changes to take effect.
+forward.pl and edit it to meet your requirements.  You will need to issue
+the command <em>load/forward</em> or restart Spider for the changes to 
+take effect.
+
+<sect1>How can I automatically limit the amount of debug logfiles that are stored?
+
+<P>
+Use the tmpwatch command.  Create a file in /etc/cron.daily/ containing the line ...
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+/usr/sbin/tmpwatch -f 240 /spider/data/debug
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+Remember to make it executable!
+
+This will limit your debug data down to the last 10 days
+
+<sect1>I updated my Linux distribution and now Spider cannot read the users
+file or the dupefile, what is the problem?
+
+<P>
+Almost certainly this is a change in the db format of perl.  Follow these
+few steps to correct the problem.
+
+<itemize>
+<item>stop the cluster (disable any autostart in inittab)
+<item>cd /spider/data
+<item>issue the command perl user_asc
+<item>restart the cluster
+</itemize>
+
+That should solve the problem.
 
 </article>