Ok, you should now have DXSpider running nicely and allowing connects by cluster -nodes or users. However, it has to be shutdown and restarted manually and if -connection scripts fail they have to be started again manually too, not much use -if you are not at the console! So, in this section we will automate both. -Firstly starting the cluster. -
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This is not only a way to start the cluster automatically, it also works as a -watchdog, checking the sanity of DXSpider and respawning it should it crash for -any reason. Before doing the following, shutdown the cluster as you did earlier. -
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Login as root and bring up the /etc/inittab file in your favourite editor. Add -the following lines to the file near the end ... +
In the /spider/msg directory you will find a file called badmsg.pl.issue. Rename +this to badmsg.pl and edit the file. The original looks something like this ....
-##Start DXSpider on bootup and respawn it should it crash
-DX:3:respawn:/bin/su -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" sysop >/dev/tty7
+
+# the list of regexes for messages that we won't store having
+# received them (bear in mind that we must receive them fully before
+# we can bin them)
+
+
+# The format of each line is as follows
+
+# type source pattern
+# P/B/F T/F/O/S regex
+
+# type: P - private, B - bulletin (msg), F - file (ak1a bull)
+# source: T - to field, F - from field, O - origin, S - subject
+# pattern: a perl regex on the field requested
+
+# Currently only type B and P 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
+
+
+
+package DXMsg;
+
+@badmsg = (
+'B', 'T', 'SALE',
+'B', 'T', 'WANTED',
+'B', 'S', 'WANTED',
+'B', 'S', 'SALE',
+'B', 'S', 'WTB',
+'B', 'S', 'WTS',
+'B', 'T', 'FS',
+);
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This line works fine for RedHat and SuSE distributions. The line required for -Slackware distributions is slightly different. My thanks to Aurelio, PA3EZL for -this information. +
I think this is fairly self explanatory. It is simply a list of subject +headers that we do not want to pass on to either the users of the cluster or +the other cluster nodes that we are linked to. This is usually because of +rules and regulations pertaining to items for sale etc in a particular country. +
+
From version 1.47, this method is replaced by the command set/baddx +
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In the same way as mail, there are some types of spot we do not wish to pass on +to users or linked cluster nodes. In the /spider/data directory you will find +a file called baddx.pl.issue. Rename this to baddx.pl and edit the file. The +original looks like this ....
-DX:23:respawn:/bin/su - sysop -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" >/dev/tty7
+
+# the list of dx spot addresses that we don't store and don't pass on
+
+
+package DXProt;
+
+@baddx = qw
+
+ FROG
+ SALE
+ FORSALE
+ WANTED
+ P1RATE
+ PIRATE
+ TEST
+ DXTEST
+ NIL
+ NOCALL
+);
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This will automatically start DXSpider on tty7 (ALT-F7) on bootup and restart -it should it crash for any reason. +
Again, this is simply a list of names we do not want to see in the spotted +field of a DX callout.
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As root type the command telinit q. DXSpider should start up -immediately. You will see the output on tty7 and if you login as sysop -you should find everything running nicely.
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So far so good, now to automate script connections... -
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Login as sysop and create a file in /spider/local_cmd called crontab. -Edit it with your favourite editor and add a line like this (I have included -a comment) +
Create a file in /spider/data called badwords. The format is quite +simple. Lines beginning with # are ignored so comments can be added. An +example file is below ...
-# check every 10 minutes to see if gb7xxx is connected and if not
-# start a connect job going
-
-0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('gb7xxx') if !connected('gb7xxx')
+# Below is a list of words we do not wish to see on the cluster
+grunge grunged grunging
+splodge splodger splodging
+grince
+fluffle
Multiple words can be used on the same line as shown. Obviously these +are just examples :-)
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The callsign involved will be the callsign of the cluster node you are -going to connect to. This will now check every 10 minutes to see if -gb7xxx is connected, if it is then nothing will be done. If it is not, -then a connect attempt will be started. -
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There are probably lots of other things you could use this crontab file for. -If you want to know more about it, look at the -DXSpider website -at the cron page where it is explained more fully. +
You can reload the file from the cluster prompt as sysop with load/badwords.