update client and index for new stuff from ian and to remove the client.pl

references

diff --git a/html/client.html b/html/client.html
index e12580b7f5bfa5fc92a06ed49e869ed7cd0b3360..e62e22a4843516bd7fca98ba091171209c4a2685 100644 (file)
--- a/html/client.html
+++ b/html/client.html
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@
        <p>
          <!-- Created: Sun Dec 13 20:25:14 GMT 1998 -->
          <!-- hhmts start -->
-Last modified: Wed Mar 14 14:09:09 GMT 2001
+Last modified: Sun Apr  1 18:18:19 BST 2001
 <!-- hhmts end -->
 
        <h4>Introduction</h4>
 
-       The standard client program is written in perl and lives in <tt>/spider/perl/client.pl</tt>.
+       The standard client program is written in C and lives in <tt>/spider/src</tt>.
        It performs the interface function
        between the cluster daemon (<tt>/spider/perl/cluster.pl</tt>) and 
-       AX25 or Telnet connections, both incoming and outgoing.
+       AX25 or Telnet connections for incoming connections.
        
        <p>There is a related program called <tt>/spider/perl/console.pl</tt> which,
        as of version 1.30, is the standard sysop or full duplex telnet user
@@ -38,13 +38,12 @@ Last modified: Wed Mar 14 14:09:09 GMT 2001
        interest (such as DX spots, Announces etc).
 
 
-       <h4>client.pl</h4>
+       <h4>client</h4>
 
-       The client itself is a rather rudimentary program which really only deals with 
-       things like line end conventions and noticing when a connection goes away. It is
-       envisaged that at some time in the nearish future this program will be written in
-       C and thus become considerably smaller. But, for the moment and whilst this area
-       is under some development, it will remain in perl for ease of change.
+       The client itself is a rather rudimentary program which really
+       only deals with things like line end conventions and noticing when
+       a connection goes away. It is written in C and thus become
+       considerably smaller.
 
        <P>The client can take up two arguments: a "callsign" and a connection type. 
 
@@ -52,25 +51,16 @@ Last modified: Wed Mar 14 14:09:09 GMT 2001
        <ol>
                <p><li>A real callsign (!).
 
-               <P>For incoming connections it is important to make sure that
+               <P>For normal incoming ax25 connections it is important to make sure that
                the callsign passed <b>DOES NOT</b> have an SSID (use the %u
                or %U in <tt>ax25d.conf</tt>). The DXSpider system largely
                ignores what it regards as 'duplicate' callsigns (and that
                includes those with SSIDs) except in certain <a
                href="#special">special</a> cases. 
 
-               <P><li>The name of a <a href="connect.html">connect</a> script.
-
-               <p><li><b>login</b> This will cause a unix like <tt>login:</tt> and
-               <tt>password:</tt> phase to be run. With version 1.13 the password isn't
-               checked unless there is a password recorded in the user file - but you have
-               no means of recording a password! (unless you have created a local <tt>set/password</tt>
-               command - please donate a copy it you have)
+               <p><li><b>login</b> This will cause a unix like
+               <tt>login:</tt> phase to be run. 
                
-               <p>Also in 1.13 only existing users can enter via this means. This will probably
-                 change, but please discuss this in the <a href="../lists/dxspider-support/index.html">support</a>
-                 mailing list.
-
        </ol>
 
        <p>The connection type can be:-
@@ -78,9 +68,6 @@ Last modified: Wed Mar 14 14:09:09 GMT 2001
                <p><li><b>ax25</b> This tells the client to use ax25 line conventions.
 
                <p><li><b>telnet</b> This tells the client to use normal unix line conventions.
-
-               <p><li><b>connect</b> Start an outgoing <a href="connect.html">connect</a> script.
-               Use the line conventions in that script.
        </ol>
 
        <p>The connection type can be missing in which case the default is unix line conventions.
@@ -111,8 +98,8 @@ Last modified: Wed Mar 14 14:09:09 GMT 2001
        The client only uses files when in the <b>login</b> phase.  It
        prints the <tt>/spider/data/issue</tt> file, if it is present, to
        the user before issuing the <tt>login:</tt> prompt. After a callsign
-       and password is entered it uses
-       the standard cluster user file to check them.
+       is entered it uses
+       the standard cluster user file to check it.
 
        <p>Having said all of that the client <em>appears</em> to use the following files and
          sends them to the user if they are present:-

diff --git a/html/index.html b/html/index.html
index 0f8f8420afd296ed943a0e4149c0f0363bdf29d0..0f9e6668e42e3d723fcf335b55e894e3f2a21305 100644 (file)
--- a/html/index.html
+++ b/html/index.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
        <p>
        <!-- Created: Wed Dec  2 18:22:33 GMT 1998 -->
        <!-- hhmts start -->
-Last modified: Wed Mar 14 14:06:50 GMT 2001
+Last modified: Sun Apr  1 18:21:18 BST 2001
 <!-- hhmts end -->
 
        <h4>Introduction</h4>
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ Last modified: Wed Mar 14 14:06:50 GMT 2001
          <li> DXSpider <a href="adminmanual.html">Installation and Administration</a> manual.
          <li> DXSpider <a href="usermanual.html">User</a> manual.
          <li> Peruse the <a href="spiderFAQ.html">FAQ</a>
-         <li> Explaining the <a href="client.html">client.pl</a> program.
+         <li> Discover how to install a <a href="wininstallation.html">Windows</a> version.
+         <li> If you are on the bleeding edge, see the <a href="spiderCVS.html">CVS Erratum</a>.
+         <li> Explaining the <a href="client.html">client</a> programs.
          <li> <a href="cron.html">Periodic</a> jobs, e.g. starting connection to other clusters.
          <li> <a href="program.html">Programming</a> new commands or altering existing ones.
          <li> <a href="local.html">Local</a> customisation of the cluster daemon.