<H2><A NAME="ss8.1">8.1 MOTD</A>
</H2>
-<P>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.
+<P>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.
<P>
<H2><A NAME="ss8.2">8.2 Downtime message</A>
</H2>
-<P>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.
+<P>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.
<P>
<H2><A NAME="ss8.3">8.3 Other text messages</A>
</H2>
-<P>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 <EM>packclus</EM>. Under this directory you
-can create files called <EM>news</EM> or <EM>newuser</EM> for example. In fact you can create files with any names you like.
-These can be listed by the user with the command ....
+<P>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 <EM>packclus</EM>.
+Under this directory you can create files called <EM>news</EM> or <EM>newuser</EM>
+for example. In fact you can create files with any names you like. These can
+be listed by the user with the command ....
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
type news
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>If the file they want to read is called <EM>news</EM>. You could also set an alias for this in the Alias file to allow them
-just to type <EM>news</EM>
+<P>If the file they want to read is called <EM>news</EM>. You could also set
+an alias for this in the Alias file to allow them just to type <EM>news</EM>
<P>
-<P>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 <EM>bulletins</EM>. Now copy any OPDX or similar bulletins into it. These can be
-listed by the user in the same way as above using the <EM>show/files</EM> command with an extension for the bulletins
-directory you have just created, like this ....
+<P>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
+<EM>bulletins</EM>. Now copy any OPDX or similar bulletins into it. These
+can be listed by the user in the same way as above using the <EM>show/files</EM>
+command with an extension for the bulletins directory you have just created,
+like this ....
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
bulletins DIR 20-Dec-1999 1715Z news 1602 14-Dec-1999 1330Z
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>You can see that in the files area (basically the packclus directory) there is a file called <EM>news</EM> and a directory
-called <EM>bulletins</EM>. You can also see that dates they were created. In the case of the file <EM>news</EM>, 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 <EM>news</EM> you would simply issue the command ....
+<P>You can see that in the files area (basically the packclus directory) there is a
+file called <EM>news</EM> and a directory called <EM>bulletins</EM>. You can
+also see that dates they were created. In the case of the file <EM>news</EM>,
+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
+<EM>news</EM> you would simply issue the command ....
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
<H2><A NAME="ss8.4">8.4 The Aliases file</A>
</H2>
-<P>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 ...
+<P>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 ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
)
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>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.
+<P>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.
<P>
<H2><A NAME="ss8.5">8.5 Forward.pl</A>
</H2>
<H2><A NAME="ss8.7">8.7 Console.pl</A>
</H2>
-<P>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.
+<P>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.
<P>
-<P>To edit the colours, copy /spider/perl/Console.pl to /spider/local and edit the file with your favourite editor.
+<P>To edit the colours, copy /spider/perl/Console.pl to /spider/local and edit the
+file with your favourite editor.
<P>
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