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. +
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.
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. +
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.
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 .... +
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 ....
@@ -50,14 +56,17 @@ show/files
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 +
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
-
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 .... +
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 ....
@@ -73,10 +82,12 @@ 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 .... +
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 ....
@@ -128,8 +139,8 @@ Press Enter to continue, A to abort (508 lines) >
8.4 The Aliases file
-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 ...
+
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 ...
@@ -269,8 +280,9 @@ package CmdAlias;
)
-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.
+
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.
8.5 Forward.pl
@@ -362,11 +374,12 @@ qw(GB7TLH GB7DJK GB7DXM GB7CDX GB7BPQ GB7DXN GB7MBC GB7MBC-6 GB7MDX
8.7 Console.pl
-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.
+
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.
-
To edit the colours, copy /spider/perl/Console.pl to /spider/local and edit the file with your favourite editor.
+
To edit the colours, copy /spider/perl/Console.pl to /spider/local and edit the
+file with your favourite editor.
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